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"Smilebox is a fun and engaging service that connects you with family and friends using your photos and videos. It's free, easy to use, and the results are amazing."

Tiger and Elin Announce The Birth of Their Daughter, Sam.

On his website today, Tiger writes about the arrival of his baby daughter, Sam Ellis Woods. She was born early on June 18th. Pictures of Sam should be up on the site soon.

Monday's Child Is Fair of Face

Julia Roberts and Daniel Moder welcome a new addition to their family, Henry Daniel Moder. He was born today in Los Angeles. Being born under the sign of Gemini the twins, he'll be quite at home with his twin siblings, Hazel and Phinnaeus.

Cool Globes for a Hot World

From June through September, Chicago's Lakefront is dotted with a hundred globes.
The globes can be viewed walking Chicago’s lakefront from the Field Museum campus, north to Balbo Drive and at Navy Pier


The world's heating up.
And that's a fact.
But, there are solutions...
That's the idea behind "CoolGlobes: Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet.

Come visit Chicago, Lord Kiddie's home town on the planet. Just a star car ride away from the Lakefront and the public art project globes and Millenium Park.

"We're having the best time, it's so amazing".

Katie Holmes on parenthood with Suri. Interview on Entertainment Tonight airs Monday June 4th . Photo courtesy of People Magazine.

Suri's name in Persian is "Red Rose" in Hebrew, Suri means Princess.

Suri's On-Line Kiddiegram

Suri's Star Chart

Thanks to Kitty/Taurus of AstroCelebBlogy for birth data for Suri Cruise.

Yesterday was the first of two blue moons. The photo above comes from a very informative piece by Borgna Brunner and Anne Marie Imbornoni on the phenomenon of blue moons.

Although the full moon that occurred Thursday, May 31, 2007, looked like an ordinary full moon, it was actually a bit extraordinary—a blue moon.

What is a Blue Moon?
There are in fact two definitions for a blue moon. According to the more recent definition, a blue moon is the second full moon in a calendar month. For a blue moon to occur, the first of the full moons must appear at or near the beginning of the month so that the second will fall within the same month (the average span between two moons is 29.5 days). May 2007 had two full moons: the first on May 2, the second on May 31—that second full moon was called the blue moon.

Note that the May 31 date applies to most of the Western Hemisphere, including the United States. In the Eastern Hemisphere, the full moon in question occured on June 1. For that half of the world, the blue moon will be on June 30, 2007.

Yahoo! Answers - traits of Sagittarius star sign?your best bet is to check out a star sign expert try Lordkiddie@kiddiegram.net its free and covers it all good luck with your new friend ...

Life Beyond Club Penguin and Webkinz

My Reward Board is an alternative to written lists of chores and goals "Make your bed" "Brush your teeth" "Do your homework before TV" etc. this software program provides a fun way to motivate children to do their tasks and chores by emphasizing a positive approach for encouraging kids to complete their chores, achieve their goals, improve their behavior, and save their money.

As one user Mom , Charity Koenig said of The Reward Board's use in her household:
"Since my kids love playing games on the computer, this is the perfect alternative to a boring chart on the wall that they're not motivated to fill out-they just love tracking their achievements on the computer! It takes the place of me having to always remind them-they're motivated to check their progress on their own"

Available as a free trial or for purchase, once MRB is part of your child's computer lifestyle ("91% of kids are using computers. The best way to motivate them is with a tool that they know and enjoy.")quotes founder Barton Listick, creator of the popular JumpStart series of children's educational software and brain daddy of this new technology.

Soon your home can have kids marking off their own work using a cast of engaging happy face characters. Parents can configure the program to conform to their own parenting style, controlling how frequently rewards are earned and which rewards are available. What seems even more intuitive is moving this virtual world(where animated piggy banks squeal in delight when allowance is earned or a savings goal has been met) into the home, as achievement certificates-suitable for framing, or at least hanging on the frig-are printed out at the end of each week.

Mom's doing well. Dad's in awe. Baby Born on a cusp


Actress Connie Nielsen ("Gladiator""Brothers" "The Situation"), and Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich welcomed their first child, a boy in San Francisco Monday.
Bryce Thadeus Ulrich-Nielsen's arrival was announced on Metallica's Web site. "Mother's doing well, dad's in awe, and brothers Layne, Myles, and Sebastian are psyched!"

