UPDATE: Winner is Alicia Cunigan! Congratulations & Happy Shopping!

Get ready to save big money on boutique bargains at  Coastal Kids Market  Fall 2011 consignment sale, Aug. 25-27 2011.

This week, a SouthernMamas.com reader will win a $30 gift certificate to CKM and 2 Preview Party Tickets! To enter to win, “like” Coastal Kids Market on Facebook here and answer this on their wall: What deals do you hope to find at CKM this season? Not into Facebook? Feel free to enter to win by answering that question below this post. Just click on comments. Deadline to enter: noon Sun. Aug. 21. We’ll announce the winner and on SouthernMamas.com Facebook Sun evening Aug. 21.

Coastal Kids Market sells only gently-worn designer items deemed too cute to resist

You still have time to consign your children’s outgrown items. Consignor registration ends Sun. Aug. 21. Click here for info on how to consign your items.

Don’t forget about the sale’s Charity Hour to benefit The Next Generation: Bring a $10 gift card to Wal-Mart, Target, or Toys ‘R Us on Thursday evening (Aug. 25) and shop an hour early! These gifts cards will be used by the child life specialists at Backus Children’s Hospital at Memorial Health Center to buy birthday gifts and end of chemo celebration gifts for patients. Charity Hour is 5-6 PM Thurs. Aug. 25. Doors open to the public for regular entry at 6 PM.

In addition to all the fabulous consigned items, there will be lots of NEW items at the sale, too! Prepare for football season with a large selection of new smocked collegiate wear. All of your favorite teams in the Southeast are included. If CKM doesn’t have your team or size, they can get it for you. 10 wonderful vendors will be here with lots of new items too, including DolceMia Clothing, a SouthernMamas.com favorite! For a full listing of vendors visit the CKM website here or Facebook page here.

Vendor 2 Cutie Patooties -another SouthernMamas.com favorite – will offer monogramming services! Items purchased at the sale or brought from home can be dropped off with them for monogramming. Monogram orders can be picked up on the last day of the sale, or at their location in Just for Baby & More.

Coastal Kids Market FALL 2011 SALE DATES
Thurs. Aug. 25, 2011, CHARITY HOUR: 5-6 PM
Open to Public: 6– 8 pm
Fri. Aug. 26, 2011, 9 am – 5 pm
Sat., Aug. 27, 2011, 9 am – 12 pm
**Select items will be half price on Saturday

Coastal Kids Market, The Shops at Godley Station ~ Pooler Parkway, 107 Grand Central Blvd. Suite 202 (formerly Moonlight Mattress), www.coastalkidsmarket.com Coastal Kids Market is a SouthernMamas.com sponsor.

Fee Free Day
Fort Pulaski National Monument
Fees: No Entrance Fee
Fort Pulaski will join all national parks across the country in waiving entrance fees on 17 days in 2011

Candle Lantern Tour of Fort McAllister Historic Park, Richmond Hill
Saturday, Oct 20, 2012
Experience the fort by candle light. Walk through these historic grounds and watch the soldiers going through their nightly duties and chores. Be sure to stay with your guide or you may be captured as a spy.
$3.75 to $6.50
912-727-2339
3894 Fort McAllister Road Richmond Hill, GA 31324
Details here.

Artillery – To be rifled or not to be rifled at Fort McAllister Historic Park
Wednesdays 1 PM – 2 PM until May 23, 2012
Learn about Civil War artillery at 1 p.m. on Wednesdays. Fee plus $5 parking. 912-727-2339.

To read about where to find local cannon and musket firings, click here.

Infantry – The 19th century King of Battle at Fort McAllister Historic Park
1 PM – 2 PM from Aug 14, 2011 until May 1, 2012
Offered Tuesdays through Saturdays at 1 p.m. Learn about Civil War infantry and weapons from staff historians. Fee plus $5 parking. 912-727-2339.

To read about where to find local cannon and musket firings, click here.

The hot weather will subside someday. We promise.

And when it does, you want to be ready to explore Georgia State Parks. We’ve got all the info on September events happening a state parks and historic spots across the state. Gorge hikes, group hayrides, outdoor music festivals, full moon hikes, Labor Day festivities, butterfly safari, fishing rodeos, even a couple of special days when you can actually swim in the waters at Roosevelt’s Little White House Historic Site in Warm Springs, Ga. (which are normally kept empty for preservation).

To find out details about all that and more, visit the new SouthernMamas.com Georgia State Parks Events page by clicking here. You can also find it listed as Georgia State Park Events on our home page left sidebar under Pages.

MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) of Richmond Hill invites all mothers with young children (expecting-6 years old) to come to their Open House.   If you would like more information or have any other questions feel free to email richmondhillmops@hotmail.com or call at 912-445-0171.  Be sure to “like” Richmond Hill MOPS Facebook here. 

Ms. Amy’ School of Music in Savannah offers lessons, classes & parent-and-me sessions for all ages from babies and up.

You can start your session any week including this one! Think of it as a punch card that you can use any time classes are held. For details, click here. Please say SouthernMamas.com sent you!

10-10:45 AM Wednesdays: parent-and-me classes for toddlers
A joyful first music experience. Children, siblings, and adults will share in a music making program of rhythms, active movement games and singing. Come for the nurturing environment where an energetic connection is drawn between music and imagination. Meet others and learn some fascinating music activities that can be re-created at home.

10-10:45 AM Saturdays: Toddler classes
9-9:45 AM Saturdays: Musical beans class.
Enjoy playing simple, physical music games with your baby! Help babies develop musical skills, understand speech patterns, and movement skills. Through musical activities we stimulate baby’s brain development, build coordination, moterskills, enhance language, and problem solving skills. Most importantly, nurture a strong, secure, and loving bond between you and your baby.
11-11:45 AM Wednesdays: For that fun age between toddler and preschool!
This is an artistically conceived flow of songs, nursery rhymes, instrumental jam sessions, and movement activities that will keep your little music maker involved. This class is designed to support children’s developing competence in tonality and rhythm and have fun.

More details here.

What is a Design Session? 

Super Museum Sunday – Free Admission
A free day at the ending site of Gen. Sherman’s infamous “March to the Sea.” www.georgiahistory.com/events/73         912 727-2339.

For more activities and events at Georgia State Parks & Historic Sites, visit the SouthernMamas.com Georgia State Park Events page here.

Guides will take you back in the 19th-century rice canals teeming with plants and aquatic life. Ancient cypress trees, wildlife and possible gator sightings make up this 4-5-hour paddle. $25 includes equipment. (912) 437-4770.

For more activities and events at Georgia State Parks & Historic Sites, visit the SouthernMamas.com Georgia State Park Events page here.

Commemorate Labor Day holiday with hourly soldier talks and musket and cannon firings at this scenic coastal fort. $2.75-$4 plus tax. (912) 884-5999.

For more activities and events at Georgia State Parks & Historic Sites, visit the SouthernMamas.com Georgia State Park Events page here.

Saturday, September 3 through Monday, September 5, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
See craft demonstrations such as woodworking, blacksmithing, cooking, spinning, flintknapping, leatherworking, woodsman skills, pewter casting, and more. $3.50-$6 plus tax. (912) 353-3023.

For more activities and events at Georgia State Parks & Historic Sites, visit the SouthernMamas.com Georgia State Park Events page here.

Labor Day at Fort McAllister Historic Park – Richmond Hill
Civil War labor was much like ours is today. From blacksmith to wood worker, all trades were needed to keep this fort in operation. Come see how it was done. $3.50 – $5. (912) 727-2339.

For more activities and events at Georgia State Parks & Historic Sites, visit the SouthernMamas.com Georgia State Park Events page here.

Back to School means Back to MOPS! Pooler MOPS invites all mothers with young children (expecting-6 years old) to come to their first meeting of the new school year.

Visit http://poolermops.blogspot.com/  for more information on what is coming up in September or email poolermops@gmail.com . Make sure to “like” Pooler MOPS on Facebook here.

Looking for a MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) group in your area? Check out the SouthernMamas.com “Connect with Moms” page here , which lists local MOPS groups and other moms groups. Most moms group resume meetings again when school starts. To have your moms group added to the list or to updated meeting details, please email the info to anne@southernmamas.com.

Back to School means Back to MOPS! Pooler MOPS invites all mothers with young children (expecting-6 years old) to come to their Open House on Wednesday, August 24 from 9:30-11:30am.

Pooler MOPS meets at the First Presbyterian Church of Pooler, 305 HWY 80 SE, Pooler GA (near Omelette House). More information can be found at www.poolermops.blogspot.com  or by emailing poolermops@gmail.com . Make sure to “like” Pooler MOPS on Facebook here.

Looking for a MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) group in your area? Check out the SouthernMamas.com “Connect with Moms” page here , which lists local MOPS groups and other moms groups. Most moms group resume meetings again when school starts. To have your moms group added to the list or to updated meeting details, please email the info to anne@southernmamas.com.

Petite Feet – Savannah’s children’s shoe and accessories boutique – is having a final clearance on all sandals and flip flops. 40% discount !!! Grab them while sizes last.

Including Sun San sandals for toddlers to big kids and Morgan & Milo flip flops. (pictured here)

Petite Feet, 5521 Abercorn Street, Savannah, 31405, www.petitefeetsavannah.com, Petite Feet is a SouthernMamas.com sponsor.  

You are invited to a Classic Kids’ Design Session at Just for Baby and More on Aug. 17 from 11 AM-5:30 PM.

A design session is similar to a trunk show where you will be able to  customize you own Classic Kids’ outfit, including picking your own fabrics and designs.

UPDATE: Congratulations winner Carolyn Perry!

Atlanta’s own Laughing Pizza will launch their Give 2 Get Tour 2011, in support of Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB), 3 PM Aug. 28, 2011 at the Historic Savannah Theatre in Savannah.

A lucky SouthernMamas.com reader will win a FAMILY FOUR PACK of tickets. To enter to win, just “like” the Laughing Pizza Facebook page here and answer this question on their Facebook Wall: What’s your favorite kind of pizza? Be sure to say SouthernMamas.com sent you as part of a giveaway for the tour kickoff Savannah concert! Deadline to enter is midnight next Thurs. Aug. 18.

Can’t wait for the giveaway?  Tickets are $17 for children 13 & under, $22 for adults (children2 & under are FREE). Purchase tickets online by CLICKING HERE or at the theatre box office. Visit www.laughingpizza.com  for more information about the band! The theatre is located at 222 Bull St. Savannah, GA, 31401.

Beneath their colorful pop exterior is a multi-layered musical family of real-life mom (Lisa), dad (Billy), and daughter (Emily), whose combined talent makes up the nationally known, TV friendly family band called Laughing Pizza. Their music videos, or “Pizza Breaks,” are seen daily on PBS in millions of homes around the country.

It’s a family-friendly rock/pop concert that you won’t want to miss! Plus, expect an extra special meet and greet for all fans following each show. A portion of proceeds from all ticket and merchandise sales will go to GBP. The dates listed below have been announced. CLICK HERE for the full schedule and to purchase tickets. Check back often as more dates will be added and tickets for all shows will be available soon! On Sept. 20, 2011, Laughing Pizza will release their new live concert DVD and CD, the follow up to their successful hit CD/DVD Let’s Go Play!

Dates for the Laughing Pizza Give 2 Get Tour 2011

Sun. Aug. 28, 2011 Savannah The Savannah Theatre
Sat.  Sept. 17, 2011 Rome The DeSoto Theatre
Sun.  Sept. 18, 2011 Athens The Morton Theatre
Sat.  Oct. 1, 2011 Avondale Estates Avondale Estates (More TBA)
Sat. Oct. 15, 2011 Macon The Cox Capitol Theatre
Sun. Nov. 6, 2011 Atlanta The Buckhead Theatre

Dates are SET! Extra days & extended hours to have more time to SHOP & SAVE!
Consignor drop off Aug. 20 & 21 from 1-5 PM each day
Consignor only presale: Tuesday Aug. 23 from 5-8 PM
Public Sale:
Wed. Aug. 24, Thurs. Aug 25 & Fri Aug. 26 from 11 Am-6 PM each day. Sat. Aug 27 from 11am-3pm with select items 50% off.

Also, Wee Ones offers moms who own small business’s the opportunity to advertise! For $20, you can advertise your business in our goody bags that Wee Ones gives away to shoppers and hang your poster size advertisement in their store. Expose your business to lots of mommies from Rincon, Springfield, Guyton & all the Savannah area! Email Wee Ones for details at weeonessale@windstream.net . Limited space available, email today.

Wee Ones Consignment Event, 135 Goshen Road in the Goshen Road Shopping Plaza beside Baibry’s Cafe, off Hwy. 21, Rincon. Just minutes from I-95, exit 109. For directions, click here or email weeonessale@windstream.net  Wee Ones is a SouthernMamas advertiser.

Wee Ones Consignment Event in Rincon is growing into their second full year and welcomes you to consign with them!

Wee Ones is a seasonal consignment event taking place twice a year. Wee Ones offers a friendly, clean, organized store where you can shop for children’s items. They specialize in upscale, boutique quality gently loved clothing sizes newborn-12/14, shoes, toys, equipment, books & more.

NEW for this sale: a nice selection of NEW smocked apparel at an affordable price! Also, boutique HAIRBOWS and custom appliqued items too!

