Sponsored by Hebrew National, May 22nd’s Better-Than-A-Picnic event is the kick-off to a national tour of picnics that will focus on giving back to the community by focusing on a charity activity while picnic attendees can eat yummy food, ride a mechanical bull, meet a surprise celeb guest and dance to a DJ! Kids are invited!

Here’s a list of the other Mom bloggers who are involved in this event:

Isabel, Alpha Mom
Jen, Next Kid Thing
Suzanne, Mom Confessionals
Amy, Selfish Mom
Anna, Mommy Poppins
Carol, NY City Mama
Amy P., Long Island Parent Source
Kimberly, Mom in the City
Lisa, New York Chica
Kelsey, Naptime Chef
Jo-Lynne, Musings of a Housewife
Melissa, GirlyMama
Cecily K, Uppercase Woman

It should be a great shin-dig!  I’m really excited to ride what I’m dubbing the Philly party bus up to Randall’s Island with some of my favorite Philly Mom bloggers.

Last year, Jo-Lynne from Musings of a Housewife was the fabulous mastermind behind the organization of the 2009 Hebrew National Picnic with a Purpose here in Philadelphia.  It was an awesome event and I’m really looking forward to this year’s picnic up in New York.  If you live nearby at all, you should consider coming!  Visit theMotherhood’s Picnic with a Purpose page for more details or email me at whitney @ mommieswithstyle.com to RSVP.

There’s still room on the bus from Philly for anyone local who is interested.  Email me!

Disclosure: I am being compensated for helping to host this event.

The Look Out World DVDs each focus on a different major city. (We have the first, NYC, which is great for us because Middle visited there this winter and is a bit obsessed). 

We join the story as Otto, the world adventurer, Blink, his fuzzy brown bear, and Casey, his friendly suitcase,  travel through and introduce kids to the city.  Watching the DVD today, we traveled on a taxi, walked through central park while interactively exploring our surroundings (“now you try tapping like a woodpecker!”) and saw the Empire State Building, which we learned is the tallest building in the city.

We also visited the Statue of Liberty, and on Middle’s second viewing, he prepared me by telling me that the Statue of Liberty lives on an island. We continued visiting the city through Bronx Zoo, a pizza shop and more. All through the video we practiced shapes, counting, colors and reading. When not viewing, the DVD is kept in an Adventure Guide Book, packed with activities relevant to the DVD and city.

There are many cities planned in this series, but currently only the debut New York City DVD/book is available.

This DVD was received as a sample.

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