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smart girls at the party

Amy Poehler has a great new website called Smart Girls at the Party. She interviews young girls who do really cool stuff. My daughter's favorite episode is on the Care Bears on Fire. The latest one on Rachel : The Engineer, is pretty great as well!

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yo gabba

Here are some recent choice performances from Yo Gabba Gabba from Datarock, Cornelius and The Shins!

toy story - the reality

Let's not kid ourselves, THIS is what really happens once we leave for work and school ....

willpower

I am impressed with the amount that some of these kids have.....

Oh, The Temptation from Steve V on Vimeo. (via swissmiss)

crocodile rock indeed

It just takes me to a happy place.....

sesame shorts

A childhood friend of mine, David Ahuja, is doing some pretty fun and amazing work. Like these little numbers for Season 39 of Sesame Street!

yummy fun

Introducing Yummyfun Kooking with Yummy Clare. It's perhaps the most imaginative cooking show i've ever seen for kids. As of now, it's a DVD series with just three episodes ("Spring has Sprung", "Monkeying Around in the Kitchen" and "Spookyfun"). It even comes with party ideas and recipes in the booklet. The music is super fun as well. I would not be surprised if we did not see more of Yummy Clare in 2009! You can purchase it on-line here or if you are in NYC you can grab yourself a copy at The Whitney.

happy birthday lil D

To my amazing little nephew. Happy happy day my sweets. Click HERE to get a message from P. It's from her favorite band, the Ting Tings ...... from her favorite show Yo Gabba Gabba.

do drop in ...

If you are in the NY area this weekend, stop by the Cookie Living Show House where I will be doing 2 free hours worth of Design Consultations this Saturday from 11:30-1:30pm. On Sunday from 1pm-2pm, I will be giving a free presentation and Q&A on “Designing Your Kid's Room and Child Proofing Tips." Bring the whole family as there are plenty of things to keep everyone's attention! Check out the press so far on NY1 and the NY Post.

For the consultation, you can rsvp to: [email protected] and in the subject line put : Oct 18, Ward. Directions to the Cookie Living Show House, in Battery Park City, can be found here.

discovering a bear

In the US today, we are celebrating a national holiday for the man who discovered America known as Christopher Columbus. However, another important person to celebrate today is Paddington Bear.... who turns 50 !

subway

I love this vintage clip from Sesame Street about the subway. It's currently the only daily mode of transportation that my daughter knows.

new socks

While at a dinner party on Friday, I stumbled upon Bob Shea's New Socks. It is fantastic. There is even a video about it.

New Socks from bob shea on Vimeo.

taking it to tha streets

Feist goes Sesame

(via daddytypes)

and you thought clowns were scary

when we grow up

Last night I went to an open house school tour for the mini, so she had an evening playdate with her best bud. When I came to pick her up, she was watching Free to Be... You and Me. My friend J is a HUGE fan of this soundtrack. In fact every time I get into her car, 9 times out of 10, it's playing. This record album and illustrated songbook came out in 1974 and has an amzing cast. Here is a little ditty about when you grow up....with Michael Jackson. Hummm. I wonder what happened?

my how childrens television has changed

You Can't Do That On Television started in Ontario Canada in 1979. It did not hit the Nickelodeon circut until 1984, making it the highest-rated television program of that time. The name says it all, there were alot of things that they should not have done on television.....but that's what made me watch it back then. Kinda makes SpongeBob SquarePants feel like Little Bear.

urban goes gabba?

Urban Outtfitters is selling Yo Gabba Gabba figures??? Really??

takes me back

Chapi Chapo (chapeaux, in french means "hats") was a stop-motion French short series created in 1974. The music and them song is so catchy. I have found myself singing it several times in my life. The main characters, Chapi and Chapo, move around as if locked in a Atari game. It hit the American scene in the 1980's on the Nickelodeon show Pinwheel. Yes, yet another childhood theme song that I just can't shake......and I dont know if I ever want to.

yo gabba gabba

Yo Gabba Gabba is my daughters (ok, my) newest obsession. if you have not checked it out yet, you are wasting precious time. i know, some people think that television is the root of all evil. i will agree to disagree with you. it's like the modern day electric company.

if having Biz Markie's beat of the day is wrong then i dont want to be right.