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JoJo Siwa Is Heading Out on the Road for a Tour in 2020

by Shahrzad Warkentin

Nickelodeon mega star JoJo Siwa is packing ups her sequins and giant bows and heading back on the road for an extension to her D.R.E.A.M. tour in 2020.

The tour originally kicked off in May and ran through October, in the United States. For fans who missed the tour or just want to party one more time, the singer is headed down under for shows in Australia in January. After that the tour will return to the United States in March where it will begin in Colorado.

photo: JoJo Siwa D.R.E.A.M Tour

Check out the full list of tour dates below:

March 11, 2020: Colorado Springs, CO
March 13, 2020: Lubbock, TX
March 14, 2020: La Cruces, NM
March 15, 2020: Glendale, AZ
March 17, 2020: Bakersfield, CA
March 21, 2020: Inglewood, CA
March 22, 2020: Inglewood, CA
March 24, 2020: Fresno, CA
March 25, 2020: Sacramento, CA
March 27, 2020: Salt Lake City, UT
March 28, 2020: Boise, ID
March 29, 2020: Spokane, WA
March 31, 2020: Yakima, WA
April 3, 2020: Edmonton, AB, Canada
April 5, 2020: Calgary, AB, Canada
April 6, 2020: Saskatoon, SK, Canada
April 8, 2020: Winnipeg, MB, Canada
April 10, 2020: Grand Forks, ND
April 11, 2020: Minneapolis, MN
April 14, 2020: Rosemont, IL
April 15, 2020: Green Bay, WI
April 17, 2020: Moline, IL
April 18, 2020: Spingfield, MO
April 19, 2020: Champaign, IL
April 21, 2020: Madison, WI
April 23, 2020: Fort Wayne, IN
April 25, 2020: Evansville, IN
April 26, 2020: Lexington, KY
April 27, 2020: Cleveland, OH
April 30, 2020: Hamilton, ON, Canada
May 1, 2020: Ottawa, ON, Canada
May 3, 2020: Syracuse, NY
May 4, 2020: Portland, ME
May 6, 2020: Manchester, NH
May 8, 2020: Washington, DC
May 9, 2020: Trenton, NJ
May 12, 2020: New York City, NY
May 15, 2020: Hershey, PA
May 16, 2020: Norfolk, VA
May 17, 2020: Charlotte, NC
May 19, 2020: Raleigh, NC
May 20, 2020: Columbia, SC
May 22, 2020: Tampa, FL
May 23, 2020: Miami, FL
May 27, 2020: Estero, FL
May 28, 2020: Jacksonville, FL
May 29, 2020: Pensacola, FL
May 31, 2020: Houston, TX
June 2, 2020: New Orleans, LA
June 3, 2020: Bossier City, LA
June 5, 2020: Oklahoma City, OK
June 6, 2020: North Little Rock, AR

You can get more information and buy tickets when they go on sale here.

—Shahrzad Warkentin

photo: JoJo Siwa via YouTube

 

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This All-Female Delta Crew Flew a Plane Full of Girls to Visit NASA

by Shahrzad Warkentin

Just in time for the International Day of the Girl, Delta’s WING Program is helping to inspire more girls to enter fields typically dominated by men.

After being scrapped initially, NASA’s first all-female spacewalk is finally happening and what better way to celebrate girl power than with an all-female flight to NASA? The entire flight was planned and orchestrated entirely by women, including the pilots flying the plane, ramp agents working on the ground, gate agents boarding the flight and women in the tower guiding the aircraft on its way out.

This was Delta’s WING Flight fifth flight since it was founded in 2015. The goal of the program, which flies young girls ages 12-18 from Salt Lake City to NASA in Houston, is to help close the gender gap in aviation. Since the program’s inception, over 600 girls have taken flight with Delta WING.

“We know representation matters. At Delta, we believe you have to see it to be it,” said Beth Poole, General Manager – Pilot Development, who helped start Delta’s WING Flight in 2015 and has helped plan the flights ever since. “We’re taking ownership to improve gender diversity by exposing girls at a young age and providing a pipeline so that 10 years from now, they will be the pilots in the Delta cockpit inspiring generations of women who follow.”

