Yumkid’s Favorite Finds on the Web 11.4.11

Another week just flew by, I cannot believe we are getting closer to the end of this year and Thanksgiving is around the corner! I love Thanksgiving and that is by far my favorite American Tradition/Holiday. I love the idea of a table full of delicious food surrounded by people.  You have any favorite Thanksgiving [...]

Celebrating Diwali (Indian New Year) with Preschool Friends

Last week was Diwali. It is the Indian New Year and is probably the biggest holiday for people from India. When I describe Diwali to my non-indian friends – I pretty much say that Diwali is July 4th, Christmas and Thanksgiving rolled into one holiday. Growing up in India, the preparation would means getting the [...]

Is “This Is The House That Jack Built” book stinky?

First reaction when I saw this page in a book I was reading to my daughter  - wow.. so many varieties of cheese for the kids to learn Heck, even I learnt about “Port-Salut”.  I had never heard of Port-Salut till then. When I looked at the page further, I kept thinking – why on [...]

Yumkid’s Favorite Finds on the Web 10.14.11

Another week just flew by, I have idea where time goes between work and driving the kids around. One of the things that really surprise me about parenting is the amount of driving one has to do. Here is my list of favorite things from the web. Every Friday I take my favorite things from [...]

October Unprocessed Challenge – Will You Join?

When I heard about the October Unprocessed Challenge that Andrew from EatingRules.com was organizing for October,  I was instantly motivated to sign up along with 2100 other folks because sometimes you just need a challenge to push yourself to try new things and make changes in your life. So what is October Unprocessed?  It is [...]

Yumkid’s Favorite Finds on the Web 9.30.11

Every Friday, I am going to take my favorite things from the web and post them here for you to enjoy. I am loving these lunch box notes from SayPlease.com. What a perfect way to let your kid know that you are thinking of them during the day. I love this raincoat by Equilicuá made from [...]

The Magic Powder for Easing Baby’s Teething Pain

Teething pain got your little one down? I have experienced both extremes with respect to teething. With my first kid the teeth just popped one day. No warning, no pain – nothing, nada. With my 18 month old, they have been slowly inching their way to the top even though he still only has 6 [...]

Fashion’s Night Out and Magnolia Bakery

The end of the summer may be here but that doesn’t mean we cannot enjoy the last few days of long hours and lots of sun (well maybe tooo much sun at this time in LA!) It turns out Magnolia Bakery will be setting up an Icing Bar  in the Men’s Section of Bloomingdale’s at [...]

Please vote for my entry….

I entered my 18 month old in the Avo Baby Contest by California Avocado Commision. The goal is to encourage parents to try other food such as avocados as an infant’s first meal. Please vote for him if you have a moment. What was the first solid meal you gave to your baby?

To serve chocolate milk or not in schools?

To serve chocolate milk in schools or not? There has been way too much debate going on about whether to serve chocolate milk or not at schools. Both sides of the issue make valid claims. The anti-obesity community claims that all the extra sugar results in added calories that leads to an increase in childhood [...]

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