Posted by jessica on 28 Apr 2010 | Tagged as: general information, places, videos
I couldn’t believe my eyes this morning when I checked thestate.com and saw the article and video on the Riverbanks Zoo Compoosting project! Such a perfect follow-up to my last gardening post. Love it!
Posted by jessica on 26 Apr 2010 | Tagged as: activities, food, health
We are back at the “grow your own food” thing. I love the process of planting seeds and checking the ground daily for the first signs of sprouts. This year’s crops include:
- pumpkins (5 sprouts)
- watermelon (1 sprout - need to plant some additional seeds)
- scallions (numerous sprouts)
- squash (6 sprouts that must be thinned to 3)
- cucumber (2 sprouts)
- heirloom tomatoes (2 plants - not from seed)
- jalapeno peppers (2 plants, not from seed)
- cilantro (2 plants, not from seed)
- basil (3 plants, not from seed)
- strawberries (12 plants, not from seed)
If we’re lucky, I’ll invite you over for homemade salsa…
Are you planting anything this year? I’d love to hear about it, however large or small. Get your kids involved in growing their own food at a young age. Children are much more likely to try foods that they see growing in their garden or that they helped plant. Gardening also presents a great opportunity to talk to your children about feeding the hungry. Turn your gardening project into a community service project through Harvest Hope’s Plant a Row for the Hungry. So many great things can come from planting a garden. I hope you’ll give it a try.
Posted by jessica on 14 Apr 2010 | Tagged as: clothes, events, movies, music, shopping
Don’t miss the Little Earth Day Party at K.D.’s Treehouse this Saturday. You can stop by the Treehouse between 9 and noon, and then head on over to the Nickelodeon for the Family Film Program of Indie Grits (I’m calling it Kids’ Grits) at 12:30. Both events are free! Super fun Saturday, for sure. I’ll be at both…will you???
Posted by jessica on 13 Apr 2010 | Tagged as: events, movies, videos
Order up! For the first time ever, the Nickelodeon’s Indie Grits Film Festival will offer a session the whole family can enjoy together!
During the Lunch Money concert last weekend, 15 children in our community (ages 5 - 11) tried their hands at making music videos. The videos will be shown on Saturday, along with music videos from other kids’ bands like The Jimmies, Recess Monkey, Secret Agent 23 Skidoo, and more! Don’t miss this fun-filled music party, and at the same time, support our local filmmakers!
Get your kids’ grits this Saturday at the Nickelodeon. 12:30pm! Free!
P.S. In general, don’t miss the Indie Grits Film Festival, Wednesday, April 14 - Sunday, April 18.
Posted by jessica on 26 Mar 2010 | Tagged as: events, movies, music, places, videos
Don’t miss the opening of the Nickelodeon’s 2010 Family Film Series. We start the festivities on Saturday, April 10th at 9:30am at 1607 Main Street. Lunch Money is playing the kick-off event, and we will be filming Lunch Money music videos during the event. You do not want to miss this! (Note: This event is taking place at the Fox Theatre, which is the future home of the Nickelodeon Theatre. The Fox is located on Main Street near the Columbia Museum of Art.)
Posted by jessica on 17 Feb 2010 | Tagged as: activities, events, places, toys, travel
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Posted by jessica on 10 Dec 2009 | Tagged as: activities, crafts, events
So, you probably haven’t even gotten this far in your December yet, but your kids are going to be out of school after next week. For two weeks. While that is loads of fun and all, I am sure you might have a day or two or six when you might need something for them to do! Well, worry no more. Tag It Art would be a perfect option! Owner Jackie Humphries has planned a series of one-day or multi-day art camps to coincide with the school holidays! She also has other fun December plans including extended open studio hours, a holiday pj party, and even a Ladies’ Night! Check her website for all the details, and get in there for some messy holiday fun!
Posted by jessica on 09 Dec 2009 | Tagged as: clothes, shopping, toys
Two more shopping weekends until Christmas, so be sure to get by Be Beep and K.D.’s Treehouse asap!
Posted by jessica on 07 Dec 2009 | Tagged as: activities, crafts
We just finished holiday activity #2. Love, love, love the way they turned out! First, you need to save some of your empty food boxes, like cereal or pasta boxes. Or find some cardstock you have stored in your cabinets. Any sort of stiff or heavy paper would work. You just don’t want to use construction paper or anything lighter, as it will be too flimsy. (Isn’t flimsy a fun word?) The idea is to recycle something, so I chose to cut up cardboard boxes - the kinds that can’t be recycled here in Columbia. Cereal boxes, pasta boxes, kleenex boxes, anything that has one side that has no printing on it.
Now that you have all your stiff papers/cardboard in front of you. You will also need some scissors, sponges or potatoes, washable paint, a hole punch, and some ribbon.
Step 1: Cut the boxes into rectangles approximately 4.5 inches x 2.5 inches. Trim two corners on one of the short sides so your tag looks like the ones in the pictures!
Step 2: Cut shapes out of sponges or out of potatoes. I used both. Kids will find it quirky and fun to paint with a potato, but a sponge would work just as well.
Step 3: Paint one side of the sponge or the cut side of the potato with the paint colors you want. I used a paintbrush to control how the colors blended, but you could just dip into the paint. I chose green and brown for my trees, and yellow and red for my stars. Red and green would be cute for the stars as well.
Step 4: Press the painted side onto the card. Don’t worry about placement. As you can see from the photos, I made each one different.
Step 5: Once your cards are dry, punch a hole in the same end that has the trimmed corners. (again, see pictures for clarification)
Step 6: Write your To/From or holiday message on the card. Attach to gifts with ribbon!
So very cute and really really easy. Note that you could do these anytime of year, with any shapes you like.
Posted by jessica on 04 Dec 2009 | Tagged as: events, movies
Don’t forget The Neverending Story will be shown tomorrow at the Nickelodeon Theatre. Show starts at 10am. Admission is $5 per person. Children under 2 are free. All children under 10 must be accompanied by an adult.
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