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- Style+Beauty
- Kids' Swimsuits This season's vibrant swimsuits are so cool your kids will want to wear them in the pool, the sprinkler, and even in the bath!
- Kids' Sandals Keep little feet cool and comfy in the summer's best strappy sandals and colorful flip flops.
- Kids' Dress Clothes Whether they're attending a teddy bear picnic or a family wedding, these dressy go-to pieces will get your little ones through a season of special occasions.
- DIY Pedicure We asked Ji Baek, owner of the posh Rescue Beauty Lounge salons in New York City, for a play-by-play on how to get professional results at home.
- Travel
- Prince Edward Island Extras If the Anne of Green Gables bent isn't enough of a hook, the kids might be interested in these little-known nuggets.
- Botanical Garden Directory Check out our nine favorite children's gardens around the country.
- Summer Festivals Blueberries, bugs, and barbecue: 'Tis the season for kid-friendly summer festivals across the country.
- Summer Travel Deals Family vacation deals abound this summer, you just need to know where to look. (Psst ... we'll tell you).
- Food+Parties
- Recipe Newsletter Sign up to get our can't-live-without recipes each week.
- Mom and Kids' Snacks Here, the mom of three shares 10 delicious recipes for fiber- and protein-rich snacks that will keep you and your little ones full without any of the junk.
- Blender Soups Far be it from us to discourage quality time in the kitchen, but come summer all we want to do is maximize our porch time. Here's one way to avoid turning on the stove: blender soup. For a refreshing appetizer or a cooling snack, just chop, blend, and chill.
- Caribbean Rice and Beans Chef Eric Ripert's delicious recipe
- Advice from a Chef: Jose Andres He might be a star chef and owner of some of Washington, D.C.'s most popular restaurants, but this father of three has never forgotten his small-town Spanish roots. Try his recipe for a classic Spanish dish, tortilla de patatas.
- Entertainment
- Cookie Sheet: Ziggy Marley Inspired by his own children, four-time Grammy winner Ziggy Marley released his first children's reggae album Family Time. Here, we learn about his love for children and the most important lesson his father taught him.
- Cookie Sheet: Melora Hardin She played Jan on The Office, Roxie Hart on Broadway, and Billy Ray Cyrus's love interest in Hannah Montana: The Movie, but for this busy actress and mother of two, home life always comes before Hollywood.
- Cookie Sheet: Lori Loughlin From Full House to 90210, this veteran actress has spent plenty of time playing a perfect mom on TV, but when the cameras aren't rolling, she admits that she has some frazzled moments, too.
- Q&A with Marc Simon & Matthew Makar Ever wondered what was up with the crazy New York City preschool admissions process? The filmmakers behind the new documentary Nursery University give us a look inside that exclusive world.
- Playlists for Parents Whether you're into pop music in the most literal sense (i.e., popular), or you like to keep one step ahead of the Top 40 deejays, or you pride yourself on name-dropping bands that would stump your average Rolling Stone critic, there's always new music out there for you to find.
- Today's Moms Excerpt The first chapter of Mary Ann Zoellner and Alicia Ybarbo's guide to surviving the first year of motherhood.
- Bad Mother Excerpt An excerpt of Ayelet Waldman's Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities, and Occasional Moments of Grace.
- Gear+Shopping
- Online Sales The best sales on the Web this week
- Mother's Day Gift Guide Our favorite finds for the mom who gave you everything.
- Multicultural Dolls If your child seeks a doll to identify with, this roundup of diverse characteristics might ease the way to making those first introductions between your baby and their own baby doll.
- Home Front
- Cookie Sheet: Cortney and Robert Novogratz This young, hip couple behind Sixx Design has renovated and rebuilt entire blocks in Manhattan, turning rundown buildings and empty lots into distinctive, well-designed spaces.
- Design Tips from HGTV's Genevieve Gorder Genevieve Gorder is a designer, a mom, and the host of Dear Genevieve.
- Editors' Kids Rooms Step inside the playful rooms of our staffers' children.
- Typography-Inspired Housewares Recently, we've noticed a spate of goods blazoned with eye-catching typography motifs.
- Displaying Kid Artwork The fridge might still be the place of honor, but here are some creative ideas for showcasing all of your child's other masterpieces.
- Outdoor Spaces Once the warm weather arrives, we want nothing more than to get away ... to our backyards. Here are some of our favorite summer spaces.
- Brain+Body
- Safe Outdoor Play Nature time may not be all that natural these days, thanks to pesticides and pollutants. Find out how to keep your tots healthy as they enjoy the great outdoors, with tips from eco-dad and the author Christopher Gavigan.
- Is Your Child Getting Enough Vitamins? Find out how to ensure that your kid is getting the right nutrition, even if she hates spinach.
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- From the Magazine
- When new articles from the May issue become available online, they will be added to this page.
- Style+Beauty
- Kids' Swim Wear There's no single garment they'll wear more often. Twelve bold suits that will become their insignias of summer.
- Artistic Kids' Clothes Pablo's French Riviera home—filled with funny hats, masks, and musical instruments—was a wonderland of creative expression and colorful style. One pair of budding artists catches the spirit.
- The Uniform: Weekend Wear You have two whole days off. Use them to showcase three easy (and safely sexy) pieces: a romper, espadrilles, and a silver watch.
- Momover Her last haircut was more than six months ago. Her last brow shaping—who knows? A style-starved mother of two gets a fresh, new beauty look and remembers what it feels like to be the only babe in the room.
- Pretty Easy: Summer Beauty Products Revel in these lazy, hazy days with a tropical spritz for skin, the easiest updo, and juicy colors for lips and nails.
- Travel
- Prince Edward Island Just off the eastern coast of Canada, the home of Anne of Green Gables is the perfect sleepy summer getaway: gentle tides, rolling meadows, fresh seafood galore, and—blessedly—no crowds.
- Family Vacation: Hawaii We're all for trying new things, but sometimes the most rewarding—and certainly the most relaxing—vacation destination is the one you go back to year after year. For one family of six, that place is Kona Village on Hawaii's Big Island.
- Food+Parties
- Fritters Pancakes, patties, and fish cakes that capitalize on your children's love of golden-fried fritters.
- Three Easy Spinach Recipes For kids, spinach is a notoriously hard sell—a holdover from days when the iron-rich vegetable was slugged, Popeye-style, straight from a can. But the freshly picked and flash-frozen versions go down easily, especially with the help of crowd-pleasers like eggs, pasta, and cheese.
- Entertainment
- Today Show Moms A book of parenting advice and anecdotes from two Today show producers, Today's Moms gives new moms the scoop.
- Reading List: Ruth Reichl The famed food journalist, mother, and author of a new memoir about her own enigmatic mom reflects on the strange and wonderful maternal figures in her favorite books.
- Finding Music You Like Here are three tailor-made musical playlists with detailed descriptions that will help you get back in the groove.
- Home Front
- House In Pasadena In South Pasadena, one couple turn a historic Craftsman bungalow into a clever, ultrafunctional family home.
- Mother of Invention: Kelly Wearstler The Top Design judge takes on her toughest decorating challenge yet: her kids' school.
- First Person: Finance Confessions In the midst of a free-falling economy, four mothers open up their hearts (and wallets) to share their families' money issues.
- Magazine
- 3rd Annual Smart Cookie Awards On April 20, 2009 we will honor Salma Hayek, Debra Messing, Uma Thurman, and four other amazing charitable mothers.
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