October 2024

Mountain View Firefighters Pancake Breakfast (Oct 5th)
Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024 8-11 a.m.. Fire Station #4 229 N. Whisman Road. 
This wonderful fundraiser for burn victims is a blast with lots of fun demos and delicious food! More info here

Mountain View Oktoberfest (Oct 5-6)
Beer, pretzels, and accordions — what could be better?!
More info here

Science in the Park (Oct 5th)
Come to Cal State East Bay for a great outdoor kids science event. (Thanks for the tip, Michele) More info here!

San Francisco Fleet Week Oct 7-14
The Blue Angels, ship tours and more, fleet week is a blast. Some of the ferries offer a really nice buffet with an awesome view of the air show of the water. Pro Tip: Consider reserving parking on SpotHero ahead of time (we did this the last two years and it made things so much easier). More info here.

Highway Church Fall Festival (Oct 12)
Bounce house, fun games, lots of prizes and free and open to all!
More info here

October Fun at the Hiller Aviation Museum
There are so many fun events coming up this month at the Hiller Aviation Museum (thanks, Michele!), including a witch dropping pumpkins from a helicopter and a haunted hanger. More info here.

Harvest Days at Filoli
Spend time at the beautfiul Filoli gentleman’s orchard, enjoy live music and learn about gardening all while enjoying Filoli-made cider and snacks!
More info here

Monster Bash (Oct 26)
This free, city-wide, kid-friendly Halloween party is always a blast! More info here.

Mountain View Library Programing
There are SO many great events coming up at the library!

Andre Thierry Concert: Accordion Soul and Zydeco
Outdoor Storytimes
Family Gaming and Switch Time (Oct 12)
Deer Hollow Storytime (Oct 25)
Let’s Create
and More

Also, the library makes it easy to explore the outdoors — check out a parks pass and hiking backpack!

Lastly, you can reserve free tickets to local museums, the California Academy of Science and the de Young Museum!

Lemos Farm Pumpkin Patch
Lemos Farm in Half Moon Bay has become a family tradition. They have train rides, bounce houses, hay rides, pony rides and more! If you go on weekday in October, the tickets are a bit cheaper and the also it is usually pretty empty (pro tip: no lines on early October Thursdays!) Get tickets here

Music on Castro (Wednesdays)
Every Wednesday April through October, the city of Mountain View provides wonderful, free music on Castro street. Bring a picnic or grab some food to go at one of the many restaurants downtown. Bonus tip: Asian Box has kids eat free (with purchase of an adult meal) after Wednesday after 5 pm. Music starts at 5 (grab a box and go :).

Gilroy Gardens, Great America, and Happy Hollow
Fall is a great time to visit these fun parks! Let us know if you want to join us and we can even go together!

Note that the long-awaited jaguar and red panda habitat at Happy Hollow is NOW OPEN!! Yay!

Also, Great America has a fun Oktoberfest this month as well as trick-or-treating and Halloween-themed decorations!

Gilroy Gardens
Great America
Happy Hollow

Overnight Camping at Gilroy Gardens (Oct 12)
These look fun! We haven’t tried them yet so if you go, please report back! More sign up here.

Overnight Camping at Happy Hollow (Oct 11)
These we’ve done a couple of times and they are a blast and very well done!! Sign up here

Free Craft Classes at Michael’s
It looks like the the Sunday MakeBreaks at Michael’s on hold, but there are other fun classes during the week you might be interested in checking out.

Parenting Book Club
If you are interested in discussing, just shoot me an email and we’ll figure out a time!

October: Untangle Your Emotions by Jennie Allen. This one is more of a general psychology/Christian book rather than strictly parenting, but kids are people too (and definitely have emotions that get all tangled up sometimes!)

November: How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen by David Brooks. If I could master half of what he suggests, I would be a much better parent (and person!)