Can you have too much Halloween fun? (No.) Show off your costumes and have a ball at a bucketful of sweet and spooky events around town.

This new playground’s giant green climber-net-maze-thingy will blow your kids’ minds.

We nurture and inspire K–8 students of high intellectual potential, with the guiding belief that they are “children first, gifted second.”

See Cirque Mechanics Zephyr at Tacoma’s Pantages Theater on Sunday, Oct. 16. This energetic, acrobatic experience is inspired by the power of wind!

2. Support Native communities by participating in a free or timed walk or run at Daybreak Star Center. (SAT.)

4. Learn how plants and animals adapt to the seasons, and zap the wiggles during a free, naturalist-led walk in the woods. (SAT.)

There’s something magical about kids and trains. Take Amtrak Cascades to Portland (or beyond) in about three hours. Book a family adventure now.