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This past weekend, there was a huge baby event for parents or parents to be at all stages of baby raising. This even was The New York Baby Show. The show was in New York City, as the name suggests, and filled Pier 92 to the brim with everything baby. From clothes, to carriages, to bedding, snacks, drinks, music lessons, schooling, even an area to try out strollers and exhibitors educating moms and dads on finances as well. Some of the exhibitors showcased were Canon, Babies R Us, Bitybean, Britax, and Haba. Everyone at the show had baby related items. Some had contests and raffles to give attendees as added incentive to check out their table. Exhibitors also had a ton of freebies including baby formula, snacks, drinks, key chains, candy, and reusable shopping bags.
Cannon also had a set up that let you try out some cameras, and they would take one of you and your family as well. We took one just of my son, who was covered in all the snacks he ate. I swear, he was cleaner when he WAS a baby, lol.
Luckily enough, bloggers were able to go to an exclusive lounge which not only glammed up by Glam Squad mom and dad bloggers, but also had some food and drinks and a nice place to relax during the event. If you wanted to, while you walked around visiting tables, your kids were able to be dropped off with the Nanny League, who help match families and nannies and all sorts of childcare. Speaking of Nannies- we won a gift from Net Nanny, number one rated parental control software! This was pretty cool for me, I never win anything, haha. We are excited to try it out, and see what it can do. It’s supposed to protect kids from sites you don’t want them on, as well as “adult” sites and cyber-bullying.
It was very nice to have all the baby related exhibitors all in one place and even more interesting to see all the interesting inventions and gadgets meant to make a parents like easier with baby (as well as baby’s life more fun and educational). The crowd at the show was quite diverse too, from pregnant women, couples, and people looking to get pregnant and doing their research.
Keep an eye out for it and make sure you stop by when next it rolls around for all your baby needs.
We tried a few recipes with our frozen yucca from Goya. Of them the two stand outs were oven fried yucca fries and mashed garlic yucca, both of which are easy to make. When preping the yucca, be sure to boil it until it is soft as your first step, then take out the tough inner core. On some pieces, the core was already removed, but most had a bit of it left. You may not understand what this core is, but when you see it you will know. It is a shade darker then the rest of the flesh and is easy to distinguish as visibly more fibrous as well. Below is our recipe for oven fried yucca fries followed by mashed yucca with garlic sauce, enjoy.
