You’re invited to celebrate two spooky weeks of trick-or-treating, costume wearing and hair-raising fun for kids of all ages at The Children's Museum of Houston! 

Giant, "friendly" spiders, creepy critters, flying ghosts and wicked bats welcome you to a spellbinding adventure at the Happy Halloween Mansion, Oct. 18 – 31. 

Wander through the Mansion’s hallways in search of goblin goodies, terrifying trinkets and more!

Check out the line-up of must-see events and details about the Halloween Spooktacular on Monday, Oct. 31!

(The museum will be closed on Mondays, Oct. 17 & 24.)

What a show the RE/MAX Ballunar Liftoff Festival has become! It’s hard to beat the flying at NASA/Johnson Space Center; the Clear Lake Area is beautiful, and the local communities, Houston, and all the sponsors solidly support the effort. When drifting over the crowd and gazing below, the excitement viewed is as tangible as the smile on a youngster’s face.

This unique weekend of fun takes place at NASA/Johnson Space Center - on October 21-23, 2011. The NASA/Johnson Space Center site transforms into the location of the RE/MAX® Ballunar Liftoff Festival. It is a one-of-a-kind tribute to human flight - from the beauty of mass hot air balloon ascensions to the high-tech world of modern space flight.

Visit this exciting and educational family-oriented event at NASA/Johnson Space Center and enjoy hot air balloon competitions, evening balloon glows, skydiving exhibitions, commercial exhibits, concession booths, food from local restaurants, arts & crafts exhibits, NASA's Open House (Saturday only), entertainment and various aviation equipment displays. Full schedule here.

Admission is $10 per vehicle and includes parking (So yes, you can pack in your friends, family and neighbors and all get in for $10)

There will be several lucky FreckleTown members that can take a carload for FREE!

Sign up on FreckleTown's FaceBook page and be watching for the posts. TODAY (9/21/2011) is the first one. Goodluck!

Are you a smoothie fan? If so, have you ever tried Yoplait's smoothies? All you have to do is add milk and blend. It's a great, quick snack when you get that afternoon craving.

Now, a new flavor has joined the Yoplait smoothie team :)

• In September, Yoplait Chocolate Banana Smoothie joined four delicious flavors of Yoplait Frozen Fruit and Yogurt Smoothies: Triple Berry, Strawberry Banana, Blueberry Pomegranate, and Strawberry Mango Pineapple.
• Yoplait Chocolate Banana Smoothies have live and active yogurt cultures, and deliver 50% of the recommended daily value of calcium.
• Available in your grocer’s freezer, each package contains enough frozen fruit and real Yoplait yogurt to make two 8 oz servings, when blended with 1 cup of skim milk.

• Download a printable coupon for $1.00 off one package of Yoplait Chocolate Banana Smoothie.

One lucky FreckleTown member will win a Prize Pack from Yoplait through MyBlogSpark. You will receive:

• A VIP coupon for a sample of Yoplait Chocolate Banana Smoothie
• Small neck pillow
• Smoothie tumbler
• Lavender eye mask
  
  To enter: Comment below and give your own suggestion for a Yoplait flavor :)
  (The winner will be announced in FreckleTown's eNewsletter on Oct. 12th.)

**Disclosure: The Yoplait^® VIP Coupon, information, and giveaway have been provided by Yoplait through MyBlogSpark.