We Can Do It - Spend Labor Day at the Henry Ford for Free!

Monday, September 5, is the final Target Family Fun Day at the Henry Ford. Spend Labor Day learning about the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity and well being of our great nation with free admission to the museum. The entire family will enjoy the many live musical performances, scavanger hunts and make and take activities happening throughout the day as well as the wonderful dramatic presentations with “Rosie the Riveter”!

Premier Toy Store and Hobby Shop to Join Forces

A little bird in a local "Tree" in town said that there are some exciting changes at Ann Arbor's premier toy store (2611 Plymouth Rd., Ann Arbor).  Seems that starting today the store is being modified to accommodate Rider Hobby into the sales space, joining forces and expanding toy, game and hobby sales to cover kids ages birth to 99999999!

Shhh, don't say much, but if you peek into the window at this "Tree" I am sure you will see some significant changes, especially if you stop in early next week when they re-open!

Seems like a good bet to me!

Family Hayride & Fall Decorations Deal

Find family fun and great photo ops at Three Cedars Farm - Get
 the $10 Groupon for a family hayride and decorations too!

It's beginning to feel like autumn anjd I'm getting in the mood for apple cider and a hayride! I suyppose that's why today's Groupon at Three Cedars Farm (7897 6 Mile Rd., Northville) sounded like an awesome deal.

For only $10 a family will get:

•  One corn stalk ($5 value)
• A half bale of hay ($4 value)
• One mum plant ($6 value)
• One small pumpkin ($2 value)
• A family hayride ($5 value). Hayrides have no person limit, as long as each rider is a member of the participating family.

With a vibrant red barn and rippling farmland as its backdrop, Three Cedars Farms lures pumpkin pickers of all ages with an eclectic stock of autumn trimmings and full-family hayrides. Decoration packages allow fall enthusiasts to harvest seasonal ornaments from the farm's country store, including an ornamental cornstalk and a half-bale of hay in which to hide proverbial needles, threads, and half-finished quilts. Blossoming mum plants can enliven terraces with the bright shades of fall, and small pumpkins add quirky splashes to stoops with their variegated shapes, tones, and raspy comments in the voice of Ernest Borgnine. After picking out decorations, families can clamber aboard a wagon-toting tractor for a scenic hayride past the property's twisting corn maze and eye-pleasing family photo ready scenery.

Just in Time for Back-to-School: Stick2It™ Decals and Skins by American Greetings

Just in time for the back-to-school shopping season, American Greetings has introduced a new line of decals and skins for cell phones, laptops, home, apartment, and dorm room walls, cars and anywhere consumers want to add their own personal style. The fun new collection, called Stick2It, leverages the greeting card company’s expertise in developing clever humor and unique art to create a line that is sure to catch many an eye.

There are 36 different designs in the Stick2It collection featuring a mix of humorous, clever, and trendy styles. Designs include everything from faux security camera decals that can adorn a dorm room and the offbeat fun of a paparazzi photo decal for the bathroom to a boom box laptop skin and the nostalgia of an old-school video game controller skin for a cell phone.

Stick2It decals and skins are
fun, funky and easy to use!

I was given several Stick2It decal samples to pre-view and review for my audience; I have been wanting to try a laptop skin for some time and was given the Flower Power laptop skin, a fun retro floral design. It was more substantial and thicker than I expected, and exceptionally easy to apply, adjust and re-adjust. The best part is, it hasn't lifted at the corners or along the edges of my laptop. It was a bit of a challenge to cut to the specifications of my laptop though, I would have preferred straighter edges too; That's why I highly recommend using a straight edge and cutter on a cutting board - that might be the perfectionist in me talking though!
I also tried out the Stick2it memo board refrigerator decal. Thought not as thick and seemingly "sticker", the application went on nicely. Just be sure to apply with a straigh edge for the smoothest application. You might want to have a wipe off pen at the ready too, since one does not come in the box!

Both products I have tried thus far have exceeded my expectations! For more information on Stick2It, including where to find the products, visit the official product page at www.americangreetings.com/Stick2it. In the Ann Arbor area though, Stick2It products can currently be found at the following locations:

• K Mart (2095 Rawsonville Rd., Beleville)
• Meijer (9701 Belleville Rd., Belleville)
• CVS (413 E. Michigan Ave., Saline)

Stay tuned for more on American Greetings Stick2It products, and a chance to win your own prize pack of wall deals and laptop skins for home, dorm, or locker use!

The Rodeo is Riding Into Town This Weekend

Yee-Haw. Pull on your boots and denim and head to the Super Kicker Rodeo at the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds (5055 Ann Arbor-Saline Rd.) in Lodi Township this weekend. The rodeo will feature bull, barrel and bronco riding as well as family fun like inflatable bounce houses, special games for kids 50 pounds and less (listen for the announcer to call for the kids) and even a mechanical bull for the adventurous.
Tickets are 10 for adults, $5 for children age 5-12. Kids age 1-5 get free admission. The fun begins on
Friday and Saturday at 7:00 p.m. and Sunday at 6:00 p.m. Tickets can be purchased in advance at LaFontaine Dodge in Saline, Local Tractor Supply in Dundee, Lakeside Saddlery in Whitmore Lake and the Lodi Food Mart in Saline while also being available at the door.