It’s SNOWLAND at Great Wolf Lodge! @GreatWolfLodge @VisitPA #Poconos #GWL

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It’s SNOWLAND at Great Wolf Lodge
A Wonderful Time Of Year To Visit Great Wolf Lodge
Discount Rate Now Available
Snow? Gingerbread? Candycanes? Bathing Suits? 
You can only be at one place, Great Wolf Lodge!
Times go by way too fast. It seems like you blink and your children have gone from throwing their binky to 
driving you around the town. So, with saying that, our family takes every single opportunity we can to be together and enjoy quality time together. Great Wolf Lodge seems to have become a favorite memory making resort for us. Located less than two hours from NYC, in the Pocono Mountains, it makes the location very easy to get to without very much hassle.
Peeps adorn this year’s Gingerbread house at GWL.
 During Snowland at Great Wolf Lodge there are winter based activities throughout the lodge and it even snows in the lobby two times a day! It’s amazing to see the smiles that are all around when the snow starts to fall. Of course Santa is also on hand during select dates, but you can mail him a letter in the North Pole mailbox at any time. 
Snowland at Great Wolf Lodge.

Water Park fun for everyone in the family.

Christmas treats galore! Yum!

 Although I love the snow falling in the lobby and being able to see snow on the mountains as our family swims my absolute favorite part of Snowland is the lifesize gingerbread house. Your family can even dine inside of the gingerbread house. This trip we did not have a chance to dine, but we have in the past and it was a wonderful once in a lifetime experience. This year’s gingerbread house is made up of over three hundred pounds of freshly baked gingerbread and adorned with Peeps and many many other candies that make it just a dream come true for us gingerbread house fans.

The fireplace top is created with hundreds of reindeer Peeps, while there are Peeps wreaths inside and Violet’s clothing is make of pink Peeps! It’s very hard to resist eating the gingerbread house! Yum!
Of course along with all of the special activities that go on at Snowland, there is still all the regular fun going on, too! You can swim from morning until night in the 84 degree waterpark, play mini golf at Howl At The Moon Glow Golf, bowl with your friends, and play Magi Quest or the new Shadow Quest. There is something for everyone at Great Wolf Lodge, Poconos.
See you there! To check out more about Great Wolf Lodge, Poconos 
Disclosure: Special thanks to Great Wolf Lodge for you family hospitality.
Special thanks to Bill Colavito, Michael De Juila, and Nadine Jahn for always making our current stay more than special. Your kindness is very appreciated. It’s people/staff like you that keep us coming back over and over again. All opinions are that of Diane Sullivan. Contact me at ELGeorgia@aol.com or on Twitter at .@3decades3kids.

Breakfast With Santa and ChaCha at Rainforest Cafe @menloparkmall @rainforest_cafe

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Breakfast With Santa and ChaCha
 at Rainforest Cafe
Menlo Park Mall- NJ
Every year for the past six years our family has kept the tradition of enjoying Breakfast with Santa and ChaCha at Rainforest Cafe- Menlo Park Mall, NJ. We love Rainforest Cafe and usually dine at the restaurant every year when we vacation in Florida. But during the year when December comes around we know where we will be for Breakfast with Santa and ChaCha. 
Our family has tried many many many Breakfast with Santa throughout the years, but this is the only one we have ever made sure we have a reservation for when mid November rolls around.
This is just a small sample of the goodies from breakfast!
The morning does start early, 8am sharp! It’s a tough wake up call, but worth every yawn.
From the moment you arrive the scent of French Toast, sausage, bacon, eggs, pancakes and more will greet you at the door of Rainforest Cafe. Of course your family will also be welcomed by ChaCha.
Reservations are required in advance for this amazing event, but the prices are very reasonable.
Fish galore! 
 If you have never visited the Rainforest Cafe before, it’s a rainforest themed restaurant that is filled with animals including elephants, gorillas, gigantic butterflies and more. There are greens all over. You will feel like you have been transported into a real rainforest!
Elephants and more surround you at Rainforest Cafe.
 Along with breakfast there is plenty of fun to be had. There is a coloring contest for the children, an adorable sing-along, and of course Santa! Nearing the end of the breakfast you will hear a jingling of bells. That would be Santa. Whenever your family is ready you can line up to visit and chat with Santa!
Breakfast with Santa and ChaCha at Rainforest Cafe is amazing!  Our family is already looking forward to next year.
Santa, ChaCha and the elves are on hand for photos!

There is shopping, too! During the breakfast your family will be presented with a discount coupon to use only during the hours of the private breakfast event.

Something for everyone at Rainforest Cafe!
Disclosure: There was no compensation for this post. This is a personal post and written because of our happy memories of attending the Santa breakfast every year. Contact Diane Sullivan at ELGeorgia@aol.com or on Twitter at .@3decades3kids.


KIDS’ NIGHT ON BROADWAY® 2014 Participating Shows Announced! #KNOB14

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KIDS’ NIGHT ON BROADWAY® 2014
Participating Shows Announced!

