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My wife's niece can rightly claim to be the mother of The Sweetest Boy On The Block. Our foursome visited with her foursome for brunch on Sunday at their apartment in Forest Hills. Not surprisingly, her little redheaded Eli, who will be four in March, was waiting for us by his third-floor window, just so he could shout out, "Hi Adam! Hi Elena! Hi Rebecca! Hi Eric!" and we could respond in kind, "HI ELI!"
The plot twist happened later in the day, when it seemed that Eli's sweetness may have been a positive influence on my own boy, Adam, The Eight-Year-Old Insult Comic...[More Here]
--Eric Messinger emessinger@manhattanmedia.com
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*Hanukkah starts this Saturday! Get ready for eight days filled with a lat(ke) of fun. Here are 19 citywide celebrations to enjoy the festival of lights with your family.
*Looking to plan a great winter escape? Here are 16 cool travel ideas from ultimate adventures to educational experiences to serene hideaways.
*Create an edible holiday tradition with your family by taking a gingerbread workshop. With house-building happening all over NYC this month, you can make a sugar-frosted mansion (almost) too amazing to eat!
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 *To celebrate the 25 days of Christmas, we've compiled 25 great gift ideas. Our top gift pick for the day will be posted on the Treats blog each morning, so check daily for gifts galore!
For more shopping finds from our Treats blog, click here.
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*Australia's eccentric Circus Oz is back at the New Victory Theater for a month-long holiday engagement. From swinging drums to a wheeling human pyramid, kids ages 5 and up will love the antics of this circus performance. And we have four family 4-packs of tickets to give away! To enter to win, click here.
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*Our brilliant career blogger Barri Waltcher talks work-life balance, how you're spending your time, and whether it needs to change.
*Kate Middleton's pregnancy went public largely because she's been hospitalized due to hyperemesis gravidarium, which causes severe nausea and vomiting. In our weekly parenting news roundup, HuffPo teaches us more about the rare prenatal sickness.
*Find out why a "black market" Brooklyn co-op is just the right mix of love, learning, and chaos for mom blogger Alex Richards and her toddler.
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