When my twins were born last May, I had about two seconds online to order thank you notes. So I immediately went to Tiny Prints and found super cute cards.

When Tiny Prints asked me to review its holiday cards, I was thrilled. So many to choose from! My favorite line is the vintage cards like this Rudolph holiday one. And look how sweet that couple is – doesn’t it make you want to become part of the Thurston Family?! Although I think you are supposed to put your own Christmas photo in there.

Anyway, Tiny Prints has about a gazillion different cards in all kinds of styles, even flip cards and circular ornament ones. If you want to know which one I chose, you’ll have to wait until the holidays. And yes, I somehow managed to get a photo of all four kids. Let’s just say, we don’t look quite as perfect as The Thurston Family.

I was totally thrilled to be invited to bring my kids to Angelina Ballerina The Musical at the Vital Theater Company on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The show is super cute. Perfect length (about an hour) and very entertaining. If your kids like the books, it’s definitely worth the trip. The girls both came home with Angelina mouse ears….

and well, it’s not easy being Chase in our house of girls.

By Contributing Mama Jordana Bales

This week, I had the opportunity to check out Christmas in August at Rockefeller Center. My girls enjoyed the tour and posing with the Rockettes…

What? That’s not a Rockette?! I thought she was a little too quiet. Okay, here are the real Rockettes…

At lunch, I was all set to bribe the girls to eat with the reward of decorating cupcakes (courtesy of the yummy Magnolia bakery) but the chicken fingers and mini-burgers were so yummy that bribes were unnecessary.  My daughter Lila’s only complaint was no ketchup. That girl eats ketchup with a spoon.

After lunch, the show began outside in front of Rockefeller Center. Introduced by Santa Claus, the amazingly beautiful and talented Rockettes performed. At the end of their set, they called  all the children with Santa hats up to the front to be part of the “Million Kicks Across America.”

Ava just happened to have her Santa hat with her (either that or it was in the goodie bag) and joined. After Ava bounded over the police barrier and grabbed the Rockette nearest her, I realized that children had their own designated area and were not actually supposed to be part of the kick line.

But it made for an amazing photo.

Too bad that we’re Jewish or else that would be our Christmas Card.  Kelcey is definitely considering using it for her Christmas card.

We were invited to Nickelodeon Storytime Live at Radio City Music Hall this week. Almost immediately, we had a Kelsey Grammer sighting on 48th street which the girls strangely were not that jazzed about. It was hard to even explain the significance of Kelsey Grammer and his success as Frasier Crane to a 5 and 3 year-old because Summer kept whining, “I don’t want to see the show.” In all fairness to Dora and all her Nickelodeon friends, Summer says this before every single show and she always loves it.

This time was no different. The girls were enthralled with The Wonder Pets, The Backyardigans and Ni Hao, Kai-lan. And of course, Dora the Explorer is always a rock star. If your kids are Nickelodeon lovers, this is a great show for them. And if you’re more of a Kelsey Grammer fan, you can watch reruns of “Cheers” and “Frasier” when you get home.

Storytime Live is playing at Radio City Music Hall through April 4th.  For discount tickets (30% off) in NYC, click here and use the code DORASM.  Then Dora and her pals take their show on the road to other cities. Click here for tickets all over the country.

I was recently invited to the opening night of Sesame Street Live: When Elmo Grows up at Madison Square Garden. And by “opening night,” I mean, 11 am. This is for the toddler set after all. I was quite relieved to find out that Elmo hadn’t turned into a 46 year-old adult overnight. He’s still the same Elmo, just trying to figure out what to be when he grows up.

The show is super cute and my daughters (age 5 & 3) were completely enthralled and entertained. These Sesame Street characters are rock stars. Yes, as cool as Taylor Swift who is pretty cool in my house. We even had the chance to meet Elmo and Cookie Monster before the show. And we all got a picture with them….

Ok I realize it’s hard to see Dylan and Summer in the photo (mostly because they are hovering in the back of the room). It can be scary to meet these rock stars in person.

The show runs until Feb 15th at Madison Square Garden. I have a 50% off discount code for certain shows. Just email me at kelcey@mamabirddiaries.com and I’ll send it to you.