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 [email protected].

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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My favorite composer is Mozart. Never seen a show – can’t wait!

Can’t go wrong with Mozart

I love them

Vivaldi’s Four Seasons is a favorite. We are new to town so we’ve never been to an A2SO event.

Do you plan to replace your smoke detector with smoke and carbon monoxide detector? It is a combo type and provides more functions for you. It is much better since it will also detect carbon monoxide instead of only smoke.

You know that carbon monoxide is poison gas and can kill you in almost no times.

And to make sure that such detector will always work, try to purchase one with dual power or battery back up. So, it will be no interruption even though in power outage.

Have you considered this replacement?

I was bummed to not be able to make this event…I may have drooled a bit admiring the bisque and your hubby’s entree 😉 YUM! I’ll have to check it out next time I’m in A2. Glad you two got to have a little day date – how fun!

Much yumminess here :). I work next to Somerset mall in Troy and we have Brio, which I think is Bravo’s sister restaurant. I’ve been to Bravo once or twice though. Make sure to sign up for their email club too to get a free meal during your birthday month!

I still haven’t been to Neopapalis, sigh. My favorite pizza place in A2 used to be NYPD (for fast pizza, I mean) but lately it hasn’t been as good. I get to A2 about once a month or bimonthly in the winter.

To continue our Pinterest convo – we will be doing Shalimar, my group of friends wanted to do someplace for lunch otherwise we could have considered Mezzevino, since it’s new, or Pacific Rim.

And do you know when A2RW actually started? I can’t remember if they had it when I was a student at UM but I know I’ve done it every year since 2009 or 2010 or so (I graduated in ’09).

I can’t wait to eat out tonight. The Neopaplis looks good!

That is really cool that you have restaurant week. I wished we lived closer so we could visit it, or even have one in our area!

Oh my goodness, that Flat bread looks wonderful. It all looks wonderful. We haven’t been to Olive Garden in ages. I’m so glad I saw this post. I’m thinking we might have to go over the weekend. Yum!

oh…henry would love this!! 😉 hope I win!

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This looks AWESOME! I love board games, and I own the Harry Potter one (and kick butt at it) so I totally agree it should cover all the books.
We love having game nights with our family and friends, and I can see where this would be a great option because I am especially guilty of being ‘connected’ still while we’re playing. Very cool!

I had NO idea a place like this existed! Such a cool idea and a great way to have fun with the kiddos over winter.

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I didn’t know they were coming out with this, thanks for posting!

Do you know if you have to register for this class at Michael’s?

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!

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.

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!!!

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

Thanks!

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.

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.

Looking forward to a fun evening! Hope lots of families come out to try all the experiments … a fun way to get kids in the “school mode” … which is never easy!

I am coming to your tailgating party!! How fun! #client

love your blog!!! Thank you!

I think the time for this event is off: Should be 1-2:30. Also ages are 10-15. http://www.flyartcenter.org/event-2038900

Thanks for the mention! Preschoolers love parties in Kids Town – our special gallery just for those 2-5!

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

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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 🙂

Hi,
I am interessted in your ‘mommy and me ‘ Class. Do you have a differnent time Or maybe differnent Place to do that?
Monday in to late for me.
Thank you!

WOW! Thanks for writing about this. I had no idea about the aquarium!

We hope to see as many of you as possible for our Grand Opening Ribbon Cutting Event today!

Here is a link to our website if you want any info on repair prices, hours, etc.

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Thanks and see you there!

Just a quick question: If you were to estimate how long the concert typically lasts, what would be your best guess? Trying to gauge length for bringing a younger child. Thanks!

We were here today with kids (boys and girls) from 3 yo up to 8 yo and everyone of them had a LOT of fun. They were busy with all different entertained areas and finally showed us small performance on the stage. Great clean place. Open concept – enough space for kids to play and for parents to sit on coach or chair and observing. Very friendly and helpful customer service. Convenient location (on the right side from 94 Highway toward Costco). Big enough parking lot. We were able to bring our own snack.There is clean restroom. Kids were able to be in their street shoes, but I I would advise to have shoes/slippers to use inside. Definitely, on my top of list for snowy/rainy/too hot day to do.

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

Good activity！ My son and I want to take part in.Thanks.

This is great! My kids love Pinkalicious

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

I hope next year this event will be held at Buhr park again. The shuttle was a nightmare. The bus might come every half hour or less often. The website didn’t work to figure out where to go. We ended up waiting forever for the bus and left before we even got to the event. My kids were disappointed.

My girls have always wanted to see a professional show!! They would love this.

We also like to sing-along with “Be Our Guest.”

I think I watched this movie everyday as a little girl ? I know all the songs. I’d love to take my two little boys!

we would love to see the show!!

I saw this on Broadway as a teenager and it’s wonderful. It would be amazing to be able to share it with my girls!

My favorite song the theme song, Beauty and the Beast

Excited about this!

I love the song where she says there must be more than this provincial life (Provincial Life? Not sure of the exact title).

My daughter’s favorite princess is Belle, I know she’d freak out over this! It looked old wonderful.

We would like to advertise our local youth soccer club, MPSA Crush, on your site.
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Thanks for the blog post – we have heard feedback about the rides and are working with Skerbeck to give all ages a better experience! Love your video, we shared this post on our Facebook page and the Event page.

YES! Its that time of year again! Love Ann Arbors Restaurant Week. Time to load the kids up and go enjoy some awesome deals and great tasting food! Nice post here keep up the great work.

Veteran’s pool is closed until further notice due to a problem with its filtration system.

Is this a free event?

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!

Great event and solid system for entries on this site.

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

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 [email protected] 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.