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Weis Mystery Tour

In November, I took the Girl Scouts to the Weis in Macungie, Pa to get a free tour of the store.

The girls had a great time, the tour had a detective theme, the girls all got a hat and a magnifying glass to help them investigate!

 The tour started out with a briefing that explained the mysteries that the detectives needed to solve through-out the store.  This lead to the girls going through the aisles looking for certain foods that would help to solve the mysterious problem.

As the girls visited each aisle, they learned about the food in that section.  They learned how the healthy ones can help your body and how others aren't good for you.  They also were able to taste different foods from each section. As a parent I thought this was a great addition, because I saw my daughter eating foods that she had never had the opportunity to try before!

 Overall, this was a great trip. It was easy to set up, the girls had fun and it was educational!

I rate this trip a 9.  It was everything they said it would be, it was easy to set up and the girls had a good time.

Even though I brought my girls scout troop this time, I do think this would also be a great family trip with children ages 5-10!

Interested?  Click here to sign up for your own Weis Mystery Tour.

-erin

Drink Foil Coin Purse

Drink Foil Coin Purse

You need:

2 Foil drink pouches like Capri Sun

Scissors

Hole Puncher

Ribbon

Velcro

First you want to cut the bottom of each pouch in a curve like below-

         Beware this is a sticky process,

Then wash out the pouches completely and let dry, I just used warm water-

         I like how they still smell fruity

  Next cut about 1 ¼ off the top of one pouch-

         I used a business card for measurements

  Then place the pouches together aligning the curve bottoms-

         I placed one forward and one back to be able to see the picture on both sides

Punch holes around the sides and bottom of pouch

  Last using the ribbon, whipstitch it around the pouch-

         You can tie it off with no ends, or leave enough ribbon to be able to the carry purse around wrist

Attach the Velcro at the top for closure

-erin

Washington Township Park

Todays park review is on

Washington Township Park

Located off of New Route 100 and Niantic Road (across from the Washington Twp. Elementary School).

The Park looked small upon arrival but as I have found out the park has a total of 6.97 acres.  Not much of the land was used for the playground, but it has a huge field for playing soccer.

The park has a nice size pavilion available to rent for parties, with at least 20 tables. And the area was nice and clean!  Another plus was there are many benches and picnic tables around the play area for sitting, in case the pavilion is occupied.  The best was there is a Wheel Chair Accessible Porta-Potty that was clean! Not many parks have this.

The play area I determined is for children ages 5 and up, although they did have small spring horses, and “baby” swings. I took my 16 month old and the swings were too big for him.  The rest of the equipment: swings, rock wall, jungle gym, and the zip-line are all for older children. The downside to the play area is that there is no shade.  I understand the park was built in 2009, but they didn’t plant many trees that will grow to shade the area, and right now it is wide open.

 

This park was rated:

5 from the 10 year old – He liked the swings.

3 from the 9 year old – He was unsure why, but he said he has been to better parks.

5 from the 7 year old – She loved the horses!

I rate this park a 3 with a plus on cleanliness! There was lots of seating, and a nice choice of equipment.  A negative on the fact there is no shade, so this would not be a mid-summer park trip, and the fact that the play area is small compared to the amount of land the park owns.

Overall, a good time was had by all, the older kids played, and as my 16 month old is learning to walk, he had more fun just waddling around and didn't care that the swings were too big for him!

-erin