If you consign with Wee Ones, you will make 70% profit and also have the special opportunity to SHOP first. To find out how to prepare your items for sale & to learn more about becoming a consignor, click here or email weeonessale@windstream.net . Wee Ones has a simple online tagging system to make consigning easy!

Dates are SET! Extra days & extended hours to have more time to SHOP & SAVE!
Consignor drop off Aug. 20 & 21 from 1-5 PM each day
Consignor only presale: Tuesday Aug. 23 from 5-8 PM
Public Sale:
Wed. Aug. 24, Thurs. Aug 25 & Fri Aug. 26 from 11 Am-6 PM each day. Sat. Aug 27 from 11am-3pm with select items 50% off.

Also, Wee Ones offers moms who own small business’s the opportunity to advertise! For $20, you can advertise your business in our goody bags that Wee Ones gives away to shoppers and hang your poster size advertisement in their store. Expose your business to lots of mommies from Rincon, Springfield, Guyton & all the Savannah area! Email Wee Ones for details at weeonessale@windstream.net . Limited space available, email today.

Wee Ones Consignment Event, 135 Goshen Road in the Goshen Road Shopping Plaza beside Baibry’s Cafe, off Hwy. 21, Rincon. Just minutes from I-95, exit 109. For directions, click here or email weeonessale@windstream.net  Wee Ones is a SouthernMamas advertiser.

Looking for a private Savannah preschool for this upcoming school year?

Check out First Christian Preschool in Savannah which first opened its doors in 1952 and has been in continuous operation since.   The preschool now offers Pre- Two, Two, Three, and Four year old classes and is in session from 9 AM-12 noon.  First Christian Preschool also offers a Summer Camp program from 9 AM-2 PM during June and July. 

Ms. Amy’s School of Music Fall schedule of classes has something for everyone:

10-10:45 AM Wednesdays: parent-and-me classes for toddlers
A joyful first music experience. Children, siblings, and adults will share in a music making program of rhythms, active movement games and singing. Come for the nurturing environment where an energetic connection is drawn between music and imagination. Meet others and learn some fascinating music activities that can be re-created at home.

10-10:45 AM Saturdays: Toddler classes
9-9:45 AM Saturdays: Musical beans class.
Enjoy playing simple, physical music games with your baby! Help babies develop musical skills, understand speech patterns, and movement skills. Through musical activities we stimulate baby’s brain development, build coordination, moterskills, enhance language, and problem solving skills. Most importantly, nurture a strong, secure, and loving bond between you and your baby.
Both Saturday classes start Sept. 10

11-11:45 AM Wednesdays: For that fun age between toddler and preschool!
This is an artistically conceived flow of songs, nursery rhymes, instrumental jam sessions, and movement activities that will keep your little music maker involved. This class is designed to support children’s developing competence in tonality and rhythm and have fun. Starts Sept. 7.

Private lessons for piano, woodwinds, guitar, brass, and voice
Such lessons are in high demand and there are only a few times available. Come on in and find out why Ms. Amy has such a great level of success and student retention. Call to set up a free trial lesson to see if the school is the right fit. Hey adults – you have always wanted to learn to play that piano or guitar, so come on in and see how much fun it is to learn!

Private Music Discovery lessons: for preschoolers whose parents want them to learn a musical instrument.
Their little fingers may not be able to do it yet, but through these private half hour lessons, your little one can explore music, sound, and strengthen fingers. This has been a very successful lesson where students ease into violin, piano, or guitar at very young ages. Call for a free trial lesson!

Connect with Ms. Amy’s School of Music on Facebook here. For more info, visit www.msamyschoolofmusic.com, email msamyschoolofmusic@gmail.com , 912.659.0993, 1 ½ blocks from Daffin Park at 2421 Waters Ave. Ms. Amy’s School of Music is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser.

 Zumba classes offered for adults and children
Join certified teacher and mom Sara Johnson for a fast-forwarded fusion of the Zumba program’s moves (salsa, cumbia, reggaeton, hip-hop and more) and high-octane workout! Designed to let kids ages 4-12 max out on fun and fitness all at the same time. Safe and effective, kids can’t wait to get into the Zumbatomic groove. Watch their energy and fitness levels soar as they get the groove.

Parents can boost your fitness level in a fun and energetic environment with a fun, involved and infectiously energetic teacher

Email Sara at sarajojo@gmail.com  for more information. Kids classes: 11-11:45 AM Thursdays & 3-3:45 PM Mondays.  Adults classes: 11-11:45 AM Fridays & 3-3:45 PM Sundays.  All classes are held at Ms. Amy’s School of Music, 1 ½ blocks from Daffin Park at 2421 Waters Ave..