I attended Little Boo on Thursday morning; I was somewhat disappointed with the event. A flyer for directions to the treat stations is a nice idea if you aren’t hauling 2 kids in a wagon. They needed more signage. Also, the line for trick-or treating were long even though we arrived right when the zoo opened. The candy was sparse and what was handed out wasn’t even appropriate for toddlers (nerds & snickers???) Also, to get from one treat station to another you had to cut through the auditorium which was blocked by a sound stage, vendors, and a muscian. It was very crowded. They also didn’t have the goats open which is my son’s favorite part of the zoo. It was a real bummer.

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Glad to see you finally made it to the zoo!! 🙂 The weather was gorgeous this week. I can’t wait to go and see the new cub sometime this summer. So cute!

Laura – if you’re close enough you could walk – It is $2/person, but might be worth a few extra $$ over the $5 parking to walk home. Thanks for the compliment on the blog.

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I work for Bagger Dave’s and just wanted to apologize for the service issues and the food goof.

We are indeed having a Thomas the Train event on Sunday, October 3rd. Our kids meals for kids 12 and under will be 1/2 off, plus we will have Thomas the Train-themed goodie bags, a coloring contest, a costume contest, and free face painting. Our electric train will be transformed into an authentic Thomas the Train too!

I can send you the flyer for the event, please e-mail me at info@baggerdaves.com.

Target has great bib style snow pants for kids for $12!

Thanks for the recommendations. As it turns out she is super skinny so her 3T pants are still fitting on maximum shoulder height. Not the greatest match, but they’re already paid for.

also I called the downtown Broders to check to see if they had the 100pm storytime on Wednesdays currently running, and the person on the phone said no, there is no 100 Wednesday sotrytime there. The ideas for events are great on your weekly calendar, but please make sure they are correct before entering them on the weekly calender for parents to follow for events for their preschoolers. I hope someone read this and updates the events to current ones. Thank You!

In my search for preschools, my only issue with this school was that it did not offer a 5-day program.

Amanda – you could potentially place a 4 year old in a 5 day afternoon program at the Saline Coop. The school offers a MWF afternoon program for 4’s and a TTh afternoon program for 3&4 year olds. You could sign up for both. I would encourage you to come to our open house on Feb. 15th and speak with Ms. Bonnie as to how she would work with a child in that situation. Here is our web site for more information: http://www.salinecoop.org/. Thank you for your comment; it is a great idea!

We are going to see the show this Saturday.:)

My son attended, too! He was in room 10. He had a great time but I absolutely agree with the parking and Fri. schedule.

Congrats on your new everything 🙂

I do not know how my comment got to here instead of the Shutterfly post. Sorry, will try again.

I feel full day is better. More time for learning, less disconnect on days with specials, and more social interaction opportunities. If you were not aware, full day was reqiured some years ago, and schools that needed time to restructure had a grace period, but that expired a few years ago and schools not in compliance have had to pay a hefty fine, which means less money for students and salaries. My child was fortunate to go to full day and adjusted very quickly.

Is this the same kiosk as the one at Touch-a-Truck? If so, they did a pretty nice job with the cute (free) photos. Probably took about 15 minutes to get through it and te volunteer employees were super friendly.

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

Thank you for this. I am new in town, plus from Florida (no snow knowledge), and have a starting kindergarten-er. I am very anxious! : )

I’ve heard this is the best water park in our area but haven’t had a chance to try this one yet.

I would love to try the zip coaster.

My son and step son have never been to a resort or waterpark…this would make one amazing vacation!!

No, but i would love to go!

Love to try the kid area!

Our favorite is brocolli. My kids can’t get enough

Thank you for the review. We decided to go to Kerrytown after thinking the mall would be too busy. Kerrytown celebration was outdoors which made the crafts difficult to do. They did send home bags with crafts to do later. They did do a marshmallow roast which my kids 9 and 5 did enjoy. We did not stay for long as it was just too chilly. We ended up going to the Tea Haus which is always a good time.

Apple Charlie’s in New Boston is a favorite for us! It’s near Detroit Metro Airport, about 25 minutes from Ann Arbor. Parking and admission are FREE. The offer U-Pick apples, cider and donuts, pre-picked pumpkin patch (with a beautiful barn in the background. Great for photos!) large market with other goodies, and a petting farm. I grew up visiting Apple Charlie’s and highly recommend it! http://www.applecharlie.com/

I’m not sold on the new Ninja Turtles movie. Before you tar and feather me, let me tell you a short story.Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has to be the most successful parody in American culture. If you’re interested enough to read this, you probably already know that TMNT was originally conceived by Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman as a single-issue spoof of popular 1980’s comics like Daredevil

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I’d love to chat with you sometime about your blog. I started KZOOkids.com with the help of Melody from grkids.com and am always looking for other local friends to connect with.

Have a super day!

Jill Piwko

Hello,

My name is Nadine Hariri and I am the editor of the local publication, Ann Arbor Family. I am subscribed to your blog and always look forward to the seeing the fun events you are posting about. We’d love to include a link to your blog on our website as an expert in AA events for parents. Please let me know if you’re interested!

Thank you,

Nadine Hariri

Looks like a ton of fun and super yummy!

My Bizarro name is BERNIE-SPIN-ZARRO-DROID. Thanks for the giveaway. It looks like a fun movie.

We had so much fun when we went but I’m slightly bummed their wands just sit in the boxes. How was the weather?

Hey Anna Mae, I work with Kim McIntire from Pittsfield Parks and Recreation. We are trying to get a hold of you but your email doesn’t seem to be working. We keep getting the email kicked back to us. We would love to talk about some of the sponsored posts!

Looks like you got a great variety of Marvel products in your package and what a great giveaway for your readers. Them snacks look pretty yummy too!

Super cute! I definitely entered the contest too since I don’t own The Avengers. I’m seeing it next Tues in Livonia, very excited for it.

PS: I like the new blog design!

PPS: when I tried to pin the pic, it said “blocked because it may lead to spam’ … no idea why. :-/ also your tweet thing doesn’t have a link to this post.

My husband has been collecting Captain America stuff since he was in diapers. He would love everything you have!

VERY cool! I’m glad everything isn’t just re-painted pink like so many manufacturers have a tendency to do. Rock on, girls who love Avengers!

Thats a girl with some good taste! My husband is a Captain America fan since he was probably still in the womb thanks to his dad. He has a man cave thats red and blue and full of CA collectibles. Kiddo enjoys it because her dad does so we have fun with it.

That game looks like so much fun! Girls are totally superheroes too, I love that your daughter loves to play with them also! #client

This sounds like a lot of fun. Love the cake!!!

My daughters like the origami Yoda books, too. Great ideas, have fun celebrating.

We have If You Give A Pig A Pancake. It’s very cute! I’d love to take my 4-year-old daughter to this!

This looks like so much fun! My son loves those books!

This show looks so cute. The same company is doing the Detroit show but it’s at City Theatre, downtown.

Sounds like a fun show. I’m not sure if my youngest is too old.

I didn’t know that Ken Jennings wrote books. That’s pretty cool!

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!

How fun that you created games for your kids to play around Thanksgiving! I love your pie smoothie recipe, too! [client]

Great review. Love reading your daughter’s thoughts — I was wondering what she thought about it! You’re right that it could’ve used a few more comedy interludes to off-set the serious tone. Hope you guys have a great T-Giving 🙂

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!

Elmo’s Birthday Party

Saturday, January 30, 2016
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
YDL-Michigan Program Room (downstairs)
Topic
Other
Contact
mitchell@ypsilibrary.org
734-482-4110 x1390
Department
Michigan Avenue
Celebrate Elmo’s birthday with stories, cake, and crafts!

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.
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Thanks for trailer. Movie coming soon, soon, soon! Can’t wait! 🙂

Hi could anyone perhaps give me a lift to this event. I have a 14 month old baby and I live by washtenaw, glencoe hills dr. I am new to Ann Arbor and do not have a car yet.

I’m originally from Danville, PA, and spent my summers at Knoebel’s! I loved seeing this post. <3

My kids are big Thomas the Train fans, they would love this!

This would be amazing for our family!

My grandson loves Percy and James!

We love Sir Tophamhat!

What age group would you recommend? My daughter is 3. Would she be too little to enjoy?

sir topm hat and the deiesel

Here’s a photo of the adorably-named HopKittens menu: https://goo.gl/photos/PF9FGcu1sA1HXFsR9

You should check out Debucks in Belleville. We love all the fun stuff they have there. Huge slide, corn maze, corn box, tractor ride, and lots more. They are our favorite donuts around.

I liked the look of it from the trailer, but a lot of those jokes are in the first ten minutes…it’s a shame, really. My fault for watching trailers! Actually the adventure stuff isn’t terrible, it’s just that it hits that note from about 15 minutes and stays on it to 1 hr 20 or so. But kids like it, and there are some good moments therein.

Halloween Science Fun Day for youth 4-10 years of age, Sunday, October 16 and 23 (will be canceled, if raining), starting at the Botanical Gardens and with clues, a road trip will bring around the area, integrating math/science, Halloween Fun, and prizes.

RSVP required for directions

Free

Write Captain@anchorsciencefun.com for details, to offer in-kind donation or volunteer

Sounds like fun – it looks like it’s better to attend early in the season, then, so it’s less cold out! I’m not an ice skater either – I tried in my UM days but was always bad at it, lol.

That looks awesome, I’ll have to take my niece and nephew next time they’re in town!
❤️ Rosalie
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Halloween falls on a Monday this year. Is it safe to say that will be the day trick or treating takes place in Ann Arbor, or are they going to move it back to a weekend day?

Hi, I would like to also add that Superior Twp is doing a tree lighting activity this weekend. I hear its the first year to do this 🙂

“Superior Twp is having a tree lighting ceremony on Saturday, December 3rd at 6:00 P.M at Township Hall. Santa will be there for pictures and there will be free cookies, cocoa, candy canes and a choir singing Christmas carols!”

So many great ideas! I also found these winter break camps – volleyball, basketball (advanced basketball available too), and soccer along with full and half day options.

1on1 seems to have a lot of following in the area for their programs. Happy holidays all!

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

5th and Liberty has some nice lights

Vet’s has open skate on the 24th from 11-3. Same hours on 12/31.

What Kids workshops or events are planned for the New Year? Thank You.

I hope my little one gets to see Elmo!

Thanks for the chance to win!

My oldest loves cookie monster and my youngest loves Elmo. 🙂

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! 🙂