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I came around the corner to find THIS sitting on my daugther's floor.  So hurried were her efforts to change out of her uniform that she simply melted into the abyss. 

Did her sister throw water on her?  Quite possible given her disposition as of late!  
(8 year olds here in my house, are tough. ) 

I called her name only to find out that ...

The Aviary

North Fayette Twp.

Carnegie Museum of Natural History

The Pittsburgh Zoo

Gateway Clipper

PA Trolley Museum

Janoskis


The Mall at Robinson

Victory Family Church

South Hills Village Mall

Ross Park Mall

South Fayette Egg Hunt

Green Tree

Scott Township

Bridgeville

Mount Lebanon Egg Hunt

Reilly Summer Seat Farms

Furry Friends Egg Hunt

Cook Forest

Zelienople

Hazelwood

Twp. of Pine

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Easter Egg hunt at the Robionson Library April 3

IKEA crafts in the restaurant April 3

Beauty and the Beast at Heinz Hall April 3-8

P.A.L.S. group for citizens with special needs April 6

Easter Event at Clever Park April 7

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Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
Pittsburgh’s Heinz Hall April 3^rd- April 12^th! 

I was already singing the songs and planning my outfit weeks ago in anticipation of this show! I couldn't wait to share this experience with my daughter. This is one of the great love stories that really teaches that it doesn’t matter what is on the outside but what is on the inside that counts! 

Am I the only one who gets a little nervous before taking the kids out in public ...

We were kindly invited to the I-X Indoor Amusement Park in Cleveland OH this past weekend.  We loaded up the kiddos and headed out for the two hour drive. 

First, 2 hours away is the perfect amount of time to drive with or without a carload of children who sometimes (ALWAYS) fight.  Just when you think you can't take anymore and are ready to hurl yourself out the door-- you're there.  It's perfect for a day trip.  Long story short-- CLEVELAND is totally DO-ABLE. 

 Upon pulling up ...

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Easter morning at the Perry household hosts all kinds of fun festivities--- but most anticipated.  

The Annual Family Egg Cracking Contest. 

Most children wake up on Easter morning to search for their Easter basket.  Some families pile into their cars to  attend worship services but THIS editor's family wakes up to wonder, WHO WILL WIN THIS YEAR?  Will it be me?

You heard right.  

We crack eggs, we make a contest of it and we are downright RUTHLESS ...

You and your Macaroni Kiddo will have fun decorating these eggs that can be used in frames as Easter decoration or given to the tots in your life for some textured fun.  Either way, this is an easy craft to do with all ages. 

Items needed:

Egg Template

Textured items such as feathers, glitter, pom poms, pipe cleaners, buttons, etc.

Glue of some sort

Felt, Construction Paper, or Card Stock

Scissors

Paint brush

My Macaroni Kid and I did 4 eggs but you can do as many or few as ...

-During the Renaissance in Italy, romantic young men tossed empty eggshells filled with perfume or cologne at ...

No more fizzy tablets!  No more crazy pouches of coloring!  Yes we are obsessed with doing things the hard way at times, but this year you may want to think about tossing out the store bought kits!  Enjoy a great afternoon of fun while teaching your kids a little bit of a science lesson!  This year say no to uncertain dyes and yes to organic Easter egg coloring! To obtain different colors for your Easter eggs, use the following materials:

Blue    

Canned Blueberries

Red Cabbage Leaves (boiled)

Purple Grape Juice ...

When I taught Sunday School, I came across a really special way to teach the lessons of Easter to the kids.  Resurrection Eggs!  They come in a carton and contain a dozen plastic eggs, all of a different color and each containing a small trinket which symbolizes a part of the Easter story.  There is also a corresponding booklet with Scripture verse.

When the eggs are opened in a specific order, the children discover the wonderful story of Jesus and the Resurrection.

Several weeks before Easter, we would gather the ...

To create this spring time creation simply search out the following!

1.  1 box of store bought cake mix

2.  1 can of store bought chocolate icing

3.  1 cup or more or chocolate chp morsels

4.  2-3 packages of yellow Easter Peeps.

Bake the cake as directed in a round pan. 

Remove from pan once cool and place on a platter or plate. 

Ice with chocolate icing. 

Surround cake with yellow Easter Peeps.

Sprinkle center of cake with chocolate chips. 

Feel free to sneak a few peeps and chocolate ...

Stained glass is beautiful, we'd all agree, so here is a fun and easy stained glass craft that can be used for any holiday! We used the idea for Easter this year (though I also see some fun Fall and Winter uses as well!) Little ones love the sticky laminate paper and the tactile excercise of placing tissue squares on the sticky paper.  Little Easter bunnies will likely need a steady helping hand for this craft, but the result is totally worth it, as you can see!

