If you were out of town last week or haven’t been to the site lately for any reason, here are some updates and things you shouldn’t miss:
The deadline for our Great Green Giveaway is tonight. This is actually 9 giveaways of really fun, cool earth-friendly stuff. Don’t miss it. Next week we are doing another […]

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Can’t keep up with all your reading? Here’s the top news stories and fun links from last week:
If you haven’t watched Barak Obama’s Speech on Race, you must do so now. Right now.
Public Health Risk Seen as Parents Reject Vaccines. Where do you stand?—NY Times
NewYorkology reports that NYC outdoor ice skating rinks are closing for […]

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Sorry the email feed got a little screwy. It decided not to send out anything early last week and has been spitting out last week’s posts at us all weekend in random order. Hopefully the computers will get their act together otherwise there’ll no desert for them!
Because Thursday’s Kangaroodle Giveaway post didn’t go out to […]

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So, last week I was so happy about this new They Might Be Giants song, Never Go To Work and blogged about it, or thought I did. Apparently a sneaky little 4 year old was perusing YouTube on my computer and tricked me into posting about Robot Parade instead—another fine They Might Be Giants song, […]

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Thanks to everyone who commented on our Fun-a-Go-Go giveaway post. It sounds like most of you have terrific plans to get out of the city for this vacation break. But me and Naomi are going to be chillin’ here in the city. And she’ll be hosting a big party with her new Fun-a-Go-Go party pack.
Congrats, […]

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As promised, we are announcing the winner of the Mommy Poppins reader survey today. I want to thank everyone who took the time to answer the ten question survey and provided us with your priceless opinions on how to improve the site.
Our winner is Robin M. who will be enjoying a $150 gift certificate to […]

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We recently redesigned this site, as most of you know. It took a couple more weeks of tinkering, but the site is now pretty much working the way it should, so we thought it was time to take you for a spin and show off some of the new features.
It all started with our reader […]

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It’s finally gotten cold and the days seem to be getting longer—literally and figuratively. So we’ve collected all our indoor fun and outdoor winter activity posts and organized them on one easy-to-navigate page: The Mommy Poppins Winter Fun Guide
We’ll be updating it with our new posts as we write them so check back whenever you […]

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I have been getting lots of questions from readers in my inbox, and while I can take a stab at answering them, I’m betting the collective knowledge of all of you guys could do a much better job at it. So I’m starting a new thing here, a FORUM THREAD. To post a question, […]

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Nell left a very helpful comment on the recent post about the Early Childhood Resource and Information Center with lots more great libraries with toys and storytimes. I thought it was worth elevating up to its own post:
ECRIC is a great resource (and has the most play equipment and toys), but the stairs, grime, checked-out […]

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