Twenty years and growing
Publisher
TERRIE GOLDSTEIN
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Editor
KATY WEBER
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Media Advisor
ROANNE PATTERSON
sales@excitingread.com
Media Coordinator
LAUREN SIMONETTI
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Special Projects Coordinator
MERLYN AKHTAR
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Administrative Assistant
ALLYSON KIRSTEIN
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Social Media Coordinators
ERIN JOHNSON
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H
appy New Year
love of reading? Sarah
from Hudson
Coppola reviews some
Valley Parent!
of our region's best
This year we are proud
kid-friendly bookstores,
to be celebrating our
complete with magical
20th anniversary, and
nooks, train tables and
we have a lot of excitcozy kid-sized chairs to reing new features in the
lax on a cold winter's day.
works.
Orange Rhinos
For starters, we are
Have I ever yelled at
introducing a brand new
my kids? Yes. Am I proud
feature entitled "I am a
Editor's
of this fact? No way.
Hudson Valley Parent."
Journal
Is there anything I can
Each month we profile a
do about it? Definitely.
parent in our region who
When a blogger started the Orange
is making a difference in the comRhino Challenge, her commitment
munity. If you know someone
you'd like to nominate, please e-mail to stop yelling at her kids grew
nationwide recognition and sparked
me at kweber@excitingread.com
local support groups throughout the
or visit us at hvparent.com/
country. Writer Dawn Green checks
imahvpnominee.
in with members of the Hudson
All nominees must live or work
Valley chapter of Orange Rhinos,
in the mid-Hudson Valley (Orange,
moms who are committed to findUlster, Sullivan or Dutchess counties), and must be a parent to a child ing alternatives to yelling.
Top o' the morning
18 years of age or younger.
One of my (many) new year's
Curl up with a book
resolutions this year is to find ways
Looking for great places to stay
to reduce the morning craziness
warm and encourage your child's
during the week. Why does the task
of getting two kids fed, dressed
and out the door with their lunches
always make me feel like I'm a drill
sergeant herding cats in a tornado?
We have some great tips this
month on mastering the morning
madness, and I hope you'll find them
as inspiring and motivating as I do.
KATY
WEBER
Let it snow!
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A MEMBER OF
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Notebook in Woodstock.
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January 2014
We've already had our fair share
of the white stuff this winter, so
make sure to check out our great
ideas for things to do in the snow
with your kids. I especially love the
idea of building a snow castle and
using little plastic people or animals to play in it!
