OKC Moms Need to Know: Your Guide to April

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April showers bring May flowers… and a month full of fun for the OKC metro, including two events hosted by us: OKC Moms Blog Mom Prom and Bloom: An Event for New & Expecting Moms!

April Fools: For Kids!

You Guide to Family Friendly Races in OKC

We Will Remember : April 19, 1995

Guide to April Events in OKC

4/1

First Friday Gallery Walk at Paseo 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Free Family Movie Night at the J.D. McCarty Center in Norman 6:30 p.m.

Home School Day at the Sam Noble Museum

Medieval Fair at Reaves Park in Norman begins

4/2

Annual Health Dash at the OU Health Science Center 9:00 a.m.

Brownie Girl Scout “Inventor” Workshop at the Sam Noble Museum 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Coffee and Cars OKC at NorthPark Mall 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Cuppies and Joe Storybook Hour 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Free Crafts for Kids at Lakeshore Learning 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Every Saturday.

Frontier Days at Martin Park Nature Center 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Junior Girl Scout “Entertainment Technology” Workshop at the Sam Noble Museum 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

OKC Household Hazardous Waste Collection at State Fair Park 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Once Upon a Time Princess Party at Orr Family Farm. Times Vary.

PBJ MOMs Spring Consignment Sale 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Saturdays for Kids at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Smile Safari at the OKC Zoo – Global Plaza 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

4/3

Open Streets OKC Uptown 23rd St. 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Science Sundays at the Del City Library 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Teen Service Team at the Choctaw Library 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

4/4

Family Story Time at the Blanchard Library 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Free First Monday for Kids at the Sam Noble Museum

Oklahoma Native American Youth Language Fair begins at the Sam Noble Museum

Rocket Readers at the Bethany Library 5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

4/5

1, 2, 3 Play with Me! at the Southern Oaks Library 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Art Adventures at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art in Norman 10:30 a.m. Every Tuesday.

Mother Goose on the Loose at Warr Acres Library 9:30 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Read Across Oklahoma 2016 at the OKC Zoo 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

4/6

Bringing Books to Life at the Myriad Botanical Gardens 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Every Wednesday.

Lapsit Story Time at the Moore Library 10:00 a.m. – 10:20 a.m.

Playtime at the Northwest Library. Times vary.

4/7

Art After 5 at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art 5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Every Thursday.

Oklahoma Centennial Horse Show begins at the Oklahoma State Fairgrounds

On The Lawn on Western Ave. 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

4/8

2nd Friday Norman Artwalk 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Community Tree Planting at Will Rogers Garden 11:00 a.m.

Gymboree Play & Music Baby Prom 4:30-7pm, benefitting Infant Crisis Center.

Live on the Plaza 7:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.

OKCMB Mom Prom at Harn Homestead 7:00 p.m.

4/9

Coffee & Cars at Crest in Norman 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Covered In Color in Midwest City 9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Drop-In Art at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Every Saturday.

Farmers Market at the Cleveland County Fairgrounds 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Every Saturday.

OKC Thunder Overnight at Science Museum Oklahoma

OU Spring Game at the Gaylord Family – Oklahoma Memorial Stadium 2:00 p.m.

Super Hero Party at Orr Family Farm 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

4/10

Little Read Tween Book Discussion at the Norman West Library 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

National Libraries Week begins at the Chickasaw Cultural Center

SONIC Free Family Day at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

4/11

Toddler Time at the Del City Library 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Week of the Young Child: Music Monday at the Norman West Library 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Rocket Readers at the Bethany Library. Times vary.

4/12

Family Play at the Moore Library 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Toddler Time at the Belle Isle Library 9:30 a.m. – 9:55 a.m.

Wacky Washington at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art. Times vary by age.

4/13

Babytime at the Northwest Library 9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Parachute Play at the Midwest City Library 10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

Week of the Young Child: Work Together Party at the Norman West Library 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

4/14

Art Time at the Downtown Library 10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Diaper Dash: Baby Crawl & Toddler Trot at the Mustang Community Center 10:00 a.m.

Family Game Fest at the Luther Library 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Family Play Time at the Norman West Library 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

4/15

Amy Schumer Live at the Cheaspeake Energy Arena 8:00 p.m.

