Category Archives: Travel

Meeting Daniel Tiger


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This morning I got up and had a fun breakfast with all the other bloggers at the PBS Annual Meeting. The session this morning while we ate was to introduce Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood. This new animated kids show from creator Angela Santomero. This show is a continuing legacy of Fred Rogers, Mr. Rogers to most of us kids from the the past 40 years would know. The show follows the children of the puppets from the Land of Make Believe. I learned that there are already 40 topics that have been produced for the show. Each show has two 11 minute segments on a particular theme like understanding emotions, trying new things, cooperative play and so many other themes that are important for preschool childhood development. We got to see a few clips and were even treated to a talk by Mr. Rogers wife, Joanne Rogers. She received a standing ovation and I ran into her in the hallway, she was so nice and pleasant, she even posed for a few photos with the bloggers like today’s Photo-A-Day. Continue reading Meeting Daniel Tiger

At the South Florida Fun Festival


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Today we celebrated Andrew’s being 5 months old and then we went to the South Florida Fun Festival for Kids at the South Florida Expo Center. It was a quick ride down to the Expo Center. Grandpa Dano, Allison, Eva, Andrew and I went to the event while Mimi worked. The Festival turned out to be even more fun than anticipated. Eva had a fantastic time too. She met a bunch of characters, danced, got her hair colored and generally ran herself ragged. Continue reading At the South Florida Fun Festival