After landing in Houston the girls were invited to tour NASA’s Mission Control Center, Building 9, Johnson Space Center and Space Center Houston. They also had lunch with Jeanette Epps, NASA astronaut and aerospace engineer.

“It didn’t seem realistic to go after a career in aviation, but today I realized, ‘Hey, I can do this too,'” said Katelyn J., age 17, a 12th grader from Advanced Learning Center.

This was the first flight for many of the Salt Lake City students. Delta partnered with schools that have STEM or aviation programs to provide a real path for interested future female aviators. “I never would have thought I would have had this experience. I’m really grateful for my parents who have made this possible and inspired my love of aviation,” said Karyanna H.,16, an 11th grader at Jordan Technical Institute. “It’s such an exciting time to be in STEM. There’s so much left for us to discover.”

—Shahrzad Warkentin

All photos: Courtesy of Delta

 

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Jennifer Garner Asked Her 7-Year-Old to Label Her Spice Rack & The Results are Hilarious

by Shahrzad Warkentin

Having some little handy helpers in the kitchen is always fun, but as mom Jennifer Garner learned you have to take that help with a grain of salt––or in this case “rosefart.”

Garner shared an Instagram post featuring a picture of her kitchen counter with labeled spice jars lined up. At first glance all appears normal, but when you take a closer look at the labels you’ll notice something a little unusual. Instead of names like “rosemary” and “parsley” the jars feature monikers like “rosefart” and “parspee.”

In the post Garner explains the “unique” names. “Mom: Will you please make labels for my spices?, 7 year old boy: Yup.” Sounds about right. From her hilarious posts on parenting, it’s clear this mama of three has a pretty good sense of humor and now she can enjoy cooking with a side of laughs.

—Shahrzad Warkentin

Featured photo: Jennifer Garner via Instagram

 

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Walmart Expands Delivery Unlimited Grocery Service to 1,400 Stores

by Erica Loop

Your life is about to get easier. Retail giant Walmart is expanding its Delivery Unlimited service to 1,400 stores this fall!

The service provides Walmart shoppers with the choice of a fee per delivery, $98 a year or $12.95 a month option. The annual and monthly options include unlimited Walmart Grocery Delivery—and bonus, you can get a free 15-day trial.

photo: Courtesy of Walmart 

Janey Whiteside, chief customer officer, Walmart, said in a press release, “Grocery Delivery takes convenience to a new level, and our customers love it. With Delivery Unlimited, we’re providing incredible value for our customers and leveraging our unique assets to save them both time and money.”

Walmart piloted the Unlimited Delivery program earlier this year in Salt Lake City, Houston, Miami and Tampa. After the program’s four-market success, the company made plans to launch the service nationwide. By the end of the year Walmart customers can expect to find Unlimited Delivery in more than 1,600 stores across over 50 percent of the country.

Visit Walmart’s website to find out if your local store offers this service or to place an order. Customers can also order through the Walmart Grocery app.

—Erica Loop

 

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Nick Jr. Debuts a New Look At “Blue’s Clues & You!”

by Erica Loop

Nick Jr.’s preschool fave is about to make it’s big return! The network recently tweeted a preview of the first episode of Blue’s Clues & You!—and it includes both Steve and Joe.

The highly-anticipated children’s show reboot debuts Nov. 11 at 9 a.m. ET. Even though the first episode is still months away, the preview clip will give your kiddo a sneak peek into the series.

Along with new host, Josh (played by Joshua Dela Cruz), Blue’s Clues & You! will feature new CG animation for Blue and Magenta, an updated Handy Dandy Notebook (with smartphone technology), a new Handy Dandy Guitar and two brand-new characters—Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper’s twins Sage and Ginger.

So what do fans of the show think of the sneak peek and the inclusion of Steve and Joe? Adult Blues-enthusiasts weighed in with one Twitter user commenting, “I can’t believe it! You actually did it! You got Steve and Joe to come back one last time! I’m so happy! I can tell that this reboot is gonna be amazing!”

Another commenter tweeted, “Steve and Joe have made many childhoods in the original Blue’s Clues series and I know for a fact Josh will do the same for the newer generation of young children in this nostalgic revival.”