Born on a cusp, his Sun is in Taurus and his Moon is in Cancer if he's born in the first minutes of the day, if he arrived near the last minutes of the day, his Sun is in Gemini and his moon is in Leo.

So he's a total cusp kid. On the cusp with his sun-sign, and also the moon changes that day. We'll be watching and now listening to Celebrity Baby Blog for additional birth details.

Mr. Sunshine and his BOGo Light, a solar flashlight that shines at night

Read this story about Mark Bent in today's Sunday New York Times.

"The BoGo Light
The BoGo Light is a scientific, eco-friendly breakthrough that is making an impact worldwide. From Cairo to Cape Town, from the Caribbean to the Amazon, it is improving the lives of individuals, families, and entire villages by replacing costly kerosene, candles, and disposable battery flashlights with an affordable, long lasting, solar flashlight.

BoGo means Buy one, Give one. We want our lights to benefit the less fortunate; therefore, with each light purchased in the developed world, a second identical light will be donated to an organization that will distribute it in the developing world with our direct financial support. Give the Gift of Light, and Help Us Change the World! "

Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt's Kiddiegram.

Click here to see her Kiddiegram Report. Lord Kiddie will send a birthday report to Shiloh. Mlle Kiddie will donate $55 to the UN Fund, as we do for each celebrity baby Kiddiegram used on our site.

Click here to see Shiloh's star chart.

New Birth Data for Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt.
Father daughter photo from imagevenue.com
We are going with the new information posted on Astro-Data Bank. Lois Rodden's legacy site for astrologers to share and update birth data.

"The actress delivered a baby daughter in Africa on May 27 or 28,2006—the baby's famous father is Brad Pitt. The couple named their child Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt.

Confusion over the date probably stems from where and from which time zones the news reports were filed, and we believe that the child was born on the 28th at about 1:40 AM CET in Namibia. For the record,here's a quick recap of some of the stories filed: CBS News said that the baby was born in Namibia in the evening of the 27th saying that Pitt's publicist "announced the birth Saturday night." The report went on to say "Samuel Nuuyoma, the governor of the Namibian region of Erongo, confirmed the birth at the Welwitschia Clinic in Walvis Bay."

BBC News carried the same information. People magazine also gave "Saturday night" in a story filed on May 27, 2006 at 9:25 PM EST (2:25 AM on the 28th CET/Namibia time) but gave the place as the Cottage Hospital in Swakopmund. The Washington Post reported May 27 as the birth date in a story filed from Los Angeles. However, the German publication Bild reported May 28 at 1:40 AM and a news report found on
ninemsn.com.au gave the same date and time "near Swakopmund, some 400km from Windhoek." Thanks to Sarah Van Sanden, Sy Scholfield and Shelley Ackerman who sent in news clippings of this birth. "

New Birth Data for Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt. We are going with the new information posted on Astro-Data Bank. Lois Rodden's legacy site for astrologers to share and update birth data.

"The actress delivered a baby daughter in Africa on May 27 or 28,
2006—the baby's famous father is Brad Pitt. The couple named their
child Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt.

Confusion over the date probably stems from where and from which time
zones the news reports were filed, and we believe that the child was
born on the 28th at about 1:40 AM CET in Namibia. For the record,
here's a quick recap of some of the stories filed: CBS News said that
the baby was born in Namibia in the evening of the 27th saying that
Pitt's publicist "announced the birth Saturday night." The report went
on to say "Samuel Nuuyoma, the governor of the Namibian region of
Erongo, confirmed the birth at the Welwitschia Clinic in Walvis Bay."
BBC News carried the same information. People magazine also gave
"Saturday night" in a story filed on May 27, 2006 at 9:25 PM EST (2:25
AM on the 28th CET/Namibia time) but gave the place as the Cottage
Hospital in Swakopmund. The Washington Post reported May 27 as the
birth date in a story filed from Los Angeles. However, the German
publication Bild reported May 28 at 1:40 AM and a news report found on
ninemsn.com.au gave the same date and time "near Swakopmund, some
400km from Windhoek." Thanks to Sarah Van Sanden, Sy Scholfield and
Shelley Ackerman who sent in news clippings of this birth.
"

Mother's Day 2007. Every Mom is a Wow, whether they workout or not. Lifting a coffee cup might be all one feels like doing before and after having a baby, but what better way to enjoy a lifetime of Mothers Days then grabbing these before and after Fit Mama workout DVD's by Leisa Hart, available at Fitness Beginnings

Little Miss Sunshine and Lutin both deserve Oscars.

