Top 5 List posts from 2009

This week, to wrap up 2009, we've been posting some great lists of your favorite places and ours. already we've posted 20 favorite family friendly restaurants and 30 fun places to play indoors. We did lots of great list posts this year and since they were some of our favorite posts this year, I though as part of our year-end round up I'd share the best ones. Of course our most popular list post, 100 Things to Do With Your Kids in NYC Before They Grow Up wasn't from this year, but it was still one of the most popular of this year. Here are the rest:

30 Favorite Places to Have Fun Indoors in New York City

[UPDATED: JANUARY 7, 2013]

We recently asked readers to recommend some of their favorite places for families in New York City. This week we'll be posting some round-ups that include your favorite places and ours. We've already posted 20 favorite family-friendly restaurants and now we're sharing 30 fun spots for indoor play when the weather is too cold, hot or rainy. Make this your to-do list for the winter and you're guaranteed to keep busy and entertained, no matter how brutal the weather gets.

Got a favorite place that didn't make the list? Please add it to the comments below—we'd love to hear additional suggestions!

20 Family Friendly Restaurants in New York City

We recently asked readers to tell us some of their favorite places for families in New York City. This week, to wrap up 2009, we'll be posting some round-ups of your favorite places and ours. Today we've got 20 great restaurants all over New York City where you'll get great food for kids and grown ups and children are welcome— recommended by parents who have been there, dined that.

Annual Amazon $5 Magazine Sale

It seems like Amazon.com has this Magazine Sale at the end of every year. For certain magazines you can get an additional $3, $5 or $10 off. It's actually a great sale and a chance to get some magazine subscriptions for as little as $5 a year.

Some of the titles you can get for about $5 for the year are Family Fun, Ready Made, WIRED, and Parents.

Sale ends Decmeber 31, 2009. Click through this Amazon Magazine Sale link to snatch up yours.

Amazon is an affiliate partner of Mommy Poppins.

NJ New Year's Eve, Day & Weekend: From Swords and Waterslides to Kings and Cube Bubbles

Make a resolution to spend more time hanging out with the kids in 2010, and jump right in on New Year’s Eve. There are plenty of celebrations to ring in the New Year, even if you party at noon instead of midnight. Here’s four suggestions for kid-friendly New Year’s celebrations at any time of the day, or evening, or even weekend. After the confetti has settled, the weekend is chock-full of fun indoor and outdoor events for kids including calendar-making, bubble shows, macaroni necklaces, nature walks, and even a Three Kings Celebration to end the holiday season.

 

Holiday Break December 28-30th: Wolves, Winter Walks and Wacky Science

You’ve got 3 days to fill with the kids before New Year’s Eve hits—what to do? Put the resolution writing aside and head to a great long-running event, including Trenton’s Patriot’s Week, 12 Days of Science at Liberty Science Center, Family Fun Week at Newark Museum and Adventure Aquarium’s Christmas Celebration; or take a hike, catch an ice-skating show or go on a wolf watch. It’s nearly your final family time in 2009–spend it wisely, and together!

Holiday Links, Big Sale News, and How You Can Help Fund a NYC Public School Library (maybe yours)

It's Christmas. I hope you are having a wonderful day with your family and this little Christmas post will share a little bit of seasonal joy with you. I have some fun (if belated) holiday links to share, plus Swapna sent in a great tip about a huge sale at the Disney Store.

I also want to thank VTech Toys for working with me to provide some of their great toys to the children of Nazareth Houses. I'm sure that made their Christmas mornings to get such awesome gifts. And I have some news about how you can help raise money for a NYC public school library. It could even be yours.

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