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Bringing You All the Local Family Fun for Seven Years ... and Counting

Issaquah, Sammamish, Fall City, Snoqualmie, North Bend

April 28, 2016
There are seven days of the week, seven colors of the rainbow, seven notes on a musical scale, seven seas and seven continents.  And we are in seventh heaven because this week marks lucky number 7 for Macaroni Kid Snoqualmie Valley - Issaquah!  

Yes, that's right, we've been bringing you all the local family fun for SEVEN years ... that's 364 weekly publications and more than 3,275,000 (yes, million) page views!  
For the past seven years, Macaroni Kid Snoqualmie Valley - Issaquah has worked hard to ... 
  1. BE YOUR GO-TO RESOURCE for Finding Your Family Fun!  We've provided thousands of listings on our awesome online Event Calendar - everything from the Spring Festival at Adventure Kids and the Kid's Trout Derby and Farmer's Markets to the May Day Celebration at Jubilee Farm and Big Community Garage Sale to Parents' Night Out and so much more!
  2. SHARE OUR FAVORITE local places (and ways) to play with your kids: hikes and adventures, playgrounds and parks, rainy day play options, school break A to Z Lists, and our 101 Summer Boredom Busters. 
  3. GIVE OUR READERS A VOICE with our Mom on a Mission series to introduce some amazing moms living right in our communities who not only are doing unique and wonderful things but also deserve to have some attention brought to their mission.
  4. MAKE PARENTING A BIT EASIER with easy, kid-friendly recipes, advice from local parenting experts, crafts, organization tips, an extensive list of local parenting groups ... and more! 
  5. SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES with our a local Business Directory including our special categories for Education, Classes and Activities, Local Seasonal Fun, our annual Summer Camp Guide.  Plus recognize the businesses you love most with our very popular Gold Daisy Awards
  6. SHOW LOVE FOR NEW AND EXPECTANT PARENTS with five very special Macaroni Baby editions! 
  7. HOST COMMUNITY EVENTS in support of local organizations like Bounce for a Cause and our Macaroni Kid Act of Kindness Day.
Diana, Kelley, and I would like to take a moment to thank all the incredible business sponsors and subscribers for their support during the past seven years. It is only with these partnerships and our widely increasing readership that Macaroni Kid Snoqualmie Valley-Issaquah continues to be the best local resource it can be! 

Thank YOU for supporting us, sharing Macaroni Kid with other parents, and helping us celebrate this amazing milestone!  As a little gift to you, we created a printable Summer of Family Fun PLANNING CALENDAR.

Plus the newsletter and website are jam-packed with great content again this week!
Peace. Love. Macaroni!
Diana, Dana, and Kelley