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Do you have an Elf on the Shelf? We resisted until last year when my mother-in-law sent one to my daughter. My daughter named the elf after herself…Daughter, Jr. We tried to talk her into a more festive name last year, but she was convinced. Of course at night when my husband and I are discussing moving the […]
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We’re currently planning my sister’s baby shower for right after Christmas. Since the baby shower is so close to Christmas, we are doing a winter theme. As I browsed Pinterest, I found several cute snowmen diaper-cakes. I knew it would be a perfect decoration/gift for the shower. But I was unsure of how much work it would be. Last
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What is your favorite pizza place in Ann Arbor? We may have a new contender in my family. My family loves pizza, but we had never made it to Bigalora in Arbor Hills. Tonight we were discussing where to go for dinner and were in the area so I suggested Bigalora. A number of my friends enjoy
After dinner last night, my daughter and I were carving our pumpkins. As I was removing the pumpkin guts (which she tried for about 2 minutes), we were talking about how to carve the pumpkin. My daughter started digging through the drawer where we keep the cookie cutters saying a pumpkin cookie cutter would be a good choice
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The last several years we have gone both Apple and Pumpkin Picking at Wasem Fruit Farm. We usually make two trips since we prefer the earlier season apples before pumpkins are ready for picking. This year, we visited on a Saturday afternoon at the end of September for apples. Wasem was crowded that day, but we had better
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Each year, the Henry Ford celebrates Halloween with Hallowe’en in Greenfield Village celebration. During Hallowe’en you will follow a one mile path through the historical village. The path is lined with hand-carved jack-o’-Lanterns. Periodically along the way, there are historical re-enators as you stop at the various treat stations. Treats are given out to all guests, adult and
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Cedar Point HalloWeekends Disclaimer: Our Cedar Point tickets were part of my conference registration and hotel package for BloggyCon. All opinions are 100% mine. HalloWeekends is Cedar Point’s annual Halloween celebration. HalloWeekends combines family-friendly daytime Halloween activities with the creeps and frights of haunted houses for adults in the evenings. We had a great time visiting HalloWeekends
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If you are reading this and you have visited Ann Arbor with Kids before today, you probably are noticing that the site looks different than it has before. The changes are more than cosmetic with several key upgrades in the functionality. Front Page Layout The new Front Page of Ann Arbor with Kids highlights several featured posts with a
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Briarwood Mall has been undergoing a number of improvements both in the mall overall, store improvements, and new stores over the last couple of years. Briarwood Mall has sent me a few press releases to share with my readers the last two days. Today’s press release was about the reopening of Bath & Body Works
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Today I wanted to take a few minutes to share some planned improvements on Ann Arbor with Kids that should be taking effect during September. The changes include a new newsletter and a complete site re-design. I’m busy working on the improvements, so my posting frequency may decrease as I implement the changes. Fortunately, we’re
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