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ivivva Coast to Coast in San Francisco

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Girl power was on full display in the city by the Bay this weekend, as the ivivva Coast to Coast Festival popped up in San Francisco  at the scenic City View at Metreon. More than 250 active, stylish and energetic tween girls showed up to engage in the festivities, including the POUND workout, making it the largest class of tweens they’ve ever led!

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If you’re a fan of lululemon athletica, know that ivivva is cut from the same cloth. The brand was inspired by active girls and celebrates them, with stylish, sporty athletic wear and experiences that connect young girls through movement and aims to inspire them to dream big!

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Over the weekend in SF, ivivva offered locals fun in the sun with a tribal marker artists, a hair braiding team, photobooth, music, yoga, acro yoga, and more!

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The event also featured a yoga class co-led by 11-year old Sydney, one of the youngest certified yoga instructors in the country, and local teacher Heather McKenzie, as well as inspiring speakers from ivivva’s Dreams & Goals program including ivivva Director of Brand & Community, Allison Forsyth.

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Additionally, the girls participated in a POUND workout, the world’s first cardio jam session inspired by the infectious, energizing and sweat-dripping fun of playing the drums. So much fun for a Saturday in San Francisco! I love the idea behind this new line and I think it’s great that the younger set can be just as stylish and encouraged to workout, as their female role models (i.e. Mom, big sisters, etc…). Now if I only had a little girl…sigh! 😉

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Getting Girls Interested in Science

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I had a great opportunity to cover a partnership between two companies who are working together to get girls interested in pursuing a career in science. Green Works, you know the all-natural laundry and household cleaners, sponsored a new subscription service called StemBox. The “stem” standing for science, technology, engineering and math.

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While doing my interviews, as well as writing and editing the piece it made me think back to my days as a school-age girl and where my interests lay when it came to science… Personally, I never hated science and I was and still am pretty good at math, but my desire to tell stories was stronger. I love that Green Works was created by a female scientist and that StemBox is aimed toward and specifically tailored for girls.

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You can check the segment out by pressing play below.

For more information on Green works and its continued support of Girls in STEM visit GreenWorksCleaners.com. If you’re interested in a StemBox subscription, go to MyStemBox.com and viewers who enter promo code “BAYAREALIFE” will receive a discount. Promo code expires May 1, 2016

Mommy 101

Build and Grow at Lowe’s

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Have you ever heard about the FREE “construction” projects that kids can participate in at your local Home Depot or Lowe’s stores? I had caught wind of this FREE, did I say FREE program!?!? …and we finally had a chance to sign up and attend one of these workshops.

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We made it a family affair and we signed up for a Lowe’s “Build and Grow” workshop to construct a race car! Personally, I was pretty excited for my boys to take part in this hands on building experience on site in the store. I was a little concerned if they would be too young to really embrace it, but I figured there was only one way to find out.

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When we arrived, the boys were promptly given a work apron, the race car project kit and a small size hammer to use. Lowe’s also set up piles of sheet rock I believe, that we were able to use as work tables.

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The instructions were very clear and easy to follow, so we got right to work. Of course they were super excited to have work tools just the right size for their little hands, you just have to make sure to closely supervise what they are hammering and where!

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It all came together pretty quick. The kits had exactly what we needed inside and it was a very fun project we were able to assemble together.

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Once we got our cars together, it was time to apply the stickers to make it a certified Lowe’s race car!

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And then the boys wasted no time testing them out on the store floor! All in all, a great, positive experience. I would certainly recommend it to other families with small children. I’d say anywhere from 2-10 years old this is the perfect low (no) cost activity to do together and it doesn’t take much time. At the end of the session, the children receive a certificate of completion and a patch to take home when they return the borrowed tool.

Here are some other notes if you decide to take part…

  • Space for Build and Grow is limited, and fills up fast…so sign up online to claim a spot
  • You don’t have to do the project in store, you can show up and get the kit to take home
  • Walk ups for Build and Grow are accepted if space is available or there are no shows
  • Workshops typically take place monthly on select Saturday mornings at 10am
Mommy 101

Winter ONEderland

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One of my good friend’s recently celebrated the very first birthday for her twin girls. And, since they are December babies turning 1, she decided on a Winter Wonderland theme, turning the WON into ONE for a Winter ONEderland! I really loved the play on words for the theme, because when you think about it, it’s very cute to spin the WON into ONE! She also incorporated a “cool” color scheme using white, along with silver and sprinkles of pink and purple for a girly touch.
vvgg5She created a fun reception table with winter-feel frames for photos and messages for guests, plus winter holiday themed floral arrangements and accents.

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Then a huge standing blackboard greeted guests with the birthday girl’s vital info from “then to now,” with a rundown of all their favorite things! BTW…this board wasn’t a printout, it was actually hand-drawn with chalk, so kudos to whoever created that masterpiece!

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Staying with the theme, she used snowflake cutouts to hang on the walls and hung personalized custom banners with the pink and purple accents for pops of color.

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The cake was a two layer fondant cake adorned with snowflakes and silver sparkles too, to give it some bling…

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A candy bar was opened to the guests after the cake cutting, as treats to bring home. She used clear serving bowls with a simple silver ribbon and cute signs tied around them to indicate the different types of candy, stacking them on accent boxes to create levels. Another great thing she did was to provide goodie bags to the children when they first arrived, to keep them occupied throughout the party. They contained items like stickers, coloring books, crayons, along with cute & easy “winter” crafts.

fairyIn terms of entertainment, a “winter fairy” stopped by for magic tricks and interaction with the children, and after the “show” she offered balloons and face-painting services.

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Then as one last parting gift (favor), the host passed out cute bars of “winter” soap and packets of DIY Hot Chocolate, perfect to keep you warm and cozy in a Winter ONEderland!