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| January 31, 2008 |
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Rat Pack
Ring in the Chinese New Year and the Year of the Rat with these fun activities! |
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 This February 7th marks the start of the Chinese New Year and the beginning of the Year of the Rat. This year, anyone born under the zodiac sign of the rat will have an extra helping of luck. According to the Chinese zodiac, rats (born in 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984 or 1996) are clever, imaginative and hardworking.
New Year preparations begin a month in advance. First, the Chinese clean the entire house and decorate in red, a lucky color. Take this chance to clean your house (because the next good excuse won’t come until spring cleaning), but make sure all your scrubbing has finished before the 7th—cleaning during the days after the new year could mean sweeping away all your good fortune!
Not a fan of cleaning as a way to celebrate? Take a cue from the ancient Chinese art form of papercutting and cut pictures out of paper to hang around the house. You can also give children oranges and tangerines—symbols of luck and wealth—and prepare Chinese foods like noodles (check out KIWI’s recipe for long life noodles). Or find a Chinese New Year’s event in a city near you and celebrate as a family—festivals and parades happen across the country, from San Francisco to Washington, D.C.
For more Chinese New Year ideas, check out http://crafts.kaboose.com/holidays/chinese_new_year.html.
And to learn more about Chinese culture, watch Nickelodeon’s new show Ni Hao, Kai-lan, premiering on the first day of Chinese New Year, February 7th. |
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Reading, Writing, and Recipes
Organic baking kits for kids: more fun than (yet another) worksheet. |
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 Who wouldn’t love a product that combines education and organic eating? The Learning by Doughing kits encourage children to apply classroom lessons to everyday situations.
Whip up some organic wheat bread while experimenting with the science kit, and practice your 123’s as you twist organic pretzels with the math kit. Other kit themes include zoology (animal crackers) and geography (French butter cookies).
Each package includes food mix, aprons and curriculum, along with any other items you might need. So the next dreary weekend day, grab your young baking buddy and get busy in the kitchen! ($10-12 each)
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| Meet Keri Marshall, Naturopathic Doctor |
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| This time of year, parents have a hard time avoiding runny noses and coughs—inevitably our kids bring these germs home daily from school and play groups. So how do we protect our children and ourselves? Everyday wellness is our best defense against these common illnesses. Enter Dr. Keri Marshall and her KIWI blog. Her first post, “Surviving Cold and Flu Season,” will teach you how to maintain your health and what remedies will work once you or your child start to feel run down. |
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Balancing Act
Does your life feel like a three-ring circus as you juggle kids, work and personal time? You’re not alone. |
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| KIWI, along with LightFull Foods and American Airlines, asked nearly 2,000 moms on our Parents Advisory Board how they make sense out of their hectic lives. Commiserate with your fellow busy bees by checking out their answers here.
Some of our favorite findings:
 84% of mothers who currently work full or part time say that, if they won the lottery, they would quit their jobs to parent full time.
60% of moms feel they have a harder job parenting today than their own mothers did years ago.
Only 15% of moms feel they’ve successfully found a balance between being a mother and/or spouse and finding time for themselves. (See? We told you that you weren’t alone.)
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