Your kiddo can watch Blue’s Clues & You!, starting Nov. 11, on Nick Jr., NickJr.com, the Nick Jr. App and Nick Jr. On Demand.

—Erica Loop

Featured photo: Nick Jr. via YouTube

 

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Target Has New “Nightmare Before Christmas” Kitchen Items & They’re As Spooktacular As They Sound

by Shahrzad Warkentin

Are you already humming “This Is Halloween”? Then you’ll be over the full moon for the new Nightmare Before Christmas kitchen collection at Target.

It’s not yet Halloween and nowhere near Christmas but Nightmare Before Christmas fans will love filling their kitchen cabinets with this new collection that features mugs, bowls and plenty of tricks and treats to enjoy all year round.

Jack and Sally Salt and Pepper Shakers

Spice up your meals with your favorite Halloween couple.

$19.99

Jack Skellington Mug

Sip your morning coffee with Jack's smiling grin.

$9.99

Sally Mug

A soothing tea is the perfect fit for this serene Sally mug.

$10

Jack Skellington Apron

Cook up a storm suited up in this spooky apron.

$23.99

Jack Skellington Can Coozy

Keep that pumpkin beer cool in Halloween style.

$8.99

—Shahrzad Warkentin

All photos: Courtesy of Target

 

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Things to do with Kids in Salt Lake City

by Kate Loweth

Heading to Salt Lake City with the kids in tow? No fear, we’ve got you covered with this list of all the indoor attractions, museums, amusement parks and more that are perfect for kids. Check out our Salt Lake City events calendar for daily events to pack your schedule full of family fun. Read on!

photo: Mike Renlund via flickr

Hogle Zoo
Utah’s Hogle Zoo dates from 1931 and is located at the mouth of Emigration Canyon. It covers 42 acres and includes more than 800 animals. Be sure to check out the bird show in the Wildlife Theater and other daily attractions while you are there.

2600 Sunnyside Ave. S
Salt Lake City, UT
Online: hoglezoo.org

Natural History Museum of Utah
The Natural History Museum of Utah, near the University of Utah and Red Butte Garden, is an important part of Utah’s scientific community but also a great place to visit with kids. Permanent exhibits cover archaeology, geology, paleontology, mineralogy and zoology.​​ They offer family late nights and other activities so check the schedule before you visit.

301 Wakara Way
Salt Lake City, UT
Online: nhmu.utah.edu

Red Butte Garden
Red Butte Garden is a botanical garden and arboretum near the University of Utah. The garden offers walking paths through 11 themed gardens and nearly four miles of hiking trails. In addition to the botanical garden and arboretum, Red Butte provides children’s activities, seasonal family events and summer camps.

300 Wakara Way
Salt Lake City, UT
Online: redbuttegarden.org

The Leonardo
Located in the heart of Salt Lake City, The Leonardo is a first-of-a-kind museum where you can explore the unexpected places and ways that science, technology, art and creativity connect. It’s a hybrid museum that’s a blast to visit, with cool interactive exhibits. Extra family focus is given on the once-a-month family night.

209 E 500 S
Salt Lake City, UT
Online: theleonardo.org

Thanksgiving Point
Thanksgiving Point is a vast recreation area near the Point of the Mountain that includes themed gardens, a farm and agriculture center, movie theaters, an IMAX, shops, restaurants, a golf course, party and reception facilities, the Museum of Natural Curiosity, and the world’s largest indoor dinosaur museum. Don’t miss a visit to the Butterfly Biosphere!

3003 North Thanksgiving Way
Lehi, UT
Online: thanksgivingpoint.org

photo: Mike S. via flickr

Living Planet Aquarium
The Living Planet Aquarium in Draper features four main exhibits—Discover Utah, Ocean Explorer, Journey to South America and Penguin Encounter. The aquarium houses 4,500 animals and more than 550 species. This world-class Aquarium features a 300,000-gallon shark exhibit with a 40-foot tunnel that guests can walk through and enjoy an underwater view of sharks, stingrays, sea turtles and more.

12033 Lone Peak Pkwy.
Draper, UT
Online: thelivingplanet.com

Lagoon Park
Lagoon is a large amusement park about 15 miles north of Salt Lake City, near the town of Farmington. In operation since 1896, the park’s mix of old and new elements are one of its main draws. The park’s carousel has been in operation since 1906, and the wooden roller coaster has been running since 1921.