Sunshines, The Astrology of Being Happy.

Written by Michael Lutin, the hilarious, hip astrologer who many know from his monthly column in Vanity Fair has spent over twenty years writing the book based upon one's true north (the north node of the moon) and going south (the south node of the moon). Our Kiddiegram report includes information on your child's true north. Every parent should know about their south node and how they go south before they raise kids!

"Sunshines: The Astrology of Being Happy focuses on one of the least understood and most difficult parts of the horoscope to interpret: the Moon's North and South Nodes. If you don't know a node from a nadir, fear not: Lutin's trademark to-the-point-down-to-earth-in-plain-English style of presenting astrology is as crisp and sharp as ever. " R.K. Alexander (Seattle) on Amazon

"He talks about identifying your "true North" and what drags you into "going South" with your life... the hidden things that you think that nobody knows about, and nobody--including you, usually--really understands. " Aisling D'Art (Houston) on Amazon.

A very witty explanation of what your kids are doing on Webkinz and Club Penquin! From the New York Times On-Line Shopper , Michelle Slatalla, one of Mlle Kiddie's favorite writers.


My Daughter The Burger Flipping Penquin thanks to the New York Times for this perma-link!

'As online sites aimed at capturing the attention of the pre-MySpace set proliferate, children ages 8 to 12 seem to be effortlessly making the leap from the real world to the virtual.'

By MICHELLE SLATALLA
Published: May 3, 2007
Drawing by Leslie Lammle

"My 9-year-old daughter, Clementine, is working in the food service industry these days.
As soon as school lets out, she ties on an apron and starts flipping burgers. She must be pretty good at it, too, because the other day she earned $50 just for slapping a few pieces of lettuce onto buns. “Shouldn’t you be wearing a hairnet?” my husband asked her.
Clementine barely glanced up from the computer, where she sat clicking away to “assemble” fast-food orders — virtual meat patties, tomato and bun — as quickly as possible to earn more “cash.” “Dad, pretend I’m not here,” she said. “I can’t talk right now or I won’t make enough to buy a scooter.”

If your child is a Taurus or if you are a loving Taurus ruled by Venus no less, well Mademoiselle Kiddie has a treat for you.

The whole goal for the Kiddiegram Cafe is to have our affordable (if you have more than one child in your life) on-line Kiddiegrams be more widespread

than our printed gift Kiddiegrams.

On Earthday, we were grateful we have developed a paperless version of our popular kid's report. To generate more calculations on line in real time with parents and grandparents reading the stored Kiddiegram on line Mlle Kiddie has

decided because it's Shakespeare's birthday to offer an on-line freebie sample featuring any Taurus child you know and love until the end of April.

As we know, Taurus children generally take their time and you can't rush them, so in honor of the April part of their birthday month, all on-line Kiddiegrams for Taurus children are on the Kiddiegram Cafe. Take it slow. It may take you a day or two to get the birth time! If you wouldn't think of ordering a report without knowing what it's like, and you are a Taurus, well, do a Kiddiegram for yourself and see what your parents should have had in hand when raising you! Many adults do a Kiddiegram as a lark for themselves, after all, we are always the same age inside.

Then email Mademoiselle Kiddie at the Kiddie Cafe (mllekiddie@kiddiegram.net) to get your Taurus gift code.

Offer good through April.

Club Penquin

Meet and Greet those Happy Feet:

A Newsweek article early this year summed the club up in it's headline. Your Igloo or Mine?

