Building Workshops for Kids

Posted on January 27, 2010 by Ray Bisson

Throughout the winter we have taken our children to Lowe’s home improvement stores for their kid’s Build & Grow clinics.
Lowe’s and Home Depot have workshops for kids to build pre-packaged wood sets.  So far at Lowe’s, our boys have built a gingerbread house, pet treat keeper, money bank and a tic-tac toe game.
Usually when we arrive at [...]

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Local Public Safety Events Celebrated Fire Prevention Week

Posted on October 15, 2009 by Ray Bisson

Every Fall towns all around put on events for Fire Prevention Week. Some are held at the Public Safety Buildings or Fire Stations and some are held at other facilities. The weekend of Oct. 3rd, Rochester, New Hampshire held their event in the Home Depot parking lot.  
My older son and I decided to stop by. Inside, they had [...]

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Shaw’s Rewards Card Summer Offers

Posted on June 10, 2009 by The Mom Entrepreneur

I recently discovered that Shaw’s Supermarket lists local tourist destinations on its website where the Shaw’s Rewards Card can be used to earn discounts. This includes popular spots in ME, NH, MA, VT and CT like the Seacoast Science Center, Strawberry Banke, Fisher Cats Baseball, Water Country, York’s Wild Kingdom and many more. Most offers are only [...]

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Chuck E. Cheese’s Reading Program

Posted on June 9, 2009 by The Mom Entrepreneur

Lately, we have been discussing the many programs we have been finding that encourage kids to continue reading over the summer. Make sure your kids complete the Chuck E. Cheese Reading Rewards Calendar as well. They will earn 10 additional tokens with their food purchase for two weeks worth of reading.

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South Mountain at Pawtuckaway State Park

Posted on May 26, 2009 by Ray Bisson

We recently took a hike to South Mountain at Pawtuckaway State Park. We wanted to go on an easy first hike in the hopes that our four year old would enjoy hiking and we could do additional hikes this summer. We wanted to stay close to home, but do a walk that we have not already done. I found this hike [...]

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Visit the Polar Caves for free until June 19th

Posted on May 20, 2009 by The Mom Entrepreneur

The Polar Caves in Plymouth, NH is a great family tourist stop. It includes a series of caves and passages formed by the falling of massive boulders nearly 50,000 years ago as the third continental glacier moved southward over New Hampshire’s White Mountains.
You can explore the Rock Garden, a jumble of glacially deposited granite boulders and take [...]

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Free Family Film Festival at Regal Cinemas starting in June

Posted on May 19, 2009 by The Mom Entrepreneur

Starting at the end of June, two theaters in New Hampshire (Hooksett 8 and Fox Run Stadium 15), will be offering a Free Family Film Festival. It’s a fun-filled nine weeks of movies for kids and parents.
Since 1991, Regal has provided this service to the community, and best of all it’s FREE! Selected G & [...]

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TD Banknorth’s 2009 Summer Reading Program

Posted on May 12, 2009 by The Mom Entrepreneur

Kudos to TD Banknorth for offering a summer reading program for kids. They have made the program very simple.
Kids need to read 10 books, print out an online form, list the titles of all 10 books and bring to their nearest TD Banknorth branch.
Upon successful completeion of the summer reading program, TD Banknorth will deposit $10 [...]

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Barnes & Noble Summer Reading Program for Kids

Posted on April 29, 2009 by The Mom Entrepreneur

Thanks to Barnes & Noble, kids in grades 1-6 have the opportunity to win a free book when they read eight books between May 26th & September 7th, 2009. Getting my kids to read over the summer can sometimes be a hard task. This program makes it fun for children to continue reading even when school [...]

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Quality time spent at The Children’s Museum of NH

Posted on April 15, 2009 by The Mom Entrepreneur

I recently enjoyed a morning visit to The Children’s Museum of New Hampshire in Dover with my youngest son. Mornings are the best time to go since they fill up quickly with school groups and young children with their moms.
In 2008, the Museum relocated from Portsmouth to a larger facility in Dover. They have added [...]

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