Edmonds Parks and Recreation offers a variety of recreation classes for children and adults. Children's programs include gymnastics, music, dance, babysitting, and etiquette classes. Summer day camp opportunities are also available.

Are your children's manners in need of a bit of fine-tuning? Mrs. DeGroot offers etiquette classes for children ages eight-18, including table manners, social graces, posture/body language, and thank you notes.

Classes consists of three two-and-a-half hour sessions; high tea is served during each. Gift certificates and group rates area available; and Mrs. DeGroot's classes can be booked for scouts, schools, and other community groups.

North Kirkland Community Center offers year-round parent/child, preschool, youth, and teen recreation programs, as well as classes in music, art, dance, drama, cooking, science, languages, yoga, aerobics, and more. A current class schedule is online or available at the center. Registration is available online as well.

The center also has a drop-in indoor playground for children ages one to five, open from mid-September through early June. Call for days and times.

Summer Junior Day Camps are available for kids ages six to eight. Peter Kirk Camps are offered in the summer for kids ages six to twelve.

Indoor Playground Birthday Party packages are available for children ages one to five.

In addition to Overlake's level III Neonatal Intensive Care Nursery for sick and premature babies and its overall reputation as a fine place to give birth, the hospital offers an excellent, reasonably priced array of parenting, safety, and CPR classes, as well as etiquette classes for grade- and middle schoolers. Contact the hospital or go to its website for an up-to-date class list.

Over 90% of Overlake's doctors are board-certified in their specialties. To find a doctor, call the medical center's free Physician Referral Line. Determine a physician's credentials, office hours, location, and whether or not they accept your insurance and are accepting new patients. [425.688.5211]