Explore the Outdoors – Roman Nose State Park 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Family Workshop: A Night Under the Stars at the Sam Noble Museum 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Homeschool Art at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art begins 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Peter Pan begins at the Civic Center Music Hall

4/16

Colors of the Rainbow at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art. Times vary by age.

Cruise In For Coffee at Santa Fe Steak House in Midwest City 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Evening EscApe at the OKC Zoo 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Heard on Hurd 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Norman Quest Adventure Race 9:00 a.m.

Open House and Ribbon Cutting for The Station at Central Park in Moore 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Street Eats Food Truck Festival at the J.D. McCarty Center in Norman 11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.

4/17

Classics for Kids at the Warr Acres Library 2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

Pitch, Hit & Run at the Yukon Community Center 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

4/18

Children’s Story Time and Craft at the SOKC Library 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Creative Space at the Norman Central Library 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

LEGO Club at the Downtown Library 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Storytime at Southern Oaks Library 10:30 a.m. – 11:10 a.m.

4/19

2016 Festival of the Arts begins at Bicentennial Park

Day of Remembrance at the Oklahoma City National Memorial

Egg-Cellent Babies at the Midwest City Library 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Tiny Tuesdays at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

4/20

Land Run at the Harn Homestead begins

OETA Day at the Oklahoma History Center 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Egg-Cellent Babies at the Edmond Library 11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.

Touch, Learn & Create at the SOKC Library 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

4/21

Auto Alley Shop Hop 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Mesh Wreaths for Mothers Day at the Mustang Town Center 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Egg-Cellent Babies at the Village Library 10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Norman Music Festival begins

4/22

Earth Day Birthday Celebration at the Myriad Botanical Gardens 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Earth Day Celebration at the Chickasaw Cultural Center

Free Bus Rides by Embark Transit 6:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.

4/23

Egg-Cellent Babies at the Midwest City Library 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Explore the Outdoors – Sequoyah State Park 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Taloowa Music Fair at the Chickasaw Cultural Center

Zoo Treasures from the Great Depression at the OKC Zoo

4/24

Earth Day Festival at Reaves Park in Norman 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

LEGO Club at the Almonte Library 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon

Spontaneity Open House – come and go with free smoothies from Organic Squeeze.

4/25

Babytime at the Belle Isle Library 9:30 a.m. – 9:55 a.m.

Musictime at the Edmond Library. Times vary.

Poetry Reading at the Ralph Ellison Library 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

4/26

Kids Karaoke at Othello’s of Norman 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Musictime at the Northwest Library 11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Preschool Story Time at the Moore Library 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

4/27

5K Color Run in Edmond 5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Family Storytime at the Belle Isle Library 6:30 p.m. – 7:15 p.m.

Playtime at the Warr Acres Library 9:15 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Prenatal & Parenting at the Northwest Library 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

4/28

Moore City Wide Garage Sales begin

Pre-K Create and Play at the Moore Library 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Sit! Stay! Read! at the Norman West Library 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

4/29

Downtown Edmond Arts Festival begins

Invertebrate Fossil Field Trip for Families begins at the Sam Noble Museum

Rare Pair Mothers of Multiples Consignment Sale begins at the Cleveland County Fairgrounds

4/30

’89er Day Parade in Downtown Norman 10:00 a.m.

Earth Fest at Martin Park Nature Center 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Explore the Outdoors – Robbers Cave State Park 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

May Fair Arts Festival Norman begins at Andrews Park

OKCMB Bloom: An Event for New & Expecting Moms at Westminster Presbyterian Church 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Party for the Planet at the OKC Zoo 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Pop Up Shops in the Park at Hafer Park 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

We can’t wait to see you all at Mom Prom & Bloom!

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Hayley Clyburn
Hayley has been married to her high school sweetheart, Andrew, for 5 years. They have boy/girl twins, Andley and Silas who are two and are very toddleresque these days. Hayley has been blessed with the opportunity to be a stay at home mom, which is something she is extremely grateful for. She is an Okie, born and raised and has her bachelors degree in Social Work from the University of Oklahoma. She is a cloth diapering, baby food making, semi-crunchy mama who enjoys spending time with family and friends, drinking coffee, going to Target, cooking and crafting.

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