Club Penguin introduces social networking for children. Club Penguin’s ad-free, monitored website meets a need for kid-safe spaces online, and encourages creativity from young users in a virtual community that combines game play and chat

Started in October of 2005, it had 4 unique million visitors by January.

"Registration is free, for your tween to teen (8 to 14) but your 8- to 14-year-old can waddle through a virtual world as a flightless waterfowl, interacting with other penguins of her choice. Registration is free, but if junior wants to decorate her penguin’s igloo or use other advanced features on the site, you’ll need to pay a $5.95 monthly membership."

Big Sky Astrology with April Kent. A second in our favorite astrologer series.

We admire her orignal eclipse reports.

"Sweet moon" wrote Shakespeare "I thank thee for thy sunny beams".

If anyone can make the intuitive moments in our rational lives lucid, she can.

Welcome to Webkinz World

"Webkinz pets are lovable plush pets that each come with a unique Secret Code. With it, you enter Webkinz" World where you care for your virtual pet, answer trivia, earn KinzCash, and play the best kids games on the net."

Before your child takes his loveable little webkinz everywhere, be sure and stash the little tag that comes with him (it's plasticized for a reason!) put it in with your jewelry or in your little stashcash jar. It's your child's real log in information. It's so easy to use the site but if you ever have to recover the simple password initially set, you will need this number. So email it to yourself, or write a letter to yourself with the information.

In honor of a very special April 9th birthday, Mademoiselle Kiddie is offering a free on-line Kiddiegram. To qualify for a gift Kiddiegram, just email Mlle Kiddie and ask her to send you a free coupon to calculate a report for your child.

Mlle Kiddie's email is mllekiddie@kiddiegram.net. In the subject heading please put Gift Coupon.

Scan My Photos Make it easy on yourself. Just pack up all those predigital photos you have stuffed in a shoebox, and send them to this amazing company.

Don't let their ho-hum non flashy web site fool you. It's really easy to manoeuvre, navigate and refreshingly easy to use. The actual company name is 30 Minute Photo and was written up in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal and it delivers a great product.

Place your order on line. They send you a pre-stamped priority box, you fill it with photos (it even has their own postage stamp on it!)up to 1000 and then in less than a week, your photos are back and you can put them back in the shoebox, and also have everything copied on a CD. How cool is that. How easy. So forget the scrapbooks, you're not going to do it this week and this will at least always make a memorable slideshow on a computer or your child's wedding light years from now! even if CD's go the way of the printing press. Keep the shoebox but enjoy an iced tea knowing that now you have lots of time to enjoy your spring, one less thing on your to-do list!

Starstruck
Although Kiddiegram will not be launched officially until it's sister site Kiddiegram.com is live on June 30, 2007, Lord Kiddie chose his first banner ad
which runs until today at Babyrazzi, the celebrity blog run by a secret celebrity mom "who loves to spy on her peers". Um, can we guess a Scorpio, Scorpio moon or maybe Scorpio rising?

Happy Spring! to one of the most pioneering and creative astrology signs, Aries.

If your child was born today, email Mademoiselle Kiddie at the Kiddiegram Cafe and she will send you out a gift coupon to read about your child's most endearing and enduring traits. This coupon will allow you to calculate a Kiddiegram for your
birthday child on-line.

Mlle Kiddie can mail you more information about horoscopes for children or zodiac signs for kids or even your own astrology chart by mail as well.

Mademoiselle Kiddie's email is mllekiddie@kiddiegram.net.

These little Shawnanimals are wishing you and your child a happy birthday. If your child's birthday is today, and you contact Lord Kiddie of Kiddiegram by 11:59 pm (CDT) March 16, 2006with his or her birth data she will send your child a coupon for a gift on-line kiddiegram.

Our Kiddiegram Cafe has moved from it's spot on Blogger to a spot on the Kiddiegram.net server

Moonprints by Dana Gerhardt, M.A.

