Love My Park Day, Saturday May 5th

“I Love My Park Day is an annual event that brings together thousands of volunteers to celebrate and enhance New York’s parks, historic sites, and public lands.” Picture above was found on the Parks & Trails NY Website There are many beautiful parks and campgrounds exist throughout New York State. Where will you volunteer? ” […]

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Earth Day Events on Long Island – 2018

Earth Day is a day to celebrate our love for our one and only planet and talk about ways to protect it in our community. Here on Long Island there is a lot of fun events happening and we have a great list of places you can go to celebrate Earth Day this year. *Please […]

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2017 FREE Summer Concert Series at Jones Beach

Summer is ALMOST here! I am ready? Are you? There is nothing better than heading to the Jones Beach Boardwalk for LIVE entertainment with your family on a beautiful summer day. The line-up this year will not disappoint and there is something for everyone. The planned “Live at the Shell” schedule includes music from some […]

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Holiday Lights Spectacular at Jones Beach

If you are looking to do something with your entire family this Christmas season then head to Jones Beach for their Holiday Lights Spectacular. “From November 20th through January 3rd you can immerse yourself in the holiday spirit with over 2.5 miles of holiday scenery that makes this the most wonderful time of the year. […]

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Michelle Lynn Designs

Shop at Mini Monet in Sayville to buy these great Handmade Gifts by Michelle Brand. Michelle Brand is a local artist who was born and raised in Suffolk County, Long Island. “Since she was a little girl she was always creative and inspired by everything around her. Nature, colors, patterns, people and the ocean are her biggest inspiration.Art that […]

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Beach Must-Haves for Families

     Bringing your family to the beach for the day has to be planned out. Kids need a lot of stuff and there are some great products out there that can make the beach day so much easier. A local Momee friend asked me to come up with this list and I thought it […]

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Outdoor Look and Find Pages

Long Island is fun filled especially outdoors. I decided to make these fun pages for little ones to take with them outdoors so they can search for common things in those areas. (Such as your neighborhood, farm, beach and local playground). These pages will help young children learn to recognize, spell, and know common objects and […]

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Gather “treasures” with your toddler

Get outside with your toddler and explore! Mia and I love to go exploring for treasures.  Whether it is at the park, beach or even in our own backyard. A terrific activity that helps with object recognition and gets us out and about exercising. Look around for animals and colors too.  Play “I spy with […]

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The Madonna Ghost by Linda Maria Frank

The Madonna Ghost is a great book part of an Annie Tillery Mystery series. There are 2 books in the series so far… ( But no need to worry, Linda tells me there will be future books … ) About the book:  “Seventeen-year-old Annie Tillery and her Aunt Jill set off for Long Island’s Fire Island […]

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