All Kids Fair

All Kids Fair

Sunday, April 28, 2013 from 10-4:30 at the Melville Marriott, 1350 Old Walt Whitman Road, Melville, NY 11747

The 3^rd annual All Kids Fair is part activities and education expo, part health and wellness fair.  24 Speakers/Classes and 80 Exhibitors.  Enjoy a fun and educational day with or without your kids.  Classes for the kids may include music, yoga, art, dance and sports.  Classes geared towards the adults include learning about ways to help your kids mentally, physically, socially, and spiritually.  Exhibitors will include after-school activities, special needs, camps, products, medical/dental/financial services and non-profits.  

Bring your non-perishable food to benefit The INN (Interfaith Nutrition Network) and get raffle tickets for great prizes.

www.AllKidsFair.com  $5, free for kids 2 and under.  3 Generations Special:  Grandparent admitted free when accompanied by parent and child with admission tickets.   Wheelchair/handicapped accessible.

Potential exhibitors, speakers, sponsors and advertisers are welcome to contact them.

Barbara@allkidsfair.com 516-621-1446

#AllKidsFair

Hurricane Sandy Collection

Last week my daughter sat at dinner and said that she wanted to collect money to give to the people that lost everything in Hurricane Sandy. I asked her how she wanted to do that. She said that she will sing and people will give her money. I asked where she would sing - She has all the answers. She said she will sing in the driveway. Adam said that not many people would see her singing in the driveway. So she said - well how about at Myrtle Avenue or Stop and Shop.

All the idea of a 5 year old girl. She is a Daisy Girl Scout.

So were decided to organize a collection through Girl Scouts.

I can not promise she will sing though.

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Can you please share the following information on your Facebook page:

Girl Scout Troops - Daisy Troop # 4607 , Brownie Troop # 4777, Junior Troop # 4102 and Cadette Troop # 4076 of Glendale, NY will be collecting Items for the victims of Hurricane Sandy.

Date: Friday November 23, 2012

Place: Stop and Shop- 64-66 Myrtle Avenue, Glendale, NY 11385

Time: 9am-12pm

Anything and everything is appreciated. There are people who lost their homes and everything in them.

Some items suggested:

Household Supplies – Bleach, Garbage Bags, Cleaners, etc.

Hygiene Supplies: Toothbrushes, Toothpaste, Soap, Shampoo, etc.

Baby Supplies: Diapers, Wipes, Children Tylenol, etc.

Kids Items : Toys, Dolls, Games, Crayons, Markers, Coloring Books etc.

Teen Items: Brushes, Clips, Nail polish

Other Items: Books – Journals – Pens – Pencils – Crayons – Markers – Coloring Books

Driving... Arggh.

Recently my husband got a new job and his hours have been insane. I love in Queens and work in Manhattan. My mornings and evenings and life has been crazy. I was always so used to him driving the girls and I around but now I have to drive and oh boy do I hate it.

In the morning I have to drive my Samantha to school and then Madeline to Grandma's house.
This would be easy except a main street in my neighborhood is closed off for paving.
Why do they do this on crazy hectic mornings? There are about 4 or 5 schools within that vicinity and a ton of traffic.

So after I drop the kids off I have to find parking, which there is never any by the train station. So I park a little bit away. Luckily today alternate side of the street parking was suspended. Normally Tuesdays and Wednesdays it is impossible to find parking because of alternate side parking. I will never understand why it still exists. People should be responsible for cleaning their own mess. I never really see the street cleaning trucks but I will give it the benefit of the doubt that they do exist. In my opinion they are a waste of tax payer money and just an inconvenience for drivers.

Just another frustrating day...

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Long Island's All Kids Fair

Long Island's All Kids Fair


Date : Sunday April 22, 2012 


Location: 
Melville Marriott - Long Island 
1350 Old Walt Whitman Road
Melville NY 11747

Admission Fees: $5, free for ages 2 and under

"From Mommy & Me to the SAT!"


Part activities and education expo, part health and wellness fair. 24 speakers/classes and 80+ exhibitors/vendors. Come spend the day with or without your children. Classes for the kids include yoga, art, sports, music, and martial arts. Classes geared toward the adults include learning about ways to help your kids mentally, physically, socially and spiritually.  After school activities, camps, special needs, products, financial services, tutoring, dentists, chiropractors, and non-profits.


