I will be babysitting my five-year-old godniece on a couple of evenings in April. On at least one and preferably both of those evenings, I'd like a fair amount of our time to be spent outside her home but in her neighborhood (Park Slope, near Grand Army Plaza). She likes music and dancing and books and games, and should also eat dinner at some ( Read more... )

What kind of stuff do you do with an 18 month old baby in nyc?

So my daughter turns 9 on July 22nd and I'm trying to find a great place for a party for her. We live in Queens and we could do anything in Queens or Manhattan. She's thrown out ideas of wanting to do her party at Chuck E Cheese and also wanting to have a pool party. Chuck E Cheese is horrible and full of kids that aren't being watched, and I ( Read more... )

Do you live in an apartment in the city, and have kids? (Or do you know someone who does ( Read more... )

( see here for more info on Free Children's Kwanzaa Celebration on Sunday the 30th at the Atlantic Center Mall in downtown Brooklyn )

Hello all! First of all, thanks to everyone who pointed me in the direction of Ess-a-Bagel-- yum ( Read more... )

We'd like to enroll Moo in a class at Gymboree or Little Gym and I was wondering if there's anywhere online that I could find unbiased reviews by parents on the facilities.  We're looking at the Gymboree on W73rd street and the Little Gym (I don't know if this is a franchise) on W74th.  Also, are there any online listings of places like this in the ( Read more... )

so, i'm looking to buy some cute magic wands for an event my company is throwing. not harry potter-like wands, but stick-with-a-glittery-star-on-the-end wands ( Read more... )

 www.babysfirstballgame.com 
Baby’s First Ballgame, this September 3rd at 1 PM, brings back baseball’s first couple Dave and Carrie as they celebrate their one year anniversary with the Brooklyn Cyclones at KeySpan Park in Coney Island. Dave and Carrie were married on the field after a game last July. A year later, they’re celebrating the birth of ( Read more... )

Baby's First Ballgame!


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