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The Princess and the Frog and the DVD player
I have not been so eager for a Disney DVD release since...well, ever, as I have been with the Princess and the Frog DVD which is just out today. After seeing the film a few months ago with my kids in theaters (my full gushy raving review here), I knew right away that this is one we'd be needing at home.
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How the Grinch Monopolized my Blu-ray Player
When I found out that How the Grinch Stole Christmas, one of my all time faaaaavorite Christmas movies was out on Blu-ray I couldn't wait to see it in glorious high def. ... [More]
Yo, Thanksgiving Thanksgiving!
Yo Gabba Gabba! adds a float to the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade in New York today? Suddenly we have renewed commitment to tune in. No offense, Underdog.
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On America Recycles Day, we're recycling some of our favorite picks
Our kids have been separating paper from plastics since they were only yea high, but today on America Recycles Day, we're taking a look at the RecycleBank website for Tessa Hills' Recycling Tips for Kids to find easy ways to make big changes in how we impact the environment.
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Sesame Street turns 40 which makes us feel both very old and young at heart
Yes so we rag on the ubiquitous Elmo merch here from time to time. But the truth is, our heart has always been with Sesame Street which turns forty today. Forty!
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Pixorial - Ushering back the return of the Betamax
Some of my favorite memories: Seeing Paris when I was 8. My senior year dance performance. Bungee jumping off a crane over the Hudson River. And they're all saved on video tape.
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Trying Funny Stuff makes me want my kids music with extra Jimmies
I don't want my kids to grow up listening to lame, easy-listening music which is why The Jimmies' fun-rock songs have been on heavy rotation since we got Make Your Own Someday, their first CD, a couple of years ago. A
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They grow up so fast. Don't take bad pictures.
Forget the baby monitor or motorized swing, what I really could have used when my kids were little was photographer and dad Nick Kelsh's entertaining and smart new DVD, How to Photograph Your Baby, a companion to the book by the same name.
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Breaking News - Baby Einstein is issuing full refunds on their DVDs
If you've purchased a Baby Einstein DVD any time in the last five years, you're entitled to a full refund, thanks to the work of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood which thinks that mayyyybe they don't exactly make babies into Einsteins.
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We're off to see the wizard. Yes, that one.
One of my favorite aspects of parenting has to be watching my favorite classic movies with my kids for the first time just like I did with my parents. Except we saw them on the big screen back then. And no, I'm not talking about a gihugic plasma.
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Won't you be my neighbor? Heck, yeah!
I firmly believe that anyone who does not love Mr. Rogers has no soul. So when I got word that PBS Kids is hooking up the next generation with my own generation's favorite TV icon, I was so happy, I took off my shoes and put on some sneakers in solidarity.
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