Grandparent free when accompanied by parent and child with admission tickets. All children must be accompanied by an adult. Wheelchair/handicapped accessible.


A fun day for adults and children.


Save the date & check out their Website for more information: 
http://www.allkidsfair.com/


You can also find the All Kids Fair on Twitter : @AllKidsFair 
and on Facebook : All Kids Fair


*I received free tickets for writing this post

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In the Mind of a Three Year Old

Isn't it crazy what kids think??

Last night I was putting my daughter to sleep. I read her a book then we talk about our day. She said to me all teary eyed "Mama I don't want to go to the hospital, I am scared of needles." I said "Sweety, why would we have to go to the hospital? Everything is fine."

She then continued to tell me that when she is older and has kids that she will have to go to the hospital to have them taken out and she is very scared.

I told her it is okay to be scared and I was scared too, but she has a long way to go before she starts thinking about kids.

It is crazy what goes throught the mind of a three year old!

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Life's Lessons

The biggest lessons I have learned in life, I learned from having kids. Children are a true blessing. Everyday is an adventure. There is no book that teaches you what to do. I learned a lot about myself and life. Here are just a couple of things:

I am strong! My strength has been put to the test, I learned that I am a strong woman. Much stonger than I ever realized. I experienced a miscarriage during my first pregnancy. I will never let the emotions go but I have learned to deal with the emotions that I have. After that I conceived 2 beautiful daughters.  Both pregnancies and deliveries were nerve wrecking.  I made it through both of them. As scared as I was I was able to stay strong.

Choose your battles. I practice this everyday with my husband and my children. Some things you have to learn to just let go. Life is not that serious and it is too short to be mad all the time.

Respect. Sometimes people discount childresn feelings. They are little people and they have feelings. It is harder for them to deal with their feelings then it is for us to deal with ours. They have not yet learned how to. I learned that if you treat your child with respect. If you have open ears and open arms they will respect you.

Germs are okay. Knock on wood, my children rarely get sick. I am very lucky. In all honesty I think it is because I expose them to germs. A lot of moms probably just gasped. I let my soon to be one year old on the floor in the yar. she plays with dirt and here comes another gasp.. I even had to scoop grass out of her mouth a couple times. I know some moms that when their child touches anything they bring out the baby wipes. I have never been that kind of mom. I always thought of germs as a way to build my childrens immunity. It seems to be working. My 3 year old was sick once since September. (Knock on wood)

Most importantly I learned that you can never stop learning. It is important to keep an open mind and an open heart.

Daddy Talk

Was your dad involved in your life?

Did he share any of the same interests as you?

My dad has always been extremely antisocial. He never ate dinner at the table. He rarely came to family party's or events.  Most the time he would complain about taking any of us anywhere. He just always seemed aggravated.

I guess he did try in the ways he knew how. Excuses were always made for him. My mom would say you know how your Dad is... He was raised like this.. or His parents did that..

My dad  coached my brothers baseball team and my softball team. It was bittersweet in a sense. My brother was great at baseball. For me,  softball was more of a hobby. I guess he tried to be involved and I should give him a gold star for that.  I will never forget that there was a girl Malory on our team and she was a really good player. All I would ever hear is did you see how Malory swung the bat, did you see how Malory got right under the ball to catch it. There were many games that I asked to be benched. There were many games that ended in tears.

Family outings were rare. My mom got involved with Girl Scouts and was the troop leader. She would plan fun trips that we would go on. As far as family outings most the time it was in the summer and it was a trip to the racetrack. Belmont always had fun activities for kids. There was music and face painting. They had a playground. I sued to love going to the racetrack with my Dad. Years later I found out that he has a gambling problem. That is entirely another story. Now the good memories at the racetrack leave a sour taste in my mouth.

I tend  to make excuses for my Dad's behavior. Everyone else always did, so I guess it comes naturally. 

Ultimately my husband showed me what a real Dad is. He is the best Dad he can be for our two girls. We do mostly everything as a family and is extremely involved in their lives. My daughters do not know how lucky they are. Evertime Samantha gets mad and says to him that she doesn't like him I tell her she has the best Daddy in the world. Then I ask her - do you know how I know? She asks how?  I tell her because I picked him out.

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