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MK Southwest Pittsburgh was invited to see The PNC Broadway Across America's West Side Story.  Amazing, outstanding, spectacular and just plain WOW.  These are some of the words used by the audience after last night's performance.  AND we couldn't agree more!

The choreography was  extraordinary throughout the entire musical.  One scene was better than the next.  The "Dance at the Gym", "America", and of course "Somewhere" are just a few of the breathtaking songs from this timeless love story.

Just in case you forgot,, this musical has ...

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Last night I was kindly invited to the opening night of Totem Cirque du Soleil! What an incredible opportunity for my husband and I!  It was a marvelous night filled with incredibly fascinating feats that boggled the mind and left us continually returning to the show’s amazing acts during our car ride home!  This show is a spectacle and adults and kids alike love it. If you're going, and you want to take your kids, keep in mind that when ...

There's big, and then there's BIG. And when we're talking about Lego, we mean REALLY big. Have you and your kids always wanted to travel to LegoLand in San Diego?  Does your child dream of the big Lego store at Disney World?

No need to drop your hard-earned cash traveling to those places, because Lego KidsFest is coming to Pittsburgh in June, and you have GOT to see it to believe it! It's at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, and all things Lego (and more ...

This week's Summer Camp spotlight is on Geneva College's Boys' and Girls' Basketball Camps. For more information, including a brochure and registration information, click here.

MAC KID DISCOUNT INFO: If you mention anywhere on your paper or online registration form that you heard about this camp from MACARONI KID ROBINSON, you'll get $20 off the price of your kids' camp! Yes, you heard right! So don't forget :)

Above the Hoop Basketball Camps
Above The Hoop, LLC. / Geneva College Basketball Camps are designed to help build the ...

Cinemark’s Summer Movie Clubhouse is showing a different children's movie (G or PG rating) each week for 10 weeks this summer at Settler's Ridge Center in Robinson. Movies will be shown on Tuesdays at 10am.

Tickets can be purchased in advance for $5 for 10 shows, or just purchase a ticket on the day of the show for $1. Tickets are the same price for both parents and children.

June 14th - How to Train your Dragon (PG)

June 21st - Yogi Bear (PG)

June 28th - Cats and Dogs ...

Helmet Safety

With the warm weather making more frequent appearances, reminding us that summer is just around the corner; my neighborhood seems to be coming to life.  Usually watching all the kids outside playing evokes a sweet appreciation of the simple things in life.  But lately I am disturbed.  I see so many children riding through my neighborhood, on bikes, skateboards and roller blades, without helmets.  It literally makes me cringe.  One of my daughter's friends explained that "she wasn't going very far."  It made me wonder just ...

With warm weather approaching and pools, beaches and waterparks set to open soon, it's time to talk to your kids about water safety.  Drowning is the second leading cause of unintentional injury-related death among children ages 1 to 14 and the leading cause of unintentional injury-related death among children ages 1 to 4.  Make sure to educate your swimmer on water safety rules to keep them safe and happy not only in the summer but also all year long.  The FSPA (Florida Swimming Pool Association) has created an easy-to-remember ...

Although more than 5 million children in the United States have a speech, language, and hearing disorder, parents are often uninformed and unsure about what to do when they suspect their child. This May, and every May since 1927, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) has used the May is Better Hearing and Speech Month (BHSM) celebration to provide parents with information about communication disorders to help ensure that they do not seriously affect their children's ability to learn, socialize with others, and be successful in school.

Speech and language ...

Are you tired of rain?  We may need to build an ark soon...wonder if we'll ever have all of our soccer practices? 

Here is a list of rainy day activities to help keep your kids from driving you (too) nuts. 

1. Picnic in the playroom… Set up a blanket on the playroom floor, pack lunches and have kids 'take a walk' to the playroom and have a picnic.  Don't forget to invite all the teddy bears and baby dolls along too!!
2. Movie Night – Bedtimes come too early for ...

Just a short time ago, the south was slammed with horrible tornadoes, thunder storms, and high winds. Many lost their lives and many more lost their homes and the majority if not all of their belongings. 

 (This is the EF-3 tornado that rocked one Tennesee community.)

As a child, and even still as an adult, I am what my mother refers to as a sensitive soul. Another publisher in  the Kansas City area shared a story with me of her daughter coming home from school and asking if she could ...

As if you needed another reason to bake a batch of chocolate chip cookies, here comes National Chocolate Chip Day on May 15th!

A woman by the name of Ruth Wakefield prepared deserts of an Inn and one of her favorite recipes was for Butter Drop Do cookies. The recipe called for the use of baker's chocolate and one day Ruth found herself without the needed ingredient. She substituted a semi-sweet chocolate bar cut up into bits. However, unlike the baker's chocolate the chopped up chocolate bar did ...

• The Pittsburgh region’s most delicious home-grown fruits and vegetables, late May through October!
• Country store selling fresh produce, homemade baked goods, fudge, jams and jellies and lots more.
• Fun for kids: Farm animals, observation beehive, and farm-themed playground.
• Pittsburgh’s Finest Family Apple & Pumpkin Festival (late September and October).
  
  
  Triple B Farms has everything your family could want: the best fruits and vegetables in the area, fun stuff for kids to do, a great place to shop and some amazing festivals!
  
  Buy fresh, buy local: Want to improve ...

Calling all bird lovers!  The National Aviary is seeking entries for its first annual Best Bird House in the ‘Burgh Design and Build Competition.

              Children, teens and adults are invited to get creative and join the fun by building a house suitable for habitation and nesting by one of the following species categories:  House Wren/Chickadee;  Eastern Bluebird / Tree Swallow;   Screech Owl/ Kestrel / Wood Duck; or 
Purple Martin.  Design specifications, registration forms, and details can be downloaded from the Aviary’s web site: www.aviary.org/birdhouse.

              Outstanding prizes to ...

There is continued interest so we are continuing our committment to creating an online Vacation Bible School Guide for our area!  

 If your community church is offering a vacation school of some sort we want to hear about it.  Super targeted to families, why not advertise your VBS with over 1600+ families locally?  

IF YOUR BIBLE SCHOOL IS FREE:  THE AD IS FREE.

IF YOU CHARGE A FEE FOR YOUR BIBLE SCHOOL the pricing is $25.  Total.

This includes a  250 x 250 URL LINKING graphic image in our online ...

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