Fun facts about Texas that I'll bet you didn't know.

The second most populated state in the union is Texas: the Lone Star State. At over 200 times the size of Rhode Island and stretching 800 miles each way, Texas is also the second largest state in terms of land area. In this regard it loses out on first place to Alaska rather than California.

Summer Art Decorate your Bike Make A Flag

Most Americans will be attending a parade as part of their Independence Day celebration.

If your bicycle is going to the parade or you will be in the parade, we've provided supply lists and how to steps to turn bicycles, tricycles, and golf carts into a red, white and blue mobile display.  

Flag making is an excellent way to celebrate a special occasion during the summer.  The next activity lesson from the Resource Center is how to make your own flag.  Great fun for the entire family.

Bicycle Decoration Materials

•        Red crepe paper streamers

•        White crepe paper streamers

•        Blue crepe paper streamers

•        Scissors

•        Tape

•        Bicycle, tricycle, golf cart or wagons make wonderful mini floats

Fathers Day: Gift Ideas, Shopping & History

Fathers Day Celebration History

USA Father's Day 2012 June 17 and it was  June 18 in 2011. The idea of Father’s Day was conceived by Sonora Dodd of Spokane, Washington, while she listened to a Mother’s Day sermon in 1909. Dodd wanted a special day to honor her father, William Smart, a widowed Civil War veteran who was left to raise his six children on a farm. A day in June was chosen for the first Father’s Day celebration—June 19, 1910, proclaimed by Spokane’s mayor because it was the month of William Smart’s birth. The first presidential proclamation honoring fathers was issued in 1966 when President Lyndon Johnson designated the third Sunday in June as Father’s Day. Father’s Day has been celebrated annually since 1972 when President Richard Nixon signed the public law that made it permanent.