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Thank You Steve, the Improv Dog
After getting the school year started for Sparkles (1st grade) and Buttercup (Pre-K), I was especially excited to see Steve, the improv dog. After the errands, forms, shopping and early morning...
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My Secret to Austin City Limits (ACL) With Kids – A Babysitter
I’m the blogger who encourages family experiences with live music all year ’round. Maybe I’ve hit my head or developed a split personality, because this year I’d rather leave the kids at home with a...
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ACL or Lucy’s Ladybug Jam
I’ve let the truth out that I prefer a babysitter when ACL comes around. But, to tell you the real truth, I am bringing the kiddos for a few hours on Saturday morning. Before we meet the babysitter at...
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ACL Musicians Can Help You Get Your Kids To Sleep
Shanti Wintergate from Play Date on the Austin Kiddie Limits Stage [Updated with info from Seth Goldstein from The Ohmies, after I found an email I had lost.] Oh, so sad about the rain and no ACL...
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ACL Musicians Help Raise Your Teenager
Elizabeth McQueen playing with Asleep at the Wheel on the Lady Bird stage Like I said yesterday when we talked about lullabies, I have answers to real questions from ACL 2013 musicians. Today’s topic...
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ACL Musicians Save You From Justin Bieber
Courtyard Hounds make music with Emily Erwin and Martie Maguire’s kids on the Austin Kiddie Limits stage Like I said yesterday when we talked about practice/inspiration, and the day before that when we...
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ACL Wrap-up from Austin Kiddie Limits
Buttercup playing Abrakadoodle’s Art+Play Game I know I went all nuts on y’all and said I was NOT going to bring my kids to ACL this year. I stick by what I said, that there are easier ways to see live...
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ACL Musicians Can Help You Get More Sleep
Play Date plays on the Austin Kiddie Limits stage. Today is the last day in the series of posts with answers to everyday parenting questions, answered by ACL musicians. First, we talked about lullabies...
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Austin City Limits Music Festival Wrap-up
Jeff Tweedy of Wilco plays on the Samsung Galaxy stage. It was late afternoon. Blue Eyes and I headed to the Samsung Galaxy stage early. We met interesting people from Tennessee. We drank a few cold...
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That’s My Story
Thank you, thank you, thank you for reading, following and liking GrowingUpAustin for the past four years. I love Austin and I love your kids, even though we maybe haven’t meet. I hope the site has...
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