I am a mom. On Sunday (hint: it’s Mother’s Day!) I get to celebrate my mom, mother-in-law, grandmother, and sisters who are moms – lots of love for some amazingly talented women who are raising fantastic (little and big) people. If you are also celebrating your mom this weekend in Olympia, we’ve got you covered with loads of activities, events, and fun ideas to keep the whole family entertained.
- Keep your dollars in your wallet and use our Thrifty Thurston guide to plan a spectacular Mother’s Day.
- Make a reservation for Mother’s Day brunch. Here is a list of ideas.
- Shop local for Mother’s Day gifts.
- Salute military moms in this article.
- Set your shrimp pots on Saturday. It’s the second of four days authorized to catch shrimp in Hood Canal.
- Pick up veggies for your weekend meals during the Produce Tent sale at Bayview Thriftway this weekend.
- Take mom on one of these 5 Mother’s Day hikes – suitable options for all athletic abilities.
- Select hand-dipped strawberries as your Mother’s Day gift. Find more details here.
- Watch a Ballet Northwest’s production of Don Quixote throughout the weekend. Get tickets here.
- Listen to great live music during the Steamboat Stringband Jamboree on Friday night and throughout the day on Saturday.
- Visit the Olympia Wooden Boat Fair throughout the weekend in downtown Olympia.
- Celebrate your love of cheese during the Livin’ on the Wedge Cheese Festival at Bayview Thriftway on Saturday. Get event details here.
- Grab tickets to next weekend’s Dancing with South Sound’s Stars competition at The Washington Center. Event information can be found here.
- Go out on the town and watch some excellent live theater, like Harlequin Productions‘ “Time Stands Still.”
- Organize a summer camp for your nature loving kid.
- Kick off sunnier days with the Opening Day of boating season at the Olympia Yacht Club on Saturday morning.
- Take a secret garden tour with the Olympia Garden Club on Saturday. Get event details here.
- Visit NOVA School for their Innovator’s Arts & Makers Market Fair on Saturday.
- Pick up your tickets for next weekend’s Girls Night Out. Find out about the downtown Olympia shopping event here.
- Celebrate the tide flats at the Hama Hama Oyster Rama on Saturday. Find our more details here.
- Tap your feet to jazz music by the SPSCC Jazz Band and PLU Jazz Band on Saturday evening. $10 tickets can be purchased at olytix.org.
- Enter a Washington State Park on Sunday and leave the Discover Pass at home. All state parks are free on Sunday, May 10.
- Explore Mima Mounds for Prairie Appreciation Day on Saturday and Sunday.
- Run a 5k with Mom on Sunday morning to support the Family Support Center. Registration info is here.
- Register for Dr. James Beckerman’s May 14 free forum on heart health. Get more details here.
- Reserve your spot for the Capital City Marathon. The 5-miler, half-marathon and full marathon is scheduled for Sunday, May 17.
- Sign up for summer camps. Click here for our list of more than 30 local camps that will keep your kids busy this summer.
- Encourage a high school student to complete Coldwell Banker’s scholarship essay – “What Makes a House a Home?”
- Visit an open house event this weekend. Click here to see the list of Van Dorm Realty’s open houses.
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