As Gerhardt says of the popular report:

"This beautiful report takes an in-depth look at your emotional foundations--through your birth moon and current lunar cycles. You won't find anything like this anywhere else. Popular with readers of

The Mountain Astrologer for over a decade, this report was designed to please astrology beginners and advanced students alike. I've received so many thank you letters for this report I'm confident you'll love it too. "

Consider this amazing report as a gift that can be delivered at the new moon, a spa vacation for your soul. A perfect read for a solitary personal ritual, a bubble bath, a glass of bubbly or sparkling pomegranate juice, or a great read over a morning coffee and croissant at your local cafe on the way to jump start your workday.

Moonprints can be ordered for one month, perhaps for a special birthday, or consider Moonprints as a very thoughtful year round birthday gift for a friend who has everything and have one delivered every new moon for a year. If you loved your report, consider Gerhardt's year round blue moon special which allows you to give gifts of Moonprints to your friends after you have signed up for your own Moonprint($45) for just $38. Postage paid, except for international customers who should add $5.

And if you feel that you wouldn't have time to order or read your Moonprint until you leave for vacation, well click on Mooncircles, current and free, wonderful three minute moon ritual,

Shawnanimal Map"Shawnimaland is a bright and happy place where the various creatures, characters and species known as Shawnimals live. The landscape is similar to what we know of on Earth, except more colorful, magical and instead of the occasional tumbleweed making an appearance, there are big balls of stuffing rolling around"

Star IQ

Free personalized astrology forecasts via email. Extensive directory of astrologers. New articles daily about celebrities, health, relationships, business, finance and sports with an astrological perspective

Happy Chinese New Year 4705, Year of the Pig February 18, 2007

Lord Kiddie has a lot of goals for this New Year. First of all, although he enjoys sending gift Kiddiegrams overseas to Thailand and Belgium, he wants his on-line Kiddiegram to be discovered on the web. He is sending his first check for the New Year today through the Kiddygram fund, to the Apathy is Lethal/ UN Fund for Orphans.

If you go to the Apathy Is Lethal site and click on the PSA (Public Service Announcement)shown above titled Kids:60 TV PSA created by Leo Burnett, with voiceover by Michael Douglas you will experience the crisis of children orphaned by Aids.at the time of the launch of the TV ad, 14 million children are orphans the equivalent of every child under five in America. Today the equation stays the same, millions of children without anyone to watch over them. Ten percent of every Kiddiegram, whether printed or on-line, goes to this fund. However, no need to purchase a Kiddiegram report, you can donate directly.

However, Lord Kiddie would like to have his on-line sales (since they are automatically processed and no one has to be in the office to make the sale) he'd like his contribution to grow exponentially. Ten on-line kiddiegrams a day would be $22.00 a day, 100 Kiddiegrams a day would be $220 and 100,000 Kiddiegrams a day would be $2200 a day that would be sent to the UN Fund. Good fortune will come from an unexpected quarter, and we can start with just 220 dimes a day!

If you order a Kiddiegram for your child, and then send us your name, your child's name and your address, we will give an entire check ($22) to the Fund, in your child's name. You would authorize us to send this donation in your child's name and we would use your address and name in mailing in the donation, although the check would be a Kiddiegram check. This offer will be good until the spring equinox 2007. We'd like to know about your experience with the on-line ordering process for our Kiddiegram, but this is not necessary for your donation to be sent. The UN Fund has always sent thank you notes to Lord Kiddie, whether he wa sending $25, $50 or $100, so you and your child will receive an aknowledgement from the Fund (and you can ask to see the canceled check from Kiddiegram with a reference not on the check in your child's name within a week of your order.

How can you go wrong, an on-line report on your child in exchange for a $22 donation in your childs name to a very important global fund for kids not as fortunate as many American children under five . This jumpstart plan to inspire people to investigate and use our on-line Kiddiegram to learn about their kids (instead of just ordering our printed reports) will bring good fortune to many parties, and the exponential growth of donations will help Lord Kiddie turn his Kiddygram Fund into a non-profit fund so his boss can retire!

K.I.S.S. Keep It Simple Silly.

The United States Postal Service has as a new stamp just in time for Valentine's day. The stamp can be year long reminder of an easy way to stay organized and attuned to the Valentines in your life. A kiss.

