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Hey just in case you need to get the kids in the mood for Christmas (yeah, right), here are a couple of fun kid friendly holiday sites you might want to check out.

Track Santa with NORAD. The animation is a bit cheesy, but still fun to check out on Christmas Eve to see where Santa [...]

Brian at RebelDad tipped me off to this video and the website The Girl Effect. It’s a very nice piece of social activism aimed at getting people to support young woman.
The site and video speak to the power of potential in young women as agents of change in their communities. Girls grow into women, strong [...]

Early in the new year a new law will go into effect in the US that may have severely damaging effects on small, independent toy makers.
The new law, called the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, was designed to prevent unsafe toys (like the made in China toys that seemed to be under constant recall last [...]

Just One More Book is a fantastic podcast about kids books. Hosts Mark and Andrea have an absolute passion for kids books and they approach each book with great enthusiasm and knowledge.
Not only do Mark and Andrea review books, they also have listeners submit book reviews which adds a nice touch of community involvement to [...]

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On Sunday The Girl and I took in the Alberta Ballet’s (fantastic) production of The Nutcracker. It has been many years since I have been to a production and I was looking forward to it as much as The Girl.
She had a wonderful time, and has since been carrying her nutcracker [...]