Hi – I’m Erin and I work for the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum, and contribute to their blog. I keep track of blog alerts about the Museum and noticed your post about your visit.

Thanks for sharing your experience. This is great feedback for us. We already have staff looking into the wifi access problem you mentioned. We’re also looking into ways to open the Museum during hours that are more convenient for visitors – and especially members.

Thanks again. Hope you have a great summer!

Mom2Coy- I am sorry you were somewhat disappointed. From a friend who went to Little Boo it seemed like there were some changes this year from prior years. In the past the treat stations were around the Carnivore Cafe with some activities in the auditorium. Pumpkin Path has more treat stations and I found the signage to be adequate (maybe they are closer together).

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Thanks for the review. We live just down the street, so we saw some of the fireworks from our backyard. I was thinking of going tonight to watch the fireworks in the park, but perhaps I will just stay home again and enjoy the show from here! Love your blog!

I am glad she has her priorities straight. 🙂

~Jonathan,
Fairyologist

How funny… Believe it or not, I think we were actually there at the same time on Sunday! 🙂

I had a good time, too! It was my first time blueberry picking, and I was surprised how easy it was. I didn’t have to get really dirty, or pricked by bushes, or anything! (I’m a city boy.) And I even told my friend at the time that it would be a great activity for kids!

(This is @BenFranklin1982 from Twitter, by the way!)

Making art out of trash intrigues the heck out of me. I have always thought that it is not the medium we use but what we do with it that makes it art.

last year we got replacement pants at TJ Maxx for $6-10 🙂 AK

I am not sure how to communicate to you on here, but I have to tell you of an event that’s listed on your event calendar that’s not correct. It says that every Wednesday there is a Border’s storytime and craft at Arborland at 630-700pm, but my son and I went there 2 weeks ago and asked the librarian about this during the time it said on this site, and she had no idea what I was talking about. She said there is no storytime at 630 on Wednesdays, and that there should not be incorrect information about events on the website. I think your information is great otherwise and love to be out doing fun events with my 4 year old son. We do almost all the activities and events in and aroudn Ann Arbor. Please just check to see if your information about events is correct on this website before posting it, and remove the 630pm storytime at Borders in Arborland. Thanks!

Thank you for letting me know. These events were held at one time and I did not realize they were no longer being held. The Waters Place times had been on the website, but are no longer listed, so I have removed them all.

Again, it seems like most co-op schools in the area only had 2 or 3-day choices.

Stone School is a one room historic school house and does not have the ability to have more than one class at a time.

AnnArbor.com has corrected their article. While elimination of midday kindergarten buses was an option, it was not eliminated.

I will update the post when I get to my computer.

Love the new look!! I think this is great and I look forward to continuing to read!
Carol

A book for the grandparents of all their grandchildren would be great.

A book for the grandparents of all their children would be great.

Soups are great for my picky eaters. Would love to try new flavors.

jC Penney has free haircuts for K-6 grade through August.

Jeff also dislikes cooked apples. But that Dutch Apple sounds delicious to me!

Thanks too! I also have an incoming kindergartner and just moved back to the district.

Would love to take both of my kids this winter. They have some great areas for toddlers to splash around.

Hoping to win!!!

Perfect for a family getaway. I’d love to win.

Would love to take my daughter. My husband and I just had a baby and this would be perfect for just her time.

It was corn maze 1, not 2.

Excellent you all must visit

If the schools go over the allotted days…they can opt to add time to the school days to make up missed time.

Three Cedars is a favorite of ours. Free activities for kids such as a playground, corn box and toy tractors. They sell cider and donuts, have a hay ride, corn maze, prepicked pumpkin field and bonfire fire pits. They also have a very cute gift shop. It’s an easy drive from Ann Arbir.

We had passes for Dinosaurs Alive as well, but it was me and two guy friends my age (mid-to-late 20s) so we were not interested in that – it sounds cool though. (we did more of the haunted Halloweekends stuff instead, and the coasters)

Glad you go to go back!

Nov 6?? Weeks before thanksgiving?Sorry that’s just wrong. I hope parents don’t support this ever backwards Christmas commercialism creep.

Do you know of any good day camps for the few days the kids have off before Christmas?

I love love love Bravos! We have one here in the East Lansing area. Their food is amazing!

