Children’s Museum of Houston celebrates the sights and sounds of springtime May 10 – 16.

If you've ever had the opportunity to experience the magnificent wildflowers which cover the Texas landscape in the spring, you know what a sight that is to behold!

Now here’s your chance to get a little taste of that Texas spring time beauty at the Children’s Museum of Houston.

Stop by and indulge in some of nature’s most beautiful inventions in CMH’s EcoStation exhibit.

Let your creativity garden grow while you learn about Texas native flowers, plants and more!


Don’t Miss:

• Watercolor Flowers: Make a bouquet of watercolor flowers to say "goodbye" to April showers and "hello" to May flowers at the Alexander Art Academy.
• Butterfly Life Cycle Bracelet: Butterflies visit EcoStation quite often. Learning about their life cycle makes for an interesting science and life lesson!
• Butterfly Box: Doing population counts is an extremely important part of an ecologist’s job. Learn how they do it at EcoStation.
• A Field Guide to Native Butterflies: Wildlife biologists use field guides to help them identify animals. Design a mini-field guide on native Houston butterflies at EcoStation.
• Handprint Lilies: Stop by Junktion and design a beautiful paper flower using a trace outline of your hand and surprise your loved one with this awesome gift.
• Pop up Flowers: Use pop-up techniques to make a pop-up flower card at Junktion.
• Field of Flowers Crown: Learn all about different flowers while making a crown of flowers to wear throughout CMH at Junktion.
• Geometric Flowers: Head on over to the ExxonMobil Math Cart and flip, rotate, join and separate shapes to create different flowers using pattern blocks.

This free community event features great activities for the kids such as moonwalks, face painting, dunking booth, games, fitness demonstrations and MORE!

Local vendors and businesses will be on hand that specialize in youth activities to tell you about summer programs and services offered that cater to today's youth.

www.ymcahouston.org

“This is the first time I feel like I know what I am doing, and I can still enjoy life.”

Cindy Hornbeck is our March Personal Training Testimonial of the Month.  She lost over 75 lbs since she had her 3rd child and she has some great advice for Katy moms.  It’s not an easy thing to take care of 3 kids and also focus on your health.  Many parents gain weight while they are raising their kids, but Cindy has been able to focus on her health and lose a staggering 75 lbs.  When you see the amazing transformation she has made, you can’t help but be inspired.

So how did Cindy do it?  How does someone lose 75 lbs while raising 3 kids at the same time?  Throughout her video you will hear her talk about several things she has done to help her lose the weight once and for all.

-Jason Hodge, Medical Fitness Pros