Where-To-Go Wednesday - Community Theater

What: Community Theater

Where: Various Locations

Who: All ages

Our view: A good way to introduce your children to the theater is through your local community theater. For younger children, community theaters often put on children's productions for young children to attend. Since community theater is usually less expensive than professional productions, you won't be wasting as much money if your child does not make it through the entire show. Besides, often this shows are quite interactive and young children really enjoy them. For older children, community theater often provides an opportunity for them to participate. Either they can try-out for a show or they can help out backstage or building sets or in some other capacity. Many a professional actor has started out his or her career in community theater. Of course, not all community theater is equal. There are some really bad community theater productions, and there are some excellent ones. Unfortunately, there is no way of knowing in advance which of these categories a show is going to fit into. However, we would recommend giving it a chance because if you don't go because you are afraid it will be bad, you will miss out on some great shows. One ways to find out about your local theater community theater and the productions they put on are to check the your local paper for notices of auditions or advertising that a show is going to be put on. Another way is to look on-line if a community theater does not have its own web-sites, you may be able to find listings for local community  theaters on your towns web-sites. In an case, we would definitely recommend getting involved with community theater in some way either by going to see shows, or by being in shows, or by working on shows.

And that's our view. Tune in tomorrow for another Talking Topic.

Tips for Tuesday - Apps and Web-sites: Gravity Guy and Jeopardy

Me - Today I am recommending Gravity Guy. It is a really fun game. All you have to do is keep tapping the screen and he goes up and down. You have to keep him from falling. However, it is not as easy as it sounds. Each level gets faster and faster and faster. I would  definitely recommend it.

Mom - Today I am recommending Jeopardy. If you like the show, Jeopardy you will like the app Jeopardy. It is slightly easier than the TV show because the answers are multiple choice. However, it is not that much easier. You have to think fast because if you don't you will run out of time. Our whole family usually all plays as a team against the computer. It is a lot of fun.

And that's our view. Tune in tomorrow for Where-To-Go Wednesday.

Things We Like to Do at the Beach

Me - Things we like to do at the beach, wow! I like to swim in the ocean with my Mom's college roommate and friend. She is super nice and fun. My brother and sister and I all love her. Sometimes, I used to like to play that I was a mermaid. I like to walk along the beach and collect shells. When I was younger, I would collect any shells even the broken ones. Now, I only collect special shells. Special shells are ones that I don't already have a million of. It is hard to find many of those. I try to build a sandcastle but I am not very good at it. They always collapse. I put down one bucketful of sand and when I try to put another on top it all falls apart. I like to eat at restaurants on the boardwalk. We have this one restaurant we usually go to. We used to go to a different one, but they tore it down and build condos. We almost always get ice cream when we are walking on the boardwalk. The beach is fun, you should go to the beach.

Mom - Fun on the beach is a lot different for me now then it was when I was a kid. When I was a little kid, I liked to play in or near the water most of the time. Nowaways, I hardly go in the water at all. When I was a teenager, I was only interested in lying out on the beach and trying to get a tan. Now that I know how bad the sun is for you, I am not interested in getting a tan at all. I still like lying out on the beach sometimes, but I don't do it to get a tan. I just like to lie on the beach and read a book or talk to my husband and/or kids or any friends that we go with. I like walking along the shore. I also like walking along the boardwalk.  We usually get ice cream along the boardwalk. We used to eat along the boardwalk too, but we found we liked the restaurants near the boardwalk better than the restaurants actually on the boardwalk. We have this one particular restaurant in Pt. Pleasant that we usually go to. It is called the Shrimp Box.  I also like to look in the little stores along the boardwalk. We rarely if ever buy anything there, but it is fun to look. We don't go to the beach that often, and I wouldn't say I am a person who is crazy about the beach. However, I still have fun when we go there.

And that's our view. What do you like to do at the beach?

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