Please consider the Ann Arbor Public Schools Educational Foundation for next year’s shout-out. We fund teacher grants and District-wide initiatives. Thank you.

I’ve taken several of my nieces to family events at the symphony, and they loved the events. When they were younger, I brought along earplugs just in case the noise bothered them, and they enjoyed dressing up and attending a “grown-up” event. I’ll be on the lookout for this event next year!

OMG, chocolate raspberry wontons?! That sounds amazing.

My go-to meal at PF Changs is the chicken lettuce wraps plus the honey chicken. I like the sesame chicken too but it’s a little spicy, and the cashew/almond chicken also. That reminds me, they just sent me a free app/dessert coupon for my birthday so I’m going to head to the Troy location to get myself some lettuce wraps to go sometime soon :).

My favorite location is actually the Northville one though.

RICK-MEGATON-ZARRO-DROID

Do you know if these free movies are baby friendly? Meaning, is it the type of event that babies and kids can make occasional noise and it is not a big deal?

Looks like it was a fun and long trip. We haven’t been to Disney in about 7 years. They have so many new things there now.

I love the idea of a viewing party!! I need to get caught up on some of these before the movie comes out!

I love it! I am SO excited for the new Avengers movie, I am a complete and total Marvel movie buff! I can’t wait to see it

I couldn’t pin the pin. I received the same quote “may lead to spam”.

My daughter Faith loves super heroes. She will be seeing Avengers opening weekend.

I love that Avengers lego set! Would love to have it with my kids. Awesome collectibles for sure.

How fun! We have a large comic book store in our neighborhood that goes all out. We enjoy Star wars day every year.

The dip looks so good. My cheat meal is tomorrow. Chocolate, junk food, here I come!

Looks fun!! I have never been to the Performance Network! Seems like a great time to go!

Thanks!

My kids love these books! I entered the contest! Good luck to everyone who threw their name into the hat.

Good luck to all participants. Looks like a great event that kids and adults will surely love!

I’m all about the classics – so the Give a Mouse a Cookie is the best, but I also liked the Moose and muffin one 🙂

My daughter would have a blast at this performance! Fun!

Great list of books. My oldest is a little older than your daughter, but I’ll have to see if he would like any of these books.

Also Hy 5 Wheel and Merry Go Round are there for a total of 18 rides.

Such cute ideas! I love the table setup. I also have family from Ann Arbor too! 🙂 #client

Apple picking is a great weekend activity for the kids, and having a corn maze is just an added bonus!

This looks like a great event! In the Green Spirit I wanted to let all of you know that you can recycle old phones and other devices at any Genius Phone Repair for no charge! Old electronics are becoming a problem in landfills and we are happy to be able to help by offering a free recycling spot! You can drop off your phones at any of our two Ann Arbor locations: http://www.geniusphonerepair.com/locations.php

Let’s Keep Ann Arbor Green!

It is not good.Because many place can not use the tickets on the weekend and holiday.

I bought the game and completed it 100% in just under 24 hours and I enjoyed it for the most part, just like every other lego game I have played. Its not the best one but its still enjoyable. I do hope they change the formula up at some point though, it is getting a bit too samey.

Thanks for the giveaway! We love Pinkalicous.

We took our preschooler who REALLY wanted to see it after seeing the trailers so much. She stayed focused the whole time and loved it EXCEPT the scary scenes ended up being too intense (I too was on the edge of my seat). She rarely has been scared of things, and didn’t seem scared while watching, but she was up all night with nightmares that day. I feel so sorry I didn’t read this review earlier. She’s okay now, but we really should have waited. Otherwise it is a fantastic film, which touches upon some big, important concepts. I loved it (as an adult).

Would love to win Pinkalicious tickets! My girls are four and almost six and the show is right before the oldest one’s bday – would be perfect!

i would love to take my daughter for her 4th birthday!

This is great! My kids love Pinkalicious

My 5yo son loves Pinkalicious. This would make his day!

I too took my 6 year old daughter. I was a little surprised at the stark difference between the lightness of the trailers and the darkness of the movie. I didn’t notice how scared she was at the time (although she watched from my lap for some of it) but she was scared during the daytime afterwards! She has never been scared of other movies before despite some scary scenes. Also she really couldn’t follow the story with it’s numerous plot twists and adult themes. Every other film she has seen she has wanted to watch again but she specifically said she doesn’t want to watch it ever again until she is ‘grown’. In saying that I loved it. But I would suggest 8 or 9YO and up.

Be Our Guest

I love Be Our Guest as well!

I love Be Our Guest as well. My daughter would love the show!!

My daughter would love to see the live show.

Excited about this show & two little girls that would be dying to see it!!

I love “Beauty and the Beast” theme song at the end of the movie.

The Beauty and the Beast theme song is the best, hands down

I would be great to go see this play.

Be our guest is the best song we can get down to in our house!

Beauty and the Beast

We would like to advertise our local youth soccer club, MPSA Crush, on your site.
I did not find any info about pricing.
I did sign up for your business newsletter.
Please let me know if I need to do anything else.
Jennifer
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I’m with the Michigan Secretary of State’s office and I wanted to give you and your readers a heads-up that the Secretary of State has relaunched the Michigan Child Protection Registry. It allows parents to register cell phones, email addresses and Instant Messenger IDs to keep kids from seeing ads for alcohol, tobacco, gambling and pornography. The website is http://www.protectmichild.com and if you have any questions or want more information you are welcome to email me. Thanks!

Their rice krispie treats are VERY tasty so you should give them another try sometime :). Are you allergic to mushrooms? (but not shiitake?) Mushrooms are my fave so that would be hard for me.

I’d try the Pad Thai – I’m curious to know how the new recipe tastes!

FYI: The Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra is moving to the below address on 6/30/2016.

35 Research Drive, Suite 100
Ann Arbor, MI 48103

We just went there in May and really enjoyed it. My kids loved the boat ride. My pictures look almost identical to yours ?

Thank you for the info! We are braving the parade for the first time! We will be looking for a spot near the end. ??

The Popsicles in the Park event that was scheduled for today ( Saturday July 23) has been cancelled due to the weather. We will reschedule at a later date.

This looks like a ton of fun! My son would love it!!

My daughter loves Rosie – but of course her favorite is Thomas!

My daughters love Emily.

Thanks for sharing. This will be a great day trip!

My son loves Henry!

My son loves James and we would love to see Thomas!

Thank you so much for the chance to win tickets, my boys would have a blast!

My three year old would love this! As would my 6 year old! I’m not even sure they have a favorite character, but seeing a real life Thomas would make them glow!

The August 30 event at Angell school is a “Kindergarten and ‘New to Angell’ Family Picnic Social” followed by an orientation — not just an “Incoming Kindergarten Picnic”. (We’re new to the school and looking forward to this!)

I don’t have kids but my little sister loved Addy’s books!

My daughter’s favorite American Girl is Lea Clark.

What was your favorite thing that happened today? Why was it your favorite? What was your worst?

It’s a tie between Pete the Cat and Daniel Tiger. My girls would LOVE both!

The Daniel Tiger. My son would love that.

My daughter is a theater kid! We would love to win this : )

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Thank you from the Bomber crew for the great review on your blog. We invite you to follow us on facebook, instagram, twitter, and Snapchat via searching “bomberypsi”.

Leslie science and nature center had a great hill down into the field below the raptors!

Heritage park in adrian mi has really good drive thru display off 52 across from movie theater its open from dusk till 10

Incredible light display at the Huron St. exit off of I-94 (heading toward Ypsilanti). It looks like a gas station converted into a health dispensary. Entire building and parking lot illuminated – spectacular.

We love Sesame Street Live. My husband and I would love to take our two boys.

Fingers crossed!

We love it! I have been taking my grandkids to Sesame Street for 8 years now! We are now up to 6 grandkids 8 and under and about to add #7 in January 2017. Plan on going again this year! Thanks for the chance to win!

My 4 year old and friends 2 year old would love this show 🙂 fingers crossed

We love Grover in our family! Our freshly minted 3yo would love to see it!

My daughter loves elmo!

We’ve never seen them but it’s definitely on the bucket list. My daughter would be all about it.

I think Tomorrow might be my favorite song, but Kathy was singing “Lets go to the Movies” the other day. It was adorable!

My 10 year old who is playing basketball through Ann Arbor Rec and Ed would find this show as amazingly fun!!! Hope this will motivate him to practice more!

Thank you for this giveaway! Annie was my favorite growing up and I’ll love to introduce my daughter to the live performance! 🙂