Chrissy has been a big fan of the Laura Numeroff books for a long time. When she was still in college to become a teacher, I gave her a copy of “If You Give A Mouse A Cookie” for Valentine’s Day. Since then, Numeroff has penned many similar books like “If You Give A Pig A Pancake” and “If You...
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Gavin has a talking Elmo doll that he likes a lot. It sings and laughs and tells stories. It’s really kind of creepy. Anyway, Chrissy found out that Sesame Street Live was coming around, so she jumped on the tickets and scored third-row seats for the whole family. Although we later found that it was also playing at a...
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Our family loves Thomas The Tank Engine. We have a huge collection of trains and tracks that we drag out from time to time. Although Aiden is getting a little old for Thomas, Gavin is right at the age where Aiden really started to enjoy it. Since we took Aiden to see Thomas Live a few years ago, we figured that Gavin would...
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Now that season three of their Playhouse Disney show has completed taping, the Imagination Movers are going back on tour! We took Aiden to see them last year and he had a great time. We were in the balcony last time, but we saw the Movers interacting with the kids in the first few rows and really wanted Aiden to be there next...
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Aiden has never been to a theater before. We didn’t want to be those parents that bring a child who was obviously not ready to sit still through an entire movie. But we had taken him to the Field Museum a few days earlier, and he sat through the 3D dinosaur movie about Sue The T-Rex very well. He even wore the 3D...
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Alice Cooper comes to the Radisson Star Theater about once a year. I’ve seen the advertisements on the giant animated billboard next to US 30 about a dozen times over the last decade. And every time, I say to Chrissy that we should go see him since we’re both big fans of his music. We don’t get out to see...
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Swavek and I went to see Predators on its opening night. We got there early and watched the theater fill up. I’m always surprised to see people come in even after the lights go down and still expect to find a decent seat. I don’t normally see movies in the theater anymore, unless they are at the IMAX, but the...
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Aiden loves Playhouse Disney, and we tape new shows for him all the time. A relatively new addition to the Disney lineup is the “Imagination Movers”, now just entering their second season. The show is about four guys that help people with their problems, which they call “Idea Emergencies”. Along the...
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