For Moms: How to Bond with Your Tween Daughter

Bonding Over Beauty book encourages mother daughter relationships

 

Over the long weekend I made some time to sit down with a great new book, Bonding Over Beauty: A Mother-Daughter Beauty Guide to Foster Self-Esteem, Confidence and Trust, by Erika Katz. As the mother of an almost 11-year-old daughter, I am always looking for new ways to stay connected to my tween daughter and ways to talk to her about all the changes she is about to experience in her body.

The Imagination Movers: High Energy Family Fun – Win Tickets!


High-octane Rock-O-Matic tour comes to Verizon Theatre on Friday September 28th!

Real guitars, real drums, real fun! Rich, Scott, Dave and Smitty – of the Emmy-winning Disney Channel TV series “Imagination Movers” – bring their 2012 Rock-o-Matic Tour to Grapevine, Texas!

The Imagination Movers began in 2003 as a rock band for kids in New Orleans and have grown into the stars of a hit television series seen in over 55 countries on the Disney Channel. They were the highest-rated and most popular live family act of 2011.  Their reputation of onstage silliness truly engages the littlest of kids along with their older siblings, parents, and grandparents. They combine danceable power pop songs with extremely catchy choruses to inspire audience participation.

On their hit TV show, the Imagination Movers star as four friends who work together in the Idea Warehouse to solve problems through creativity and teamwork. Their friends Nina and Warehouse Mouse are there to help along the way as the Movers brainstorm ideas and explore the Warehouse’s many magical rooms. Each episode features two or more original Movers songs.

Thomas & Friends: All New Episodes on PBS Kids this Fall

Thomas & Friends on PBS Kids - All New Episodes

 

New Thomas & Friends episodes start on Saturday, September 1st (check your local listings). PBS KIDS will also broadcast the new 60-minute Thomas & Friends special Blue Mountain Mystery.  In this all-new adventure, viewers will travel on an exciting journey with Thomas and his engine friends tracking down clues, discovering a lost engine and revealing the power of friendship.  The action-packed special airs in November (check your local listings) following its September 18th release on DVD from HIT and Lionsgate Home Entertainment.

Timeless tales of friendship and adventure on the Island of Sodor are brought to life in the CG animated Thomas & Friends series. One of the upcoming episodes airing this fall (#908 – “Welcome Stafford”) introduces the new character, Stafford, an electric shunting engine.  The episodes also highlight the Narrow Gauge engines and the Blue Mountain Quarry destination, featured in Blue Mountain Mystery.  Currently, Thomas & Friends is the #5 ranked non-movie K2-5 series on PBS (Nielsen, June K2-5 Live+7day).

 

New episodes of Thomas & Friends  include: