May Giveaway: Barney: Hi! I’M Riff!
April 30, 2008 by Kimberly · Leave a Comment
We will be giving away five copies of Barney: Hi! I’M Riff!
"Nothing beats being part of a club with your best friends! Barney and his friends sure know the feeling and invite children everywhere to join in on the fun in Hi! I’m Riff!, the latest title featuring everyone’s favorite purple dinosaur, available on DVD May [...]
May Giveaway: Bob the Builder: The Three Musketrucks
April 30, 2008 by Kimberly · Leave a Comment
We will be giving away five copies of Bob the Builder: The Three Musketrucks.
"Bob the Builder™ and his Can-Do Crew welcome friends Meg MacDonald, a Scottish dairy farmer, her assistant Piper and their hilarious dairy truck Dodger to Sunflower Valley in five delightful new adventures in Bob the Builder: The Three Musketrucks, delivering onto DVD [...]
May Giveaway: Peeing In Peace: Tales & Tips for Type A Moms
April 30, 2008 by Kimberly · 2 Comments
We’re giving away a copy of the funny yet insightful Peeing In Peace: Tales & Tips for Type A Moms.
If you’d like to enter to win the book, leave your name in the "Comments" section below or send an email to contests@mominthecity.com with "Peace" in the Subject line by May 31st.
May Giveaway: Belli Baby Gift Set
April 30, 2008 by Kimberly · 5 Comments
Belli Baby is giving away one of their popular Belli Baby Gift Sets.
If you’d like to enter to win the gift set, leave your name in the "Comments" section below or send an email to contests@mominthecity.com with "Gift Set" in the Subject line by May 31st.
Green As I Want to Be (for now anyway)
April 30, 2008 by Kimberly · Leave a Comment
As you have all experienced by now, there is a huge push to "go green" during the month of April with Earth Day and the heightened awareness regarding the 3 Rs (reducing, recycling and reusing). Well, I’ve taken it all in with a grain of salt and here’s my personal list of what I [...]
Special Offer: 20% off CollegeQuickJobs.com
April 30, 2008 by Kimberly · Leave a Comment
Mom in the City readers can type "MOMCITY" at checkout for 20% off their first purchase of contact information at CollegeQuickJobs.com.
"Here’s some information on how CollegeQuickJobs.com works:
You create a new account and post a job short-term job like babysitting, dog walking, tutoring, running errands, etc. for free. Students from Columbia, Barnard, NYU and other top [...]
5 Favorite Things (May)
April 30, 2008 by Kimberly · Leave a Comment
Once again, I can’t think of two more things to make 7 (?!)…
1. Cover Girl Lash Blast Mascara: My husband and two sons have long, beautiful lashes. I don’t. Such is life. Every few months, I try a new mascara. This is my current favorite. It actually makes my lashes look full (with no yucky clumps).
2. [...]
Mommy Mastermind Event
April 30, 2008 by Kimberly · Leave a Comment
Yesterday, I attended a Mommy Mastermind event entitled " 10 New Tech Things to Try Today: Become More Skilled and Efficient on the Web". While the kids played in the NY Kids Club gym, we parents listened to a presentation by speaker Sree Sreenivasan, WNBC-TV’s technology reporter and Columbia Journalism School professor and dean.
It was very informative. [...]
Movie Review: “Alvin and The Chipmunks”
April 29, 2008 by Lesley · Leave a Comment
Alvin, Simon and Theodore are back!!! Perhaps you are like me and loved them when you were a kid. I felt like a kid all over again watching this movie. The chipmunks lose their home to loggers and end up in LA where they run into David Seville, a struggling musician/songwriter. After causing complete havoc [...]
Q&As: “Mommy’s Little Attachment” & “Talking to Kids About Death”
April 29, 2008 by Kimberly · Leave a Comment
Because I am a mom and I work as a parenting writer, I get a lot of questions. I’ll start answering some of them here on the blog. Following are a couple of recent questions (and answers):
Question #1: My one year old only wants me to hold her. She screams whenever I leave the room (even [...]