What You ...

This is simple for kids or you can get really fancy by dunking the eggs repeatedly to create a cool, striped effect. 

First, wrap rubber bands around the egg (gently!) before dunking. I like wrapping a couple of bands around the eggs to create a layered, artful effect.

 Dunk the eggs in the colored water bath until desired depth is achieved. 

Remove from the bath and let dry for about 15 – 20 minutes. 

Remove rubber bands when the eggs are fully dry.  

LAST STEP: MARVEL with your children at JUST ...

Hop on over to The Mall at Robinson to get your picture taken with the Easter Bunny and click here for some discounts!! One discount is just for military personnel and the other is for some early bird photo takers so don't miss them!   He arrived this weekend and he is ready to pose for the camera!  My daughter had her picture taken last year for the first time and you can tell by the look on her face that she was so excited!  One of the reasons we ...

Ingredients

• 6 eggs
• 3/4 box matzah farfel
• 1 can (20 oz.) crushed pineapple with juice
• 1 stick margarine
• 3/4 cup of white raisins
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract

Directions

1. Beat eggs, pineapple, sugar, raisin, vanilla, and margarine.
2. Mix together, and add matzah farfel.
3. Pour into a well-greased pan.
4. Bake for 45 minutes at 350 degrees.

Matzah Cover

Supplies

Felt or Fabric

Needle and Thread

Glitter Glue

Take two pieces of fabric or felt and sew together on three sides, leaving the fourth open, creating an envelope or pocket

Turn inside out, so seems are on the inside of the pocket

Use glitter glue to write "Matzah" in English (or Hebrew). You can also draw and cut out Passover pictures and glue them on the Matzah cover as well.

During the Passover meal (the seder) hide the middle matzah in the pocket. The seder cannot conclude ...

This is the greatest Passover dessert that was ever created.

• Jelly Roll Pan (15 ½ x 10 ½)

• Lay enough Matzo (about 3 pieces) in a single layer on a margarine greased jelly roll pan. Break 3rd piece of matzo to fit remaining space. Leave room for the caramel to go under the matzo.

• Melt 2 cubes of unsalted butter in a heavy duty saucepan. Add 1 cup of brown sugar. Bring to a boil and continue boiling on medium heat until good and bubbly (about 4 minutes) Pour this hot caramel ...

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Pittsburgh's PA Motor Speedway. Enjoy a fun night of family entertainment at 7PM every Saturday Night, April through September, at Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway (PPMS). PPMS is a replica of the historic Heidelberg Raceway transplanted in North Fayette Township. Come and join us as race cars roar into action every Saturday night.

Oval Track racing featuring Late Models, Sprint Cars, Modified, Stocks, Figure 8 and Monster Truck appearances. We'll sell you the whole seat but you will only need the edge! The race track is conveniently located ...

Celebrate spring by learning about egg-laying animals from prehistoric and modern times! With scavenger hunt maps in hand, children 12 and under visit hands-on exploration stations where touchable natural history specimens await. Interact with museum nature experts, answer intriguing egg-related riddles, and earn stamps and small prizes. It is a fun and exciting way to celebrate spring even if the weather is still cold and rainy outside.

Scavenger hunt map and prizes available to the first 1,000 children.

For more information click ...

Glittery costumes, sparkly lights and 3 princesses… what more could a girl want?  Add a side of cotton candy and I think we may have had the perfect day for a 5 year old little girl!  We attended the Disney Live! presents Three Classic Fairy Tales at the  Kovalchick Complex in Indiana, PA and my kids were mesmerized from the first Princess sighting to the last!

If you ever have the chance to see any type of show at The Kovalchick Complex, GO!  We have been to see several shows ...

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Beauty and the Beast, the dramatic story made famous by the fairytale by Charles Perrault, will be presented by the Carnegie Performing Arts Center at the Andrew Carnegie Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue in Carnegie. Beauty, the daughter of a count who has lost his fortune, takes her father’s place as hostage in the dreaded palace of the beast. There, she learns that beauty is only skin-deep and that the terrible beast will die without her love.

The character of Beauty is acted by Jamie Pachuta of Pittsburgh who ...

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Winner will be chosen April 4, 2012 and notified via Email.
Winner has 24 hours to respond with name to hold tickets at will call.
Tickets will be held at the IX Amusement Park at Will Call under the winner's name. You must have ID with you to claim tickets.
You MUST be 18 yrs old to enter.
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Give a jar of jelly beans and this lovely reminder card to teach your children about the meaning of Easter courtesy of your friends at Freedom Fellowship Church of Pittsburgh. 

Continue your spiritual journey with us, connect with new friends and families and find the opportunity to serve as you were meant to.

