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Family, Photo-A-Day

Stolen Moments Afternoon

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Photo-A-Day #3296

Larry Carroll is a strong Dad. You may not know his name, yet. But, I am thinking that you will. Larry was in college with me, he was a year behind me and he was a funny, friendly guy. He wrote an arts and entertainment column in our school newspaper which was often the highlight of the publication, at least for me. Always one in a baseball cap with a big wide smile. He was a guy you enjoyed being around.

On April 4th tragedy struck Larry’s family. His precious 2 1/2 year old daughter, Savannah died unexpectedly in her sleep. In this moment of heartbreak and sorrow he decided to do something about it. He started a Fundly fund in honor of “Savvy”. Larry would randomly do special little outings or things with his daughter. He called those Stolen Moments. The purpose of the Fundly fund is to provide a Stolen moment for a little girl. Give her something that he and his wife will never be able to give Savvy. Please read the Savannah’s Stolen Moments Campaign and consider donating. In the past 13 days the fund has grown to over $80,000. Larry has stated that $10,000 is for the chosen girl’s family to provide her with a very special stolen moment. anything above that is for a mandatory college fund for that chosen girl.

What an incredible response to personal tragedy.

Larry is also encouraging parents to share their special “StolenMoments with their children on Social Media. Continue reading Stolen Moments Afternoon →

Review, Toys

Review: Clifford Themed Science Kit: Bubble Science

Bubble Science with Clifford the Big Red Dog from The Young Scientists Club

Back when I did the Give it Forward campaign for Christmas is for Kids we reviewed a Young Scientists Club kit that was themed with the Magic School Bus. Now the Young Scientists Club has a whole new line of science kits aimed at younger scientists and those kits are themed with Clifford the Big Red Dog. We received three such kits to try out and review including Rainbow Science, Kitchen Science and today’s kit: Bubble Science. Opinions about the kit are 100% our own. Links go to the Young Scientists Club Site.

Kids love bubbles. Blowing bubbles, popping bubble, chasing bubbles it is all fun for kids. But why are bubbles created. The kit explains the science behind concepts like surface tension and much more. There are twenty different experiments ranging from trying to blow bubbles with water to making bubble art with food coloring colored bubbles. We did not do the food coloring bubbles though, no one wanted to clean that up. Continue reading Review: Clifford Themed Science Kit: Bubble Science →