On Saturday, Oct. 9, Panera Bread of Livonia and United Way for Southeastern Michigan will host a free family fun day from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. The event is open to all ages. United Way will share information with parents about the free resources available through its Early Learning Communities – a program that …
On October 5 I Will Make a Teacher’s Day Better
Last year, I participated in a blogger outreach program called A Day Made Better which is a program by Office Max to erase teacher funded classrooms. Detroit Mommies collected donations from friends and local businesses General Motors, Nannies4Hire.com, Panera and Sound Music Instruction and took them to Jason Dosch in the Pontiac school district because …
Movie Review: Life as We Know It
Life as We Know It, a Warner Bros. movie, was seriously one of the funniest movies I’ve seen in a long time, but you may want to have a tissue nearby because there will be tears both from crying and from laughing! Katherine Heigl is stunning in the film. We are sure to see Heigl …
Haunted House in Rochester
The Rochester Municipal Park will be hosting their 40th annual haunted house called the Tunnel of Terror every Friday and Saturday in October. Where? The parking lot off Pine Street near City Hall and the police station west of Main Street, north of University Drive. in Rochester, MI. When? Every Friday and Saturday in October …
Calmer, Easier, Happier Parenting
Like most parents, I am always interested in learning new tips on how to help my kids have cooperative, positive behavior. I was pleased to learn new strategies to encourage my children to have cooperative behavior in a calm, easy manner. Calmer, Easier, Happier Parenting gives a multitude of tips, suggestions, and strategies to make …
Dinosaur Hill’s Annual Halloween Hoot
On Friday, Saturday, and Sunday evenings, October 22, 23 and 24, Dinosaur Hill Nature Preserve in Rochester, will present its ever-popular Halloween Hoot. For the 29th year, families will enjoy a crisp fall evening walking through a forest lit with luminaries and populated with many familiar (and some not-so-familiar) characters from favorite children’s stories, films, …