Please feel free to visit our website and find us on Facebook.

Freedom Fellowship Church Of Pittsburgh

Phone: 412-787-2393
Address: 140 East Main Street, Carngie, PA 15106

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   Soccer Shots is bringing you

an 8-week spring season for all children ages 3-6!

Register Today as classes fill quickly!

Who:  All children ages 3 to 6! 

Where: Ascension Lutheran Church

*1290 Silver Lane, Robinson Township 15136*    
                 (4  sessions to choose from below)

When:   Tuesdays starting April3^rd:   5:30pm or 6:15pm    

 Saturdays starting April 7^th: 12:30pm or 1:15pm

Cost: $85/ 8-week season-Includes Certificate of Participation and end of the season prize.

 How:  Register online: www.soccershots.org/pittsburghsouth              

             
Click the “Register Now” button and ...

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre brings ballet’s original romantic comedy to the stage with the story of an unlikely love triangle in Coppélia, onstage with live orchestra April 13-15 at the Benedum Center.

Closing the PBT 2011-12 season on a high note is this beloved family favorite featuring the classical cho- reography of Arthur Saint-Léon and the uplifting score of Léo Delibes.

In a disastrous case of mistaken identity, a mysterious girl glimpsed from the window of Dr. Coppelius’ workshop sparks a lovers’ quarrel between the young village ...

Ringling Bros. and Barnum &Bailey® Presents Barnum BashSM

An All-New Circus in Indiana, PA

April 12-15, 2012

Barnum Bash is the Most Spectacular Circus Party of the Century!

 Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Presents Barnum Bash introduces the Ringling Bros.® Ringlettes, who are the stylish hosts of the swankiest circus party in town. The Ringlettes are ready to invite Children of All Ages® in on the hippest circus spectacular that The Greatest Show On Earth® has ever produced and is coming April 12-15 at Kovalchick Complex. Tickets make great ...

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and PNC Broadway Across America – Pittsburgh announce NETworks Presentations, LLC will bring the award-winning worldwide smash hit Broadway musical, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast to Heinz Hall from April 3 through April 8, 2012. This is a presentation of The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh Symphony and Broadway Across America.

Disney’s Beauty and the Beast features the animated film’s Academy Award^®-winning score with music by Alan Menken and lyrics by the late Howard Ashman, with additional songs with music by Alan Menken and ...

DOOR PRIZES AND MORE AT THIS YEAR'S HEALTHY FOODS AND WELLNESS EXPO!  SUPPORT THE INITIATIVE OF A LOCAL HIGHSCHOOL SENIOR!

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Bobby Catley of Hopewell High School Service Learning Awarded State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grant to host “What’s On Your Plate?” Healthy Foods & Wellness Expo

Project culminates on Global Youth Service Day: “What’s On Your Plate?” Healthy Foods & Wellness Expo April 19, 2012 6:00-8:00 PM Hopewell High School 1215 Longvue Avenue Aliquippa, PA 15001 Free Community Outreach Event (Please See Below & Flyer ...

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Please click the images above to enlarge and browse the many available summer day camp options offered by Carol Leone's Childcare and Develoment Center.

From Fabulous Friendships to Helping Hands each week there is a themed play camp designed to encourage fun, creativity and friendship. Camps begin June 11th and run through August 24th.

For a Summer Camp application and more information CALL 412-262-1638

Visit www.carolleones.com for additional information on programming.

To request a Summer Camp application or additional information please CALL 412-262-1638

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West Allegheny'S BRAND NEW

Karen Prunzik's 

Summer Musical Theater Academy

What is YOUR child doing this summer? Karen Prunzik's Broadway Dance studio has the answer! THEATRE CAMP! Karen Prunzik's Broadway Dance Studio is proud to announce the most exciting summer camp lineup yet! Theatre loving children of all ages and levels can enroll in an ALL NEW 4 week Theater Program.

Karen Prunzik's Musical Theater Academy is a 4 week program for students 5-19 interested in learning to sing, dance, and act.   Instruction in singing ...

Located conveniently off Route 65 in Sewickley, Sweetwater Center for the Arts has been providing the Pittsburgh region with quality art programs for over 35 years.

Sweetwater’s mission is to enrich the lives of children and adults in the communities it serves by providing excellence in arts education and cultural programming. Operating as a nonprofit organization, Sweetwater is supported by grants from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Allegheny Regional Asset District, private foundations and businesses and the generosity of many individuals.

Sweetwater Center for the Arts is dedicated ...

 Listed below are some of the GREAT CAMPS that we have available in our Summer Camp Guide 2012. 

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Each camp has an article for you to browse that hosts additional information about each camp.