Watson Adventures, the cool scavenger hunt guys, are celebrating their 10th anniversary with a Free Scavenger Hunt Day on April 18th. Preregistration is required and will open at noon on April 14th on their website. So mark your calendars. [Just go word from Watson Adventures. They are not offering any kid hunts on their free day.—wassup up wih that, Watson?]

Meryl Pearlstein is a great travel writer and now she has a blog. Check out her list of 42 things to do in Spring in NYC. She beat us by 2! (Shaking fist). And her new book, Fodor's Family New York City with Kids, just came out today—and Mommy Poppins is listed as a resource!

The Noguchi Museum in Long Island City, Queens has weekend art programs for toddlers and families in English and Japanese. Programs are just $5 for the whole family. The only catch, it's not an easy place to get to if you don' t drive, but on Sundays they offer a shuttle service from Manhattan.

Disney Celebrates 15 Years on Broadway by offering $15 tickets when you buy a full price ticket. If you've ever wanted to see The Lion King, The LIttle Mermaid or Mary Poppins, there's no better time. Order fast though, the shows are selling out quickly.

Do you know about Executive Moms? They are a terrific resource and networking group for all you power moms out there. On April 21st is the Executive Moms Spring Luncheon and this year's event sounds amazing. The theme is Working Moms Biggest Questions of 2009 and they have a great line-up of uber-exec moms talking about career, childcare, finance, and family. RSVP now to get entered to win a free vacation.

The New York Times ran an article this week about the school craziness in New York right now. The Sudden Charm of Public School talks about how families are turning to publics more as the economy tightens and how this gets more complicated when you start to figure in real estate. They also have a graphic of the average asking price for apartments for sale or rent near ten of the most desirable public schools in NYC.