375 North Lagoon Dr.
Farmington, UT
Online: lagoonpark.com

photo: Jeff T. via yelp

Wairhouse
One of Salt Lake’s favorite family attractions in the Wairhouse, a trampoline park where you can book time to jump on your very own trampoline or in a room full of dozens. With more than 35,000 square feet, the Wairhouse has plenty of activities for those who aren’t trampoline fans, including basketball lanes, dodgeball courts, and more.

3653 500 W, South
Salt Lake, UT
Online: thewairhouse.com

Fat Cats
Fat Cats combines a bowling alley with an arcade, pizza place and Mexican restaurant. It’s not an original idea, but Fat Cats beats out the competition with consistently decent food and a clean, high-energy atmosphere. It’s a great place for a birthday party, reunion or family outing.

3739 South 900 East
Millcreek, UT
Online: fatcatsfun.com

The Gateway
The Gateway, in downtown Salt Lake City, has plenty of shopping, dining and entertainment options for everyone, but kids will especially enjoy the Clark Planetarium and Discovery Gateway children’s museum. The Olympic Snowflake Fountain in the Olympic Plaza is great for water play in hot weather.

110 400 West
Salt Lake City, UT
Online: shopthegateway.com

The Best Upcoming Events for Kids in Salt Lake City
If you’re looking for events and activities, don’t miss our local Salt Lake City events calendar, which has everything from story times to seasonal activities like apple picking, pumpkin patches and Christmas tree farms.

—Kate Loweth

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This Cookbook Written by Preschoolers Is the Perfect Recipe for a Good Laugh

by Shahrzad Warkentin

Do your mini chefs love helping out in the kitchen? It can be a lot fun to cook with your kids, but it’s not always easy to get them to follow the recipe. If you left things up to them, you’d end up with some very creative concoctions, much like the recipes in this cookbook written by preschoolers.

Twitter user Jordan Adams shared the finished pages from a cookbook created by his nephew Ethan’s pre-K class. While these dishes might not be entirely edible, Gordon Ramsey would definitely give them an apron for sheer out-of-the-box creativity.

One of the best examples is Ethan’s own recipe for “Eggs.” The ingredients include “pancakes, sugar and skittles.” No eggs, obviously, and all of the ingredients should be procured from a “Texas Roadhouse.” The prep time is one hour, but the cook time is listed a mere “two seconds.”

Now for the instructions, which read, “First you put pancakes and then sugar and that’s it. You can cook it, but you can go to my house and I will give you eggs because my mom makes eggs all the time. You can eat them with a spoon. Don’t put anything on them because that’s how you makes eggs, with nothing.”

Another recipe for pancakes includes just one solitary ingredient, “salt” and all you have to do is “get a thingy from the house and you put it in the hot thingy. Turn on the hot thingy and it burns so you have to be careful. You make like, something and put it in and it cooks.”

The internet’s favorite recipe by far, however, is Joe’s Tacos, which turns out to be a recipe for cheesy roll ups because as the directions explain, “First I don’t actually know, I really don’t remember anything. Can I change this to cheesy roll ups? Because they are super easy. There is only 3 stuff you need, white cheese, yellow cheese, and tortilla. I don’t even want to make tacos anymore. I don’t even know how. It is so hard think about tacos. But I can make cheesy roll ups. They are super easy. They come from Taco Bell.”

Delicious.

—Shahrzad Warkentin

Featured photo: Jordan Adams via Twitter

 

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When Will the All-New “Blue’s Clues” Debut on Nickelodeon?

by Erica Loop

Decades after its 1996 debut, Blue’s Clues is back with a new name and a new host! Forget about the nostalgia factor, Blue’s Clues and You will entertain and educate your littles in a totally new way.

So what can your preschooler expect from Nickelodeon’s new show? In a world of so-so reboots, Blue’s newest adventures stand out with new CG-animation and so much more.

Along with the new name, Blue’s Clues and You comes with a host who (according to the show’s backstory) is former faves Steve and Joe’s cousin. Josh, who is played by Broadway actor Joshua Dela Cruz, brings the world of the playful pup to an entirely new audience.

