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Have you ever had difficulty figuring out the perfect gift? It is getting increasingly difficult to find gift ideas for my daughter. As a 10 year old her main interests are playing Minecreaft, watching YouTube videos, and playing video games. Since her birthday is right after Christmas I need to come up with plenty of ideas for us and […]
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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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This year we are doing a Christmas Countdown where we are making sure to do one Christmas activity a day. Right now my daughter is really loving the Origami Yoda series of books that include directions to make Origami characters, so I knew that Christmas origami would be a big hit. Christmas Origami Instructions A quick
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Do you know that each Sunday in December the Michigan Theater is running the Holiday Film Classics Series. Films are shown FREE of charge in the main theater. Yesterday they were playing Miracle on 34th Street which is one of my favorite classic Christmas movies, so I decided to take my almost 8 year old
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My daughter was thrilled when I suggested that we make Candy Cane bead ornaments for our second day of Christmas activity. We had made these several times when she was younger. I love making bead ornaments, in part because I remember making them when I was a child. As a matter of fact, when I
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One of the things that I love about living in Ann Arbor is the wide variety of activities and entertainment that are available. This weekend, my daughter and I were invited by the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra to attend Beethoven Lives Upstairs, the first concert in their 2013-2014 Family Concert Series which was held at
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The following is a guest post by Alice, a mother of four with three special needs children, about contributing to Ann Arbor with Kids focusing on topics of interest to special needs families. I will periodically be sharing her thoughts on activities and events from the perspective of a parent of a child with special
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I grew up watching the classic Christmas specials on TV. Every year it would be the same ones and it was always priority to make sure you were available the night it aired. I was 9 when we got our first VCR (a BetaMax), so maybe we started recording them. The classic specials have all
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Greenfield Village hosts Holiday Nights on several nights through December. This year we attended on December 23 which was a great way to kick off the holiday weekend. On the pre-Christmas dates, they offer Supper with Santa before the event at an added cost. You can also read my review of the Supper with Santa.
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This year we attended Holiday Nights at Greenfield Village. Holiday Nights runs from 6-10p on select nights in December. Saturday nights sell out quickly, so if you want to attend next year, plan to book early. See my review of Holiday Nights. They also offer a Supper with Santa before the start of Holiday Nights. The dinner
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