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- Style+Beauty
- Back to School Clothes Hot, cold, hot, cold. This fall, prepare for unpredictable temperatures with a wardrobe that easily adapts to different weather conditions. Button up your sleeves when it's hot or button on a hood when it's cool. If only homework were this easy!
- Travel
- International Agro-tourism Vacations Expose your child to a world beyond hayrides and apple picking. Spending a few days at these international agro-tourism spots will give the whole family an up-close look at the world of working farms and nature preserves.
- Farm Directory A list of farms across the country.
- Food+Parties
- Recipe Newsletter Sign up to get our can't-live-without recipes each week.
- School of Rock Party Favors After the smashing concert finale, send your little music fans home with favors to keep them rocking—all of which can be purchased in a one-stop online shop.
- Entertainment
- Cookie Sheet: Catt Sadler Although the host of E!'s Daily 10 reports on the glam life, this Midwestern native and single mom is all about her family's book club, pancake Saturdays at home, and serenading her sons with show tunes.
- Jenny Through the Years Before she was an outspoken autism activist and author, Jenny McCarthy was a Catholic schoolgirl, a Playmate, and a goofball comedic actress. Here are some of this iconic blonde's most memorable roles.
- Cookie Sheet: Julie Kent We chatted with this talented American Ballet Theatre ballerina about her son's knack for interpreting music and how she recently handled a kids' haircut gone awry.
- Josie Bissett She rose to fame in the early '90s as a resident of the most scandalous fictional apartment complex on TV, Melrose Place. Now, 17 years after the show premiered, she's a busy mother of two, an author, and a star of The Secret Life of the American Teenager.
- DVD Review: In Bruges A review of Colin Farrell's hitman black comedy.
- Performing Fine Arts Programs Some of the top orchestras, symphonies, and ballets across the country offer incredible programs and subscriptions just for kids and families. Check out some of our favorites and sign up soon! The 2009–2010 season starts in mid-September.
- Editors' September Book Picks Check out six new titles on our radar this month.
- Cookie Sheet: Nicole Sullivan When she's not playing a mom who starts her own garage band on the sitcom Rita Rocks or voicing an otter on Nickelodeon's The Penguins of Madagascar, comedian, actress, and mom Nicole Sullivan is busy dancing in her kitchen and contemplating how to make her son's EpiPen "hip."
- Gear+Shopping
- Online Sales The best sales on the Web this week
- School Supplies It's that time of year again, but don't send your little scholars to the bus with just any old school supplies. These fab finds will show Teacher that your brood means business, and turn a few heads in the process.
- How to Buy and Sell Used Children's Items Kids grow up so fast ... and out of the pricey new clothing, gear, and toys you just bought them. Find out how to save some cash by purchasing gently used children's gear and selling your kids' unneeded items.
- Lunchboxes & Backpacks With one of these backpack-and-lunch-box pairings, your kid will be the envy of the school yard.
- Twin Double Strollers Strollers were scored on a scale of 1 to 5 according to overall performance and on the value of the stroller. Look for the star to see which models Cookie loves.
- HOME FRONT
- That Mom: Michelle Workman Style professionals share their tips, tricks, and all-time-favorite things with us. (How lucky are we?)
- The Mom Equation There's no such thing as a typical family anymore, and there certainly isn't an average mom. Here's a by-the-numbers look at the ever-changing state of modern motherhood.
- Ask Genevieve Genevieve Gorder is a designer, a mom, and the host of Dear Genevieve, which airs Saturdays at 8:30 p.m. ET, 7:30 p.m. CT, on HGTV.
- House Tour: Jenna Lyons Step inside the modern, elegant home of J. Crew's creative genius.
- Back to Work Resources Here are a handful of our other favorite resources for support and job listings online.
- BRAIN+BODY
- Dental Care Strategies Getting kids to brush their teeth can be the most difficult part of the day. So we asked you, our Cookie readers, for advice on how to wrangle the kids in each night. Here, we share our favorite of your tricks and tips for keeping teeth clean and evenings tantrum-free.
- Fitness DVDs Can't find time to get to the gym today? Try one of Cookie's favorite living-room workouts instead. Whether you want to burn off the baby weight or tighten your thighs, we have a routine that's sure to suit your style. So grab a bottle of water and fire up your DVD player.
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- From the Magazine
- When new articles from the September issue become available online, they will be added to this page.
- Style+Beauty
- Fall Makeup Tips Remember hoping, at the start of another school year, that your new "look" might transform you into the cool kid? These gorgeous makeup trends, plucked from the season's runway shows and distilled for easy DIY, guarantee you'll feel like a member of the polished, plugged-in crowd.
- Kids' Clothes: Unique Style Representing a diverse, fashion-savvy student body, these brains, athletes, band members, and skaters (and a few busy moms) prove that everyone can look cool for school.
- Kids' Hairstyles Fresh crops and styles for squirmy tots.
- The Uniform: Fall Work Clothes Ready to embrace the fast pace of fall? These rich, multitasking pieces will bring you right up to speed.
- Cool School Uniforms A school uniform makes life (your life, anyhow) much easier. And tricking it out with comfy layers, cool shoes, and eye-popping personal accents makes their lives much, much brighter.
- Travel
- Philadelphia Declare your independence from the obligatory history lessons—and tap into the city's more playful side.
- Food+Parties
- Three Roast Chicken Recipes Four easy ways to fall in love with the crowd-pleasing staple all over again.
- Gastrokid The Bon Appétit editor, food blogger (Gastrokid.com), and coauthor of The Gastrokid Cookbook: Feed-ing a Foodie Family in a Fast-Food World (Wiley) shares his tips on cooking for kids.
- School of Rock Party How to throw a rock-star party that's an off-the-charts hit.
- Get Me to Wednesday How to make leftovers from a grilled Sunday feast stretch through hump day.
- Entertainment
- Jenny McCarthy The onetime Playboy model, former MTV comedy star, and face of autism is dead serious about empowering parents to take charge of their kids' health. Next up: a series of developmental kids' DVDs, a potential on-air deal with Oprah, and non-negotiable date nights (with boyfriend Jim Carrey)
- Reading List: Lorrie Moore The acclaimed short-story writer and novelist talks about the books she thinks every parent should read.
- Gear+Shopping
- Editor's Nursery Cookie home market editor (and new mom) Meryl Levin shares her best bets for babies—most straight from the nursery of her own daughter, Dylan. Take a tour here.
- Home Front
- That Mom: Jenna Lyons As the creative director of J. Crew and Crewcuts and mother of Beckett, 2, the California-raised, Brooklyn-based Lyons is a master of easy elegance. These are just a few of the tricks from her style arsenal.
- Kids' Desks Is your child a mini Matisse? A half-pint Austen? Create a work space to suit her passions and personality.
- Back to Work There's always a reason not to go after you've taken time off to be home with the kids. But now, whether those kids are in school for full days or your family's finances demand it, you may just want a plan for re-entry. Here it is, no matter what your situation.
- Choosing a Preschool For many parents, choosing a pre-K program can be as complicated as chaos theory. One mom enlists the "Gay Uncle" to keep her thinking straight.
- Permanent Vacation Home: Rhode Island They used to dread leaving their weekend house to return to the city. But then it struck them: Why not just stay? How one family turned its country retreat into its everyday home.
- Mother of Invention: Rachael Horovitz A movie-producing mom helps open a school to empower teenagers through filmmaking.
- Brain+Body
- Kids' Dental Care Is brushing time at your house like a scene out of WWE's SmackDown? We feel your pain. Here, a guide to oral care (and easy brushing) for the feisty 5-and-under set.
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