TeaFairy and Friends StoryTime Adventures

10/19/2026

🐿️🌉 WAIT… SOMEONE BUILT A BRIDGE JUST FOR SQUIRRELS?! AND A MOOSE WHO PLAYS THE BUGLE?! 🫎🎺😲

YES! And you won’t believe the adventures waiting for you in this episode! 📚✨

🧚‍♀️💖 Join TeaFairy & Friends StoryTime Adventures for Episode 11: “Of Squirrels and Moose!” — where a real-life squirrel-saving bridge meets a music-loving moose with a lesson to learn!

🌟 TWO WONDERFUL STORIES!

🐿️ Bright-Eyes, Bushy-Tail, and the Nutty Narrows Bridge by Donna Howard

Discover the TRUE story of a special bridge built just for squirrels in Longview, Washington! Then get creative as author Donna Howard shows us how to make an adorable squirrel craft using treasures from nature! 🍂🌰

🫎🎺 Do You Know? Carlisle Moose Loves to Bugle by Whitni Kostboth

Meet Carlisle, an enthusiastic little moose who LOVES playing his bugle… even when everyone else is trying to SLEEP! 😂💤 Will Carlisle learn that being a good neighbor sometimes means knowing when NOT to toot your own horn?

🎈 PLUS, we’ll make a moose balloon animal, and author Whitni Kostboth joins us to share her book and introduce us to the wonderful world of bugling!

✨ REAL ANIMAL ADVENTURES!
🎨 FUN CRAFTS!
📚 AMAZING STORIES!
💖 SPECIAL AUTHOR VISITS!

There’s something for every curious little mind!

📺 GRAB YOUR LITTLE STORYTIME BUDDIES AND WATCH THE MAGIC UNFOLD! 👇

https://youtu.be/u9ibhf_2_BM

💕 Help us spread the magic! LIKE, SHARE & SUBSCRIBE so more families can discover the joy of reading together!

🧚‍♀️✨ Because every great adventure begins with a story!



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10/15/2026

👻🎃 Halloween fun is coming to McKinleyville!

Join us for the 42nd Annual Halloween Costume Parade on Saturday, October 31 at 11 a.m. at the McKinleyville Shopping Center. The event is free and open to all ages!

Come in costume and enjoy a festive walking parade, candy, dancing with the Magical Witches, and face painting with Penny Byrd. Bring your family and celebrate Halloween with our community!

Presented by the McKinleyville Merchant Association. We can’t wait to see you there! 🧙‍♀️🍬

10/15/2026

🎨✨ Meet the colorful talent behind the paintbrush—Penny Byrd, a.k.a. Popo the Clown! 🤡

Popo will be joining us for the 42nd Annual Halloween Costume Parade at McKinleyville Shopping Center. Arrive early and let her add the perfect finishing touch to your Halloween costume with a fun face-painting design! 🎃🦋🕷️

🎨 Face painting begins at 10:45 a.m.
👻 Halloween Costume Parade begins at 11 a.m.
📅 Saturday, October 31
📍 McKinleyville Shopping Center

The event is free and fun for all ages. We can’t wait to see your costumes—and your freshly painted faces!

10/15/2026

☕🥐 A little local love for Ramone’s Bakery & Cafe!

Our local merchants help make McKinleyville a special place to gather, shop, and enjoy the community. Next time you’re at McKinleyville Shopping Center, stop by Ramone’s and show them some love. What’s your favorite way to treat yourself during a busy fall day? 🍂

10/15/2026

🎃 A little Halloween history!

Halloween’s name comes from “All Hallows’ Eve,” the evening before All Saints’ Day. Its history reaches back to older seasonal traditions, including the Celtic festival of Samhain, and customs that blended over time into the Halloween we know today.

We’re celebrating that long history with a little community fun of our own: join us for the 42nd Annual Halloween Costume Parade at McKinleyville Shopping Center on Saturday, October 31, beginning at 11 a.m. It’s free and fun for all ages! 👻

10/15/2026

Get ready to dance at the 42nd Annual Halloween Costume Parade! 🎃🕺 DJ Kyle Knutz—Juniper’s dad—will bring the music and fun to McKinleyville Shopping Center.

Join us Saturday, October 31, beginning with face painting by Popo the Clown (Penny Byrd) at 10:45 a.m., followed by opening ceremonies featuring special guests The Dancing Magical Witches of Humboldt! The parade is free and fun for all ages! 👻🎶

10/15/2026

10/15/2026

Today’s merchant spotlight is Edward Jones, serving McKinleyville with Brandon Kakitsuka and Kelly Wood. ✨

“Dreaming Up the Ideal Retirement is Your Job. Helping You Get There is Ours. We are excited to hear from you.”

Call (707) 839-2191.

10/15/2026

Calling all young artists! 🎨🎃 Our Halloween coloring contest is here!

Download and print the coloring page, add your favorite colors, and bring your finished masterpiece to the 42nd Annual Halloween Costume Parade at McKinleyville Shopping Center on Saturday, October 31.

We’ll have age groups for 3–5, 6–8, and 9+. Winners will be contacted during the second week of November. Have fun creating! 🖍️👻

10/15/2026

Pumpkins are full of surprises! 🎃 Besides the pumpkin itself and those tasty roasted seeds, you can cook with tender pumpkin vine stems, young leaves, and blossoms, too. Try this quick garlic sauté:

Pumpkin Greens & Blossoms
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 small garlic clove, minced
• 1 cup young, tender pumpkin vine stems, chopped
• 2 cups young pumpkin leaves, washed and chopped
• 6 pumpkin blossoms, gently washed

Remove any stringy fibers from the stems. Sauté them in olive oil until almost tender, about 4 minutes. Add the garlic and leaves; cook until the leaves wilt. Stir in the blossoms and cook for another minute or two. Season with salt, pepper, and a squeeze of lemon. 🍋

Use produce from a known edible pumpkin variety—not ornamental gourds—and discard anything that tastes bitter. Happy fall cooking! 🍂