What better imaginary friend than these five finger puppets created by retailer Calypso Christiane Celle to benefit the Children's Aid Society, lifeline and haven to children and their families since 1853.
These charming imaginary friends (a monkey, elephant, lion, bunny and donkey)are available for $5 at nine CALYPSO Christiane Celle stores in New York City (935 Madison Avenue, 815 Madison Avenue, 280 Mott Street, 426 Broome Street, 407 Broome Street, 199 Lafayette Street, 191 Lafayette Street, 654 Hudson Street and 137 West Broadway) plus additional locations in East Hampton, Southampton, Sag Harbor, Los Angeles, Brentwood, Dallas, Bal Harbour and Palm Beach.

50% of each sale of these whimsical puppets made out of a variety of bright salon and Liberty prints goes to the Children's Aid Society.

photo is by Lars Kleve

Charlie Ravioli, the imaginary playmate of Adam Gopnick's daughter Olivia would be psyched!

A recent study found 65 percent of kids had an invisible friend. Whether it's a doll,
a stuffed animal, a Pokemon charcter or a red Power Ranger, these imaginary friends are quite real. Kids consider them living friends and often keep these friends long after they admit to their parents about their existence. Often children have multiple friends.

Show Me The Baby



Free for the first ten days, Show Me Baby's About Us section contains the easiest explanation for having a beautifully designed website that anyone can create.

Having a young son with relatives all over the country, I found it time consuming to email my relatives pictures of my son as he was growing up. After every birthday party or family gathering I'd have to download the images from my digital camera and then email them out one by one to my family and friends. There had to be a better way.

ShowMeBaby.com makes it easy for you to set up, manage and grow your own personalized baby website without the hassles and without any technical skills required. With ShowMeBaby.com you add images anytime and your family and friends can view your website anytime. Now with ShowMeBaby.com you can finally have an electronic photo album spanning many years and you can document the achievements of your child for your family to share in no matter where they are in this world

A month on the site is $5. (20mb) A year is less ($43)and also comes with 20 mb and a lifetime is $125. You can add increments of space as your web site grows at $35 (for 20 mb) or $50 for 50mb. The Lifetime comes with 100 mb.

The best thing about this site, is it is possible for give this as a gift certificate.! Now what doting aunt or proud grandparents or excited girlfriend wouldn't want to have a easy place to show the latest pictures of the baby! by making it easy on the new parents to just post their pictures once and share them with family and friends in beautifully designed and personal and private space. How sensible to have it offered as a gift as well.

If you need help with middle names as well, Baby Genie might be right for you!

Baby Genie grants wishes for the 'perfect' first & middle baby names and is available by email.

Your wish is this electronic genie's command and there is method behind the magic.

Here is a tip for middle names:
Vary the number of syllables in each name. A long middle name can nicely compliment a short first and last name. A short middle name can smooth out a long first and last name combination. Whatever you do, don't string three long names together (unless you want your child to have difficulty filling out forms their whole life!)

A rose is a rose is a rose. but with over 11,000 names listed on
Baby Names World Besides providing a quick search that in seconds let us know that Aidan is Gaelic for "little fire", Margaret is Greek for "pearl", Louise is German for "glory of war" and India is English for a country, this source site also provides an e-book on what not to name your child!

And Baby Makes Three
Sure, you could just watch this 1949 movie starring Robert Young and Barbara Hale or you could read the suggestions in this new book by marriage guru, Gottman who's "Love Lab" has used scientific principles to study couples relationships. Parenting and relationship help for the newly harried!

A little star watching in Hollywood at the Griffiths Observatory...A friend just sent us a link to a very well designed and presented review called The Sun Moon and Stars.The in-depth and amusing commentary on celestial objects, mostly stars are punctuated with fabulous "star" quotes,great photos of celestial jewelry which the writer notes was on display at the Observatory when she wrote her review.

Griffiths Observatory has been just re-opened. "Public interest in the reopening of Griffith Observatory is expected to generate an overwhelming number of projected visitors to the Observatory in the months after reopening. In response, the City of Los Angeles has implemented a temporary visitor access program featuring a timed-entry and shuttle reservation system. This temporary program will ensure an enjoyable and safe visitor experience by preventing long waits and overcrowding while maintaining normal traffic flows in the Los Feliz area."