product review

Sophie”s Animal Parade

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Sophie’s Animal Parade, written by Amy Dixon is a story of  a little lonely girl who uses her imagination to create imaginary friends.   Sophie  created friends are not people but animals. IMG_1337The more she created her  menagerie the more Sophie got herself into a animal pickle.  Sophie quickly finds that her creations are not easy to play with and needed to find a way to get her animal kingdom under  control. IMG_1338

Sophie’s dilemma was not easy for her to solve until she meets a boy named Luke.  Luke comes to Sophie’s rescue and with Luke’s help Sophie brings order to her imaginary animal kingdom.  Luke helped Sophie’s problem get solved because Luke was a lion trainer.

Sophie’s Animal Parade is sweet and funny promotes imaginative play and teaches children to combat loneliness with creativity, persistence, and a little imagination.  Sophie’s Animal Parade shows what really matters, which is having a real relationships.

Sophie’s Animal Parade is a bedtime must.

Family

Marty G and the G-Men At Kelly’s Bar and Grill

I got a call from my sister telling me that Eddie, our childhood friend, had a new band called Marty G and the G Men, and the band would be playing at a bar located in Astoria, Queens.  Liz and Marianne were going to meet us at Kelly’s Bar and Grill.

I was happy to go because I had not seen Eddie for almost 3 years and I thought it would be a nice evening out with an old friend.   So we went to Kelly’s in Astoria and I also invited my good friends and neighbors Bobbi-Ann and Carmine to join us.

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527fKelly’s was a neighborhood bar with neighborhood people hanging out on a Friday evening, listening to the G-Men play some really great old songs.  What we didn’t know upon arriving was that the evening was going to be a kind of reunion.  For to our surprise we did not just get  to see Eddie but we also got to see Julie, Peggy, Kathy, and Cheetina…good ‘ole friends from the good ‘ole neighborhood we grow up in.

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The evening was  a definite blast from the past.  We all had an night of dancing to the G-Men playing some good oldies and enjoying our time together.

 

We danced, we drank, and we tried to talk but the band was so loud that was an impossibility.  527f3

It was bad enough this old crew had to stand up the whole evening (all seats were taken)…but it did not stop us from enjoying each other and inhaling what little bit of time we were so blessed to have.

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So till the next gig gals…we will meet again cara mias.

Book, product review

The Alphabet of Bugs An ABC Book by Valerie Gates

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What a beautiful way to get children to explore nature. The Alphabet of Bugs book will inspire children and adults to learn more about the wonderful creatures found in the natural world.  Another fun way for my youngest grandson to  to learn his ABC’s. This book is a step up from butterflies, and beetles.

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My grandchildren just love learning about the many beautiful and unusually named bugs found in nature. This wonderful book helps to inspire us all to  go out and explore nature.

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