Dying

Can you notice that this poor dragonfly had no longer lower body? He’s hanging on my towel. I saw it when I wanted to take the towel. I let the dragonfly. Wondering why what really happened. The dragonfly was alive just for two hours ahead. Poor creature.

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How to Throw a Great Kids Party Outdoors

If you are planning a kids party a great way to avoid a mess in your home is to have it outdoors. Kids love running about outside and it will save your breakables once they start getting hyperactive on all that extra sugar. It is best if you have a shaded area where you can set up the food and table, verandas are always good for outdoor entertaining, or if you don't have a covered outdoor area you could install a retractable awning, which are great because they can be folded away when you are not using the space or during winter when you want more sunlight to get into your home.

Theme

Themed parties are fun for children, particularly for younger kids who love dressing up. Girls love dressing up as princesses, fairies and characters from fairy tales, whereas boys like super heroes, sports themes and cowboys. Children around the age of ten like Harry Potter parties but once they hit their early teens they probably won't dress up.

Furniture

If you don't have enough chairs and tables for everyone you can hire furniture. Otherwise you could plan the sort of party where you don't have a sit down menu. Barbecues are good because it is easy to eat a sausage in bread or a steak sandwich without having to sit up at the table. If you have enough furniture you might want to create separate areas in your back garden where kids can sit and talk, have an area where they can play and have the food away from where it might end up with a ball kicked into a salad bowl.

Food

Party pies and sausage rolls are easy for a kids party but they are a bit boring. You don't have to cook a gourmet meal but try thinking outside the square a little. Serve dinner rolls with cocktail Frankfurters, like mini hot dogs. Have a Mexican theme and serve nachos, tacos, enchiladas and a big bowl of fruit punch. If your child is having a themed party then supply food to match. Make up your own recipe for Butter beer for a Harry Potter party and fairy bread goes down a treat with little girls done up as fairies. Don't go overboard with the food. Often children get too excited at parties and don't tend to eat that much and you end up throwing half of it away, or the parents stand around and eat it.

Games

Having an outdoor party is great when it comes to games. If you have a pool and your party is being held in summer then you don't have to try too hard to keep kids entertained. Otherwise you can have competitions like sack races, three legged races, set up an obstacle course and have a race or get one of the parents to volunteer and let the kids try and hit them with shaving cream pies. You also have the space outdoors to hire entertainment, such as a clown, a baby animal farm, a snake handler or have a jumping castle.

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At a Restaurant

That day, after visiting Cangkuang Lake (Garut, West Java, Indonesia), we got starving. Fortunately, there’s a good restaurant nearby. We (my late father, my husband and I) had our lunch in comfortable and relaxing surroundings. I link this post to Watery Wednesday, as the restaurant has a large fish pond.

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Top 5 West End Shows for Half-Term

Although it may seem the Christmas holidays just ended, here in the UK half-term is just around the corner. Here are some great ideas for shows to see in London with the whole family:

After a slate of 5-star reviews, Matilda the Musical is the hottest ticket in town. Based on the beloved children’s book by Roald Dahl, it tells the story of a little girl who loves reading, much to her television-obsessed parents’ dismay. When she starts at a school with a terrifying, child-throwing headmistress, Matilda learns she has more power than she realised. Filled with fun, uplifting songs, this show is perfect for children from 6 to 96.

The Lion King has been a West-End fixture since its premiere in 1999. Based on the ever-popular Disney film, this stage spectacular uses colourful and imaginative puppetry as well as live performers to tell the story of Simba, a young lion cub who must find the courage to lead his pride after his father’s untimely death. With fantastic musical numbers by Elton John and Tim Rice, including “Can You Feel the Love Tonight?”, “Hakuna Matata” and the breathtaking opening number, “The Circle of Life”, this will amaze and inspire the whole family. The Lion King is suitable for children aged 5 and up.

Everyone’s favourite giant green ogre has finally made it to the stage in Shrek the Musical. When his swamp is taken over by the evil and vertically-challenged Lord Farquaad, Shrek embarks on a fun-filled adventure with a wise-cracking donkey by his side. Along the way, he rescues feisty Princess Fiona, who has a secret of her own. This new musical brings proves that true beauty is on the inside and brings some of your favourite fairy tale characters to life. Shrek is suitable for children aged 5 and up.
Billy Elliot the Musical is another show that has successfully made the transition from film to stage. Set against the backdrop of the 1980’s mining strikes, it follows the story of an eleven year-old boy who trades in his boxing gloves for ballet slippers and becomes a source of pride for the entire town. With show-stopping numbers by Elton John, the musical is even better than the film and is a great choice for teenagers. Billy Elliot is suitable for children aged 12 and up.
Perhaps the most successful family film of all time, The Wizard of Oz has been adapted for the stage with some new songs by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. Dorothy and her set of misfit friends head off down the yellow brick road in search of home, a brain, a heart, and courage, while the wickedest of witches is hot on their tail. With famous songs like “Over the Rainbow”, this is a magical, spectacular stage show that brings out the child in all of us. The Wizard of Oz is suitable for children aged 5 and up.

Tim Sullivan is the artistic director of Savio(u)r Theatre Company. Based in London, he contributes regularly to Cheap Theatre Tickets.

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The Right Place for Sharing and Exposing Questions and Answers

As social creatures, people like to connect one another. The internet technology gives easiness for every one to communicate with any one else from different countries without spending much money and leaving their homes. The internet also opens a new way for you to search for required information. Nowadays, there are many people who have used internet as their open and free source of information.

When you have a question, you can find the answer easily in the internet, just by typing the questions in search engines. The related results are offered immediately; but sometimes, you don’t get the accurate and specific answers that you need. If this situation occurs, you crave to ask questions to the expert and be involved in an active discussion.

For some people, getting information from a passive source isn’t enough and satisfying. They prefer to join a community website that allows every member to share Questions and Answers in various topics to others. If you’re interested to be a member, you should visit Exposix.com; as you’ll be able to share and expose anything easily there!

Let’s say that you’re an expert in parenting field. You can help other parents by giving required advice and sharing your knowledge. Answering questions in parenting topic may be a right way to expand your proficiency more. Exposix.com has many different topics to be discussed; the parenting is just one of more than 30 available topics. Just click the related topic to check the existing questions that you can answer. You can also open a new discussion or debate.

Otherwise, you face a trouble with your computer and you need other’s opinion and tutorial. Before conveying a question in detail, make sure first that there isn’t any member who has made the similar question earlier.

To make your discussion more active and exciting, you can choose any language that you prefer and communicate with others who speak in the same language. There are more than 15 language options that you can select. I hope Exposix.com will offer more language options in the future.

Actually, sharing and exposing about different things could become an enjoyable experience. If you have a question about anything that needs immediate answer, don’t hesitate to share it there. I think it could be a fun way for you to obtain the right answers from other people. Just reading other’s questions and answers can give you already added knowledge. So, now it’s your turn to share and expose your questions and answers!

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