Walking with the Dinosaurs- The Arena Spectacular

Walking With the Dinosaurs is coming to the Verizon Center Sept 16-20th. If you have kids...or husbands who love dinosaurs this looks by far the GREATEST event to take them to.

After 65 million years they’re back!

"After years of planning, the award-winning BBC TV series, Walking with Dinosaurs comes to life in a stunning theatrical event.

Internationally renowned designers have worked with scientists to create 15 life-size dinosaurs, including the terror of the ancient terrain, Tyrannosaurus-rex! Be amazed and thrilled as the greatest creatures ever to walk the earth return before your eyes.

It’s a dazzling 10 million pound arena spectacle of unprecedented size and quality set to captivate young and old alike. Marvel at the story of their 200 million year domination of life on earth. Watch them walk. Hear the roar. Be there as they fight for survival and supremacy. From the ripple of their skin to the glint in their eye, you will know the dinosaurs really have returned! So make sure you have your seat to see the return of the dinosaurs!"

Click here for ticket and show information.

Washington Folk Festival this weekend

Washington Folk Festival
May 30 - May 31
Location: Glen Echo Park

The Washington Folk Festival is back for its 29th year at Glen Echo Park. This free festival presents the public with the many folk music, dance and craft traditions that are part of the greater Washington area. The Festival supports over 450 performers on seven stages including: a participatory dance program in the Spanish Ballroom, a storytelling stage, and music for family audiences. Local artisans will demonstrate and exhibit their crafts. For more information visit www.fsgw.org.

My friend has gone a few times and said it is an excellent festival.

Regal Entertainment Group’s Free Family Film Festival

When school’s out, kids around the country visit selected Regal theatres for the Free Family Film Festival. It’s a fun-filled nine weeks of movies for kids and parents. Since 1991, Regal has provided this service to the community, and best of all it’s FREE! Selected G & PG movies start at 10AM each Tuesday and Wednesday during the festival. First-come, first-served seating is limited to theatre capacity. The Free Family Film Festival is safe, lots of fun and a great way for kids to spend a weekday morning in the summer.
Tickets for our 2009 Free Family Film Festival are exclusively available at select theatres’ box office on the day of the show.
There are plenty of Virginia and Maryland locations to choose from. Here is the schedule of the Majestic Stadium in Silver Spring:

Majestic Stadium 20 900 Ellsworth Drive Silver Spring ,MD 20910 301-565-8884
06/23/2009-06/24/2009	The Tale Of Despereaux (G)
	Igor (PG)
06/30/2009-07/01/2009	Space Chimps (G)
	Alvin And The Chipmunks (PG)
07/07/2009-07/08/2009	Curious George (G)
	Inkheart (PG)
07/14/2009-07/15/2009	Horton Hears A Who (G)
	Madagascar 2: Escape To Africa (PG)
07/21/2009-07/22/2009	Kit Kittredge: American Girl (G)
	Spiderwick Chronicles (PG)
07/28/2009-07/29/2009	Everyone's Hero (G)
	Kung Fu Panda (PG)
08/04/2009-08/05/2009	Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (G)
	Star Wars: Clone Wars (PG)
08/11/2009-08/12/2009	Charlotte's Web (G)
	Barnyard (PG)
08/18/2009-08/19/2009	Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: Veggie Tale Movie (G)
	Monster House (PG)

Bringing Up Geeks Talk

An entertaining and enjoyable event offering parents motivation andstrategies to raise Genuine, Enthusiastic, Empowered Kids (GEEKS!) who turn into responsible, mature and principled young adults

Based on the national best seller
"Bringing Up Geeks: How to protect your kid's childhood in a grow-up-too-fast world" (Penguin USA)

"Inspiring"..."encouraging"..."witty"... "wise"

You Are Invited to Meet Columnist * Author * Speaker
Redefining What's Cool for Our Kids
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
7:00 p.m.
St. John Academy
6422 Linway Terrace, McLean, VA 22101
For information call 703.356.7554
http://www.stjohnacademy.org/

Where The Wild Things Are Trailer

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is coming to town

There's a free elephant parade, and APISS has the hookup for discounted tickets!

Click here for details.

It is a great deal for families!

Thanks, Lori, for passing on this fantastic deal!

Can do kids fair THIS SUNDAY--by PEP

Celina learned of this through her Church moms' group..

This is a great event and usually sells out.  You MUST pre-register, so follow the link, fill out the form and fax or call it in.

 

Check it out.  It’s THIS Sunday.  http://www.pepparent.org/pubs/cdkfinfo.pdf

Can Do Kids Fair!

“Be Thrifty - Make It, Do It, Fix It”

Sunday,

March 15, 2009

general public: 2:30 - 4:30 pm

PEP Members: 1:30 - 4:30 pm

at the

Gwendolyn Coffield Community Center

2450 Lyttonsville Road ● Silver Spring, MD

Parent Encouragement Program

10100 Connecticut Avenue ● Kensington, MD 20895

301.929.8824 ● PEPoffice@aol.com ● PEPparent.org

At this popular annual event young children (ages 4 - 10) can demonstrate with pride

what they already know and learn some new practical skills, too. Older children (ages

11 & up) can volunteer for community service hours. Adult volunteers are also

needed. Activities include:

● Cooking/Good Eats

● Make your own “I CAN” Can

● Home Creating: vacuuming, ironing, sewing a button & hem, sewing machine, dishwashing

● Home Maintenance: painting, electricity, carpentry, drywall, carpet cleaning

● People Skills: Phone & Table manners and Cyber Smarts

● The Good Earth - Grow Your Own Food

● What’s Wrong With This Room? a game of detection

● Passport to Self-Sufficiency

Consignment Sale in Virginia

For all of you Virginians there's the bi-annual

Lutheran Redeemer Consignment Sale
Fri. March 20th at 7-9pm and
on Sat. Mar 21st from 8-11am
at Lutheran Redeemer Church
1545 Chain Bridge Rd. McLean, VA 22101

I recommend you get there at 6:30 or as soon as the doors open at 7pm on Friday if you are on a hunt for clothes. I went there for the first time in the fall and it was a feeding frenzy...kinda scary actually. The boys' clothes were already picked over by 7:20pm when we got there. Though my friend got a shweeet deal on a double stroller so definitely get there early if you want the good stuff. They have great toys and books too! Bonus: If you are pregnant you get to skip to the front of the long check out line....I got to cut in line with my prego friend! So bring your pregnant selves and/or friends!

Twin Sale

Twin Sale!!

Sat, March 21st 9-11, regular shopping then 11:30-12:30 everything %50 off.  Julius West Middle School 651 Great Falls Road, Rockville.  It's one block west of 270.  It costs $2 to get in.  Cash and checks accepted (not credit cards).

Clothing (up to 5T), equipment, toys, furniture, supplies - anything you could possibly need.  Come take advantage of the fact that all of us twin moms are trying to unload our second set of stuff!

Email me if you have any questions: ferstlviola@yahoo.com

Hope to see you there!

Mary

Looking for Fall Outdoor Fun?!

The Burke Nursery Pumpkin Playground: A fun, festive activity to do with young children We went today with Noah's school. Its $8 to enter. AWESOME, AWESOME - perfect for little kids: has hayrides, a ton of different little themed "playground" (like a castle, firetruck, train) with ladders and slides. The kids had a blast.

- Celina