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Photo M&Ms as a Party Favor

by Graham Charles

December 30, 2008

Looking for creative birth announcement ideas, my wife and I stumbled across customized M&Ms . We're a little goofy -- our first daughter's birth announcement was one of those pens where every time you click it you get a new rotating message -- so we jumped right on board. Cute, huh? The gift sets on the "My M&Ms" Web site are a little pricey, so we just bought the bulk bag and got  Read more...

Make a Wish: Begin Charity at Home With Your Kids

by Graham Charles

November 12, 2008

Kids are champion consumers. It's natural for them to amass vast quantities of toys and games or even, as with our 2-1/2 year old daughter, shoes . But it's never too early to balance a child's instinctive urge of "mine" with acts of altruism. For younger kids, requiring charitable gestures can feel somewhat mechanical or forced, since they're not really programmed to help strangers.  Read more...

Record a "Happy Birthday" Video

by Graham Charles

September 26, 2008

Fern has seven grandparents and a bucketful of uncles, aunts, cousins, and friends sprinkled around the country, so we do a lot of long-distance connecting. One fun way we've found to keep in touch is to record a video of Fern (and us, unfortunately) singing "Happy Birthday" to each relative. Luckily, this is very easily done, and there are several methods: If your computer has a  Read more...

Savvy Birthday Parties: My Gym

by Mike Adamick

June 23, 2008

We went to a 2-year-old's birthday party yesterday and it was so fun I just had to share the location as a great venue for summertime parties or birthday fun. My Gym in the Dogpatch (Minnesota and 22nd) offers a vast, clean space for dozens of sugar-high, cake-coated jungle gym jockeys. There were trampolines, zip lines, climbing ladders, slides, circle times with songs and puppets. I had always  Read more...

Top 5 Birthday Cupcakeries

by Mike Adamick

June 03, 2008

Every once in awhile at playgroup, someone will come up to me, scratch their heads and confess: "I don't know kind of cupcakes to serve at the birthday," they whisper. Did they ever come to the right guy. San Francisco is a treasure trove of cupcakeries. And my belly is its lead explorer. If you're looking for the best cupcakes to serve for a party and don't feel like getting your arms  Read more...

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