[ January 1, 2008; ] Start the year off on the artsy side. Here are three off the beaten track ideas for activities to do with kids on New Year’s Day in New York.

The Metropolitan Opera’s new Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel is getting rave reviews and seems like a great way to introduce older kids to opera. If you missed […]

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The fifth installment of our Top Posts of 2007 has menu planners, awesome lunch boxes and lunch box ideas, tips on getting kids to eat veggies, and snacks to help kids stay more focused in school.
Menu Planners: They’re What’s for Dinner
Laptop Lunches: A Better Lunchbox to Inspire Better Lunches
5 Food Hacks that Get Kids to […]

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Our fourth installment in the Top Posts of 2007 series. Do you have a favorite post from 2007? Tell us in the comments or if you’re reading this in email, just hit reply to send us a note.
Top Outdoor Activities Posts of 2007:
Where to ski with kids in New York
Free Summer Sports […]

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The third installment of our best posts of the year series includes fun indoor activities to do with your kids. Looking back, it’s funny to see how many of them were green activities.
Top Indoor Activities Posts of 2007
Plant Some Garbage
Create Your Own Holiday
Make a Fairy or Dragon Garden
Make a Beanbag Chair Reusing Packing […]

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Our second installment of Top Posts for 2007 is perfect reading for these traveling holidays, whether you’re en route or just dreaming of escaping from family.

How to Bring Your Own Water on a Plane

Top Resources for Family Travel

Home Swapping: a Great Way for Families to Travel
Top 5 Beaches for a Family Daycation
A Free […]

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As we’ve been turning everything over onto the new server, we’ve had the chance to look through the archives at all the old posts. It’s amazing. I can’t believe how much we covered in one year. This week we’ll be posting our best posts from the whole year by category. Look forward to Best Food […]

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We’ve moved our site to a new, bigger, better and faster server and launched a whole new look. We’re still working the kinks out in a couple of places. Sorry for the inconvenience as we update links. Once we get it all sorted we’ll post about some of the new features.
We’d love to hear what […]

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[ December 23, 2007; 1:00 am; ]

Saks Fifth Holiday Window Display via Fred Flare
Again, a special Saturday post just because there has been so much great stuff to write about that I haven’t been able to get to it all. So today I’m throwing together a couple of links I just can’t let slip through the cracks.

Also, later this weekend we […]

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[ December 20, 2007 to January 13, 2008. ] New York City can get pretty crazy during the Holidays, but, in fact, with seven circuses in town, New York has never been more of a circus than it is now. Hailing from Moscow, Harlem, French Canada, China and good old fashioned New York, in typical New York style even the circuses can teach children […]

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[ December 24, 2007; ]

Well, thanks to my lovely server, I just lost the long post I had spent the last two hours writing. So here’s a quickie fun link:

At NoradSanta.org you can track Santa as he makes his way around the world bringing toys and goodies in his sleigh. Norad is the North American Rapid Air Defense (or […]

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