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Shrinky Dink Memories

Posted on July 2, 2011 12:00 am by TheAngelForever

Dear NHL and JSL,

The other day we went to the craft event at our library. I had heard that it was going to be something very different for the two of you. It was not new to me. No, Shrinky Dinks were part of my childhood. Yes, I remember making countless Shrinky Dinks with kids and later jewelry items.

When we got there the two of you had NO idea what I was talking about. You heard that it was time to draw on this strange paper, but never knew how special it truly was.

NHL, you decided to do a windmill first. Then, I drew you a big circle to fill in with something special to you. You drew the Tree of Life from Animal Kingdom. Sad to say that your first Tree of Life had a Shrinky Dink melt down and would not flatten back out. The librarian was nice and suggested that you try again, so you did.

JSL, you saw a ship and immediately declared that it was a pirate ship. I helped you to trace that so you could color it in. Then you took random colors for a modern creation in a circle.

Here are your final items. Each circle was a pendant and the other made into a magnet.

We all had such a fun time that I knew we had to find more Shrinky Dinks to make at home. So while at Michaels the other day, I bought this to test out:

I can not wait to have more Shrinky Dink adventures with the two of you.

Love,

Mommy

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Crafty Start To Summer 2011

Posted on July 1, 2011 12:00 am by TheAngelForever

Thursday morning, I was not sure what I was going to do with the boys. Then, I saw something in my Google Feed Reader from A Frugal Friend. Thanks to Debra, I realized that Michael’s is offering a Passport to Fun Kid’s Event all summer long. I know I had received e-mails about it, but had likely ignored them. So we ran out of the house to Michael’s.

The Passport to Fun book looks amazing. It is filled with great items about each of the places that you will visit during an activity at Michael’s this summer. Coming up this weekend is one for the United States on July 2 for Independence Day.

So where did we visit? We went to Canada. Quite fitting since today is Canada Day. Happy Canada Day to all of my friends to the north.

You probably want to know what they made, eh? Here are the Canadian inspired crafts that were shown to us:

The boys had a great time. The craft itself was cute and should have been really easy to do, but the glue was not behaving. Luckily we were patient and got the pipe cleaner to stay put for the Moose antlers.

Here’s the page from the Passport book about Canada and NHL’s finished project:

The remaining events are always 11am – 2pm:

U.S.A. – Saturday, July 2
Italy – Tuesday, July 5
Australia – Thursday, July 7
India – Saturday, July 9
Russia – Tuesday, July 12
France – Thursday, July 14
United Kingdom, July 16
Japan – Tuesday, July 19
Greece – Thursday, July 21
Mexico – Saturday, July 23
China – Tuesday, July 26
South Africa – Thurday July 28
Brazil – Saturday, July 30

We missed the ones for Sweden, Germany, Egypt, and Bahamas. I know we will try to catch more of these events and others taking place this summer. Of course, while at Michael’s we picked up something to do on our own that was inspired by a craft at the Library’s event earlier in the week. More to come on that tomorrow.

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So my question for you this week:

What country would you have added to the Passport and why?

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Thanks to Kailani at An Island Life for starting this fun for Friday. Please be sure to head over to her blog to say hello and sign the linky there if you are participating.

Aloha #158

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ZooKeeper Screening for Capital District

Posted on June 30, 2011 12:00 am by TheAngelForever

The summer is here and there is a constant stream of movies starting in the theaters. I have noticed a lot of them are geared for families with younger children. One of the movies coming out next Friday, July 8, 2011 is ZooKeeper featuring Kevin James.

Here is a trailer about the movie:

More about the movie from the PR agency:

In Zookeeper, the animals at the Franklin Park Zoo love their kindhearted caretaker, Griffin Keyes (Kevin James). Finding himself more comfortable with a lion than a lady, Griffin decides the only way to get a girl in his life is to leave the zoo and find a more glamorous job. The animals, in a panic, decide to break their time-honored code of silence and reveal their biggest secret: they can talk! To keep Griffin from leaving, they decide to teach him the rules of courtship – animal style. The film also stars Rosario Dawson and Leslie Bibb and features the voices of Cher, Nick Nolte, Adam Sandler, and Sylvester Stallone.

Rated PG for some rude and suggestive humor, and language.

If you live in the Capital District area and would like the opportunity to go to a screening of ZooKeeper, here is your chance. The first 40 people to go to GOFOBO.com will receive the opportunity for two people to go to a screening at Colonie Center on July 6, 2011. Here is the information that you will need. Remember these passes will go quickly, so do not wait too long.

If you get the tickets and go, please let me know. We may also attend. I would also love to know what you think after seeing the movie. I have a feeling this will be a movie that both of my boys will enjoy

Disclosure: I was asked by the PR company from ZooKeeper to share this opportunity with my local readers. I received no compensation for doing so. I was told that I could print passes for my family and we hope to attend the screening as well.

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Read To Me Big Brother

Posted on June 29, 2011 12:00 am by TheAngelForever

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Tuesday Tales – Summer Library Fun

Posted on June 28, 2011 12:00 am by TheAngelForever

Tuesday Tales

Summer break is finally here. We try to spend a lot of time outdoors playing, running, biking, and so on. Of course, we also make sure to read. The summer is the perfect time to rest/cool off at the end of a busy day and read a book. We own a lot of books, but the boys adore going to our local libraries. A field trip to the air conditioned library means time to play, read, check things out, use computers, and catch up with friends.

As a child, I have so many memories from summers with my neighborhood friends. I remember when our local library started doing a summer reading program. Our parents would take us to the branch to sign up, and we would go back each week to write in what we had read. As we got older, we would often walk to the library, have lunch on the way, and make an afternoon of the experience.

For our first day of vacation, I took the boys to the library. I had already signed NHL up for the elementary aged program. Once he reads books, he can log in and record the titles that he has completed. For every five books that he read, he will receive some sort of prize. NHL is finally into chapter books. He has finished two of the A to Z Mysteries, read JSL several picture books, and started one of The Boxcar Children books. I am so proud of how he loves to read and is trying items out of his comfort zone.

JSL was able to sign up for the pre-reader program. You receive a calendar and mark each day that you read 15 minutes to your child. This is not hard for us to do and JSL seems very intrigued. When we got back from the library, he begged me to read him three of the books we took out. The boys are also excited about events that are taking place at many of the library throughout the summer.

So did you participate in a summer reading program as a child or are your children doing one this summer? I would love to know all about them.

What have you read recently? Please be sure to link up to your Book Posts, and/or leave a comment below. Include something you read on your own, with a child or someone else. Tuesday Tales are all about spreading the love for books.