TICKETS GO ON SALE
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2014 @ 10AM
Big News! Every year around this time everyone that loves Broadway shows and exposing their children wait for the list of upcoming shows that will be a part of Kids Night On Broadway. Great news! The Broadway League announced today the shows participating in the 18th KIDS’ NIGHT ON BROADWAY, which will take place Monday, February 24, 2014 to Sunday, March 2, 2014. Tickets to participating shows will be available to the public starting Wednesday, January 8, 2014 at 10 a.m. ET.
KIDS’ NIGHT ON BROADWAY is when kids ages 6 to 18 can see Broadway shows for free when accompanied by a full-paying adult. A KIDS’ NIGHT ON BROADWAY ticket includes restaurant discounts, parking discounts, educational programs, and some very special events still to be announced! Both Emily and Adam’s first broadway shows were through Kids Night On Broadway. It’s a wonderful way to expose your children to the world of broadway and enjoy taking them for free!
Theatre fans can join the Broadway Fan Club at BroadwayFanclub.com for special pre-sale opportunities.
Participating shows* (to date) include:
BROADWAY: Beautiful – The Carole King Musical, The Bridges of Madison County, Bronx Bombers, Chicago, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Jersey Boys, Kinky Boots, The Lion King, Mamma Mia!, Matilda the Musical, Motown the Musical, Newsies, A Night with Janis Joplin, Once, The Phantom of the Opera, Pippin, Rock of Ages, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Wicked. OFF-BROADWAY: iLuminate, Murder for Two, Stomp.


(*subject to change, and some shows not available for all performances)


Many Times Square area eateries will offer specials for Kids’ Night on Broadway ticket-holders.
Blue Fin, Bubba Gump Shrimp Co., Casa Nonna, Ceci Italian Restaurant, Connolly’s Pub and Restaurant, Glass House Tavern, Guy’s American Kitchen and Grill, Hurley’s, Le Rivage, Matt’s Grill, Nanking Asian Fusion, Pergola Des Artistes, Playwright’s Tavern, Playwright’s Celtic Pub and Restaurant, Ruby Foos Times Square, Ruby Tuesdays, Schnipper’s, Southern Hospitality BBQ, Tasti-D-Lite, The Lambs Club, Toloache, Trattoria Tre Colori, Virgil’s Real BBQ.
KIDS’ NIGHT ON BROADWAY®, a program of The Broadway League, is generously presented by The New York Times and is officially sponsored by WABC-TV, and Official kids’ media partner, KidzVuz. Media partners are Z100, Telemundo Nueva York, and Metro-North Railroad. Additional support is provided by Madame Tussauds New York and Schmackary’s, the official cookie of Kids’ Night.

Who Loves PEEPS??? Celebrate PEEPSFEST This December 30 & 31st In Bethlehem, PA #VisitPA @lehighvalleypa

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Who Loves PEEPS??? 

Celebrate PEEPSFEST This 

December 30 & 31st In Bethlehem, PA
Our family is always in search of something fun to do for New Year’s Eve. Sometimes that can be a challenge with a family of five and varying ages. This year I was overly thrilled to hear about PEEPSFest in Bethlehem, PA. Who doesn’t love those little yellow yummy goodies? Okay, they have expanded way beyond the yellow goodness of the original Peeps and along the way our family has been able to incorporate them into more and more recipes. Of course our family favorite is still package to mouth! Yum!
This year you can join our family at this FREE event less than two hours from NYC. 
The PeepsFest runs December 30th from 10am-4pm and December 31st from 10am- 6pm.
During the Fifth Anniversary celebration of PeepsFest you will definitely be promised hours and hours of family fun! This will be the largest celebration to date! 

 PEEPSFEST™, which is free to attend, offers families two days packed with live music, arts and crafts and PEEPS®-related programming, all culminating at 5:15 p.m. on Dec. 31st with the dropping of a 4.5-foot tall, 85-pound, lit PEEPS® Chick and fireworks to welcome in the New Year.

PEEPSFEST™ Highlights Include:

–       Display of the PEEPS® Diorama Competition
–       Lehigh Valley Zoo animals including African Penguins
–       Dutch Springs’ dog sled team
–       New Year’s Eve Party with live music by kid-friendly band Starfish on Dec. 31st, 4 p.m.
–       PEEPS®-themed arts and crafts, video game competitions,PEEPS® scavenger hunt
–       Coca-Cola® Polar Bear made entirely out of PEEPS®
–       Photo opportunities with the PEEPS® Chick, Elmo, TeleBear, Coca-Cola Polar Bear
–       PEEPSFEST™ 5K and Kids Fun Run on Dec. 31st (registration fee required)
–       PEEPSMOBILE® and PEEPS® Ice Sculpture on the town square

Festival hours are Dec. 30th, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Dec. 31st, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
fifth anniversary celebration of PEEPSFEST™, an action-packed  New Year celebration and family festival at the SteelStacks in Bethlehem, PA put on by the PEEPS® brand and ArtsQuest performing arts center and cultural campus. This year’s event, set for Monday, Dec. 30th and Tuesday, Dec. 31st, will feature programming at four SteelStacks locations – the ArtsQuest Center, Levitt Pavilion, Visitor Center and PBS39 Public Media and Education Center – making it the largest celebration in the festival’s history!