Kooza by Cirque du Soleil With Kids

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Years and years ago one of my sisters went to Las Vegas and came home telling me all about Cirque Du Soleil and their show, "O". Apparently it involves water and acrobats dive off huge platforms into the water. Just the few words she told me about it and I was hooked. Ever since then I have wanted to see a Cirque Du Soleil show.  Of course being a young family with young kids, it was always out of our price range. This week someone graciously gave my husband one adult ticket and two kids tickets to see Saturday Afternoon's production of Kooza by Cirque Du Soleil. I was so excited when he … [Read more...]

Homemade Sprinklers – Crafts for Kids

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Some people may think that using a project using PVC pipe is not a craft. You might be right, or you might be wrong. It doesn't matter.  The cool thing is though that I did an crafty creative activity with our oldest daughter this week that she LOVED. My good friend, Beth, is married to a super smart guy named Nathan and has a super super smart son and daughter. Nathan a few years ago gave their son a bag of PVC pipes cut to different lengths, connectors, and sprinkler heads and told him to go to town making his own sprinkler. It was the coolest idea ever. Did I mention that the kid was … [Read more...]