Even though the look, the host, the name and the animation are different, fans of the Nick staple may notice some similarities between the various versions of Blue’s Clues. Look for beloved characters such as Tickety Tock, Slippery Soap, Shovel, Pail, Mr. Salt, Mrs. Pepper, Cinnamon, Paprika, Magenta, Sidetable Drawer, Mailbox and the original Thinking Chair. Your preschooler will also meet an updated Handy Dandy Notebook and Josh’s new Handy Dandy Guitar.

Blue’s Clues and You debuts on Nick Jr. next November!

—Erica Loop

Featured photo: Nick Jr. via YouTube

 

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6 Easy Recipes Your Kids Can Help Make

By The Anti-Cookbook Easy, Thrifty Recipes for Food-Smart Living

photo: Agnes Hsu via Hello Wonderful

Let’s be honest—one of your main parenting responsibilities is feeding little humans and sometimes it can be exasperating. Picky eaters, different preferences, early morning and end-of-the-day pressures are just a few things that can turn a family meal into something other than fun. Wishing you had a sous chef? Someone invested in liking the food instead of rejecting it?

There’s a way to outsource some of the cooking without paying someone else to cut the broccoli—and it’s right there under your feet asking what’s for dinner anyway. Here’s the thing: they have to learn to do it themselves sometime. What if sometime could start now?

Here’s how you get there: create your own catalog of easy recipes that kids can actually help with. If you’re working on your PhD in parenting you are likely long on common sense—you want them away from open flames and butcher knives, obviously, but that doesn’t mean they can’t cook. Want some examples? We thought you’d never ask!

  1. Standard Smoothie. Got a blender? Great. Nobody’s allowed to stick their hands in the bottom of it. You knew that. But putting half a banana, 1 cup of fruit, ½ cup of milk (or soy or almond), ½ cup of yogurt, ½ cup of juice, handful of nuts, 1 tbsp. of seeds is pretty darn doable and involves some fun measuring and math. And what do you do? Make sure the top of the blender is on securely. You have one job.
  2. Easy Pan-Toasted Gnocchi. Pasta, without the boiling water. Nice! A pan and low followed by medium heat. You can let go of this one with just a small bit of supervision. Half a minced shallot and a minced clove of garlic. You can even do some minced garlic from a jar to avoid knife work. Heat it lightly until you can smell it. Add fresh gnocchi and turn up the heat to medium. Quick-stir until golden-brown.  Serve with sauce and a veggie of choice. Or don’t!
  3. Antipasto. Just get a big platter or a pretty cutting board and get out of the way. Have your culinary artists lay out an appetizing amount of buffalo mozzarella, olives, salami, roasted peppers, breadsticks, fancy crackers or whatever you’ve got.
  4. Basic pancake batter. Why did you ever think you had to do this alone? One egg gets cracked. Then it’s easy measuring of 1 cup of milk (or soy/almond milk), 1 cup of flour, ½ tsp. of baking powder, ¼ tsp. salt. Whisk it up! Fun adds: mashed banana, chopped pecans, chocolate chips or blueberries. Pro-tip: If you’re freaking out about what’s going to spill where, put them on a step ladder and have them measure in the sink.
  5. Smashed or mashed potatoes. You can deal with the boiling. Then let them do the rest. You can go with butter and milk or just olive oil. Salt and pepper. Someone have some excess energy? Get out the masher.
  6. Guacamole. You can cut and pit them and chop up some garlic, onion and cilantro and/or jalapeno. Cut a lime in half. That’s all you have to do. Let them scoop the avocado into a bowl, add the ingredients and mash it altogether. Couldn’t be easier.

Top Chef Jr., here you come!  Or at least you’re on your way to some less stressful family meals.

The Anti-Cookbook Easy, Thrifty Recipes for Food-Smart Living
Tinybeans Voices Contributor

We're Shelley Onderdonk and Rebecca Bloom. A veterinarian and a lawyer-turned-writer walk into a kitchen… We aren’t chefs and that’s exactly the point. We have a lot to share about food-smart living with our own young-adult children and other people and their children, too. Together, we wrote The Anti-Cookbook: Easy, Thrifty Recipes for Food-Smart Living.

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