CSI Experience at Discovery Times Square

CSI The Experience 
Like to solve crimes? Interested in cracking the case? 
CSI The Experience may be just for you. Upon entering the exhibit, you will be given your CSI vest, photographed behind a desk, given a clipboard and assigned one of three cases to solve. The first room is the Crime Scene room. There are three different crimes. I suggest if you want the least graphic, you stick to the car crash, which is better suited for younger investigators. While you are in this room you become the CSI investigator, observing and recording as much as you can about the crime

After exiting the scene, you continue through an open maze following the path of your”team” to gather additional evidence and see how samples are analyzed, or if they should even be analyzed. The exhibit  takes you through the steps of a crime scene and puts the Scientific Method to work! As you progress through you actually get to compare your findings with evidence stored in the computer and video presentations you are shown. These will  explain how blood samples found differ in patterns (drips splattered, transferred-print and how that helps to indicate the type of crime). You continue along until you narrow the field of possibilities down and make your guess at who you think is the culprit and even how the crime occurred. The computer takes your information and let’s you know if they agree with you or not. Hopefully, they do and you have now solved the case! Upon completing the task you receive a certificate(via email) showing you completed The CSI Experience and have the option of purchasing your photo and diploma.
If this sounds like something interesting to you, I would not miss it!
So, you think you can solve the crime? Maybe you can or maybe it’s something you never could have imagined!
CSI The Experience is open now at Discovery Times Square Exhibition. You can check it out and buy tickets here.
Disclosure: Review tickets were provided by Discovery Times Square. 
All opinions are that of Diane Sulivan/3decades3kids.

Yo Gabba Gabba! Live! It’s Time To Dance!

Yo Gabba Gabba!
Live!
It’s Time To Dance
Just recently my family and I had the pleasure of attending Yo Gabba Gabba! Live! It’s Time To Dance! at the Beacon Theatre in NYC. Seeing as the entire family loves Yo Gabba Gabba, we were all looking forward to the fun show. We knew it would be a blast knowing the theme was “It’s Time To Dance”. 
The show really lived up from beginning to end starting off just like on TV, DJ Lance began the fun by opening up his boom box and before you knew it, Brobee, Foofa, Muno, Plex, and Toodee appeared. Within seconds, the audience of both children and adults were up on their feet and dancing along to the fun Yo Gabba Gabba songs we all love!
The fun really peaked when Razzle Dazzle superstar Leslie Hall and Hip Hop legend Biz Markie hit the stage.
Hip Hop Star Biz Markie
DJ Lance glasses for everyone!
Our family sang and danced to great Yo Gabba Gabba hits like: We  Like to Dance. The family favorite was There’s a Party in My Tummy, where the aisles were filled with walking carrots, peas and other foods! It was so much fun! Also, at one point the Beacon Theatre was filled with leaves falling, followed by makeshift confetti snow! What a feeling for both children and their parents. Yo Gabba Gabba did not disappoint. If you can catch the It’s Time To Dance tour, don’t miss it! It’s great family fun!

Disclosure: Review tickets provided by Yo Gabba Gabba.
All opinions are that of 3decades3kids/Diane Sullivan.



General Mills and DC Entertainment Join Forces to Promote Reading Among Children

General Mills and DC Entertainment Join Forces to Promote Reading Among Children
Joshua Williamson, Steve Scott, Paul Tobin, Louie and Adam

This past weekend my family and I had the wonderful experience of attending New York City Comic Con’s Kids Day as special guests of General Mills and DC Comics. It was exciting to meet and chat with illustrator, Steve Scott, and writers Joshua Williamson and Paul Tobin, from DC Comics.

Being a mom of three and having twenty years of teaching under my belt, I was just delighted to hear about General Mills and DC Entertainment partnering to further children’s love of reading through their new campaign. As if General Mills cereal is not good enough by itself, it just got a little bit better with this new perk. Inside every delicious box you can find one of a series of four Super Hero Comic Books featuring Batman, Green Lantern 
and Wonder Woman.
I better leave a little extra time in the mornings because I know we will have some serious reading going on in our house and it will begin right at the breakfast table! A total of 12 million comic books will be offered to costumers, while supplies last.

Illustrator, Steve Scott
Justice League books included inside of specially marked Big G  cereal boxes.
You can find the Justice League comics free right  inside specially marked Big G boxes of cereal: Participating Big G cereals include Cinnamon Toast Crunch(17oz.), Lucky Charms(16oz.), Honey Nut Cheerios(17oz.), Trix(14.8oz.), Golden Grahams(16oz.), Reese’s Puffs(18oz.), and Cocoa Puffs(16.5oz.). 
Adam, Diane and Louie

“Combining beloved DC Comics Super Heroes with our kid-friendly cereals allow us to play a huge part in providing families everything they need for a positive start to their day,” said Julie Anderla, integrated communications manager at General Mills. “Our aim is to encourage reading among children by providing them with material they are enthusiastic about.” As a mom who loves to both read and promote reading to anyone who will listen, I cannot even begin to tell you how much this promotion thrills me. 

Just when you think it can’t get any better, there is still one more thing you should know: You can find Part 2 to each of the comic books online at BigCerealHeroes.Com. Enjoy! 
By the way, the comic books are not just enjoyable for children, adults will love them, too! I would know. I have already read all four!

Disclosure: Special thanks to General Mills and DC Entertainment through MyBlogSpark  for providing me with tickets to NYC Comic Con and special meet and greet autograph opportunity. All opinions are that of Diane Sullivan and 3decades3kids.