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lucy Activewear Opens New Store in Leawood

Just in time for spring, lucy activewear, an everyday performance apparel company focused on inspiring active, on-the-go women, will open their first Kansas store in Leawood’s Town Center Plaza.

Opening on March 21st, the new lucy® store will offer a convenient location to find clothing that offers performance in everyday wear. “We look forward to opening our first store in Kansas, and are excited to introduce our stylish activewear to the women of Leawood,” said Michelle Lantow, President of lucy®. The new 1300 square foot store, located near Williams Sonoma, will feature a modern interior infused with lucy’s signature orange and luxurious salon-style fitting rooms.

lucy® is ideal for active women who are looking for the perfect combination of fashion and function to carry them through the day. The lucy® brand carries an array of exclusive styles each season classified into four signature categories: active, energy, balance and essentials. Many lucy® tops and pants come in lengths, giving women the opportunity to find the perfect fit for their personal style. The brand also offers three signature fabrics: lucy tech™, lucy flex™ and lucy lux™, that provide function and style for a variety of activities from running on the treadmill to running around the city.

Grand Opening Event
To celebrate Kansas’s first lucy® location, the store will be holding a Grand Opening Event on April 3rd, from 6-9pm. This event will be the ultimate lucy® shopping experience with live music, organic hors d'oeuvres provided by Dean & DeLuca, and complimentary massages to refresh and rejuvenate. In addition, as part of the lucy® cares program, the Town Center Plaza store will donate 10% of the Grand Opening Event sales to Win for KC, a local foundation focused on empowering women and girls through advocating and promoting the lifetime value of sports and fitness.

www.lucy.com

New Infant and Children's Boutique in Overland Park

Eber Jeeber is the new place to go for unique children's clothing. Eber Jeeber is located in the Hawthorne Plaza Shopping Center, at 119th and Roe in Overland Park. Sizes range from newborn to 6X and 7. New spring collections are arriving daily. Eber Jeeber carries layette, fabric toys made in the Phillipines, organic baby clothing and bedding, special occasion dressing for boys and girls, and everyday sportswear. Well known brands such as Le Top, At Home Pajamas, Cloud B, Pediped, Hartstrings, and Zutano are joined by boutique brands such as the Bitterstrums t-shirts, Plum Pudding, Peaches N' Cream, Feather Baby, and Coccoli. The store has classic clothing with a trendy twist, there really is nothing like it here in Kansas City. If you want people to constantly ask you where you get your children's clothing, then this is the place to shop. Their winter clearance event is going on now, with prices slashed 30% to 70% off the original price. Visit eberjeeber.com for more information or call 913-663-eber.

Breastfeeding is like learning to riding a bicycle?

Breastfeeding is like learning to riding a bicycle?

by Skyla Bowman, RN, BSN

Breastfeeding is natural. However, it doesn't come naturally for many women in our western culture. We live in a culture where bottle-feeding is viewed as the norm. It is not unusual for many women to have grown up and never have seen a baby nursing at the breast. Once they deliver and attempt to bring their own baby to the breast, they have no idea what to do; no idea what is normal for a breastfed baby; and no idea who to ask for help. . . .

The Flu is Here!

The Flu is here!!
It’s not too late to get vaccinated!!

Ian’s Rainbow Flu Foundation along with the
Urgency Room will be holding a free will donation
Flu vaccine clinic.

Date: Saturday, March 1st, 2008
Time: 8 am to 12 noon
Location: the Urgency Room 10015 N. Ambassador Drive Suite 100, Kansas City, MO 64153
What: We will be holding free will donation flu vaccine clinic. There will be approximately 200 vaccines available for people over the age of 4 years old. . . . . . .

Winner of DVD!

Congratulations to cheescakemaster who is the winner of the Martian Child DVD starring John Cusak, Joan Cusak, and Amanda Peet. We had asked for ideas on your BEST penny-pinching ideas . . . . . . .

Just Makes Cents

How annoying is all the junk mail you receive at your house? Are you looking for a way to help the environment while de-cluttering your mailbox?

Green Dimes is an innovative concept that is a win-win situation for consumers and the environment. By ordering their $15 kit and activating it, you can reduce your junk mail by up to 90%. But the real kicker - they'll plant TEN TREES on your behalf! Talk about the gift that keeps giving!

Your Kit includes monthly monitoring of the DMA service to make sure your name stays off of their members� mailing lists. Two to four weeks after you activate your Kit, you will get a set of customized, pre-printed postcards to sign, stamp and send. The cards will go directly to the junk mail companies that send mail to you. You'll then be able to create and update your list with all catalogs and non-profit organizations that send you junk mail. Then, to maintain your "junk-mail-free status", simply go back and sign in to your GreenDimes Account every time you get new junk mail and add more requests to your list.

Visit GreenDimes.com for more info and to get started!

Smarter Shopping

Smarter Shopping

How many times have you come home from the grocery store only to realize that you forgot to get those few necessities that you went there for in the first place? Or maybe you've gone there totally unprepared and spent way more time wandering around aimlessly trying to remember what it is that needs restocking in your house.

SmartShopper is an easy-to-use electronic device that helps you make your grocery list. Adding an item to your list is easy. Simply press record and speak the name of the item or items you wish to add. Press Print, and SmartShopper prints your list categorized by grocery departments such as "frozen foods" or "produce". It's that easy!

It comes pre-loaded with thousands of shopping essentials, but you can also add custom items quickly and easily. For example, create "Albertson's" or "Whole Foods" categories to print separate lists for your favorite stores.

The SmartShopper can also keep track of errands (i.e. Automotive maintenance, Dry cleaning, etc.) to make crossing your "to-do" off your list easier!

SmartShopper Voice Activated Grocery List - $149.99 at SharperImage.com

KC Metro Moms Supports Abbys Run for the Heart

KC Metro Moms Proud Supporter of Abby's Run for the Heart

Over the past four years, Abby's Run for the Heart has grown to be one of Kansas City's best 5K Runs and this year, KC Metro Moms is proud to be a supporting partner of this great event. Last year over $85,000 was raised to fund the research efforts into viral myocarditis and sudden cardiac death in children. If you're looking for a worthwhile cause to support while doing something outdoors with the entire family, Abby's Run is IT! The Run/Walk will take place Sunday October 14, 2007 at Town Center Plaza, located at 119th Street and Nall in Leawood, KS. Kids and strollers are welcome! To download a registration form, click here.

About the Awards Ceremony
The awards presentation will begin at 9AM and prize packages will be given to the top 3 male/female overall winners. All age group winners will be posted on the internet and their medals will be mailed to them. Race results are provided by The Kansas City Track Club and will be available online shortly after the race.

About the TOT TROT
The Tot Trot is scheduled to begin at 9:15AM in the AMC Theater parking lot. It is designed for children ages 1 -10.
The way it works: The children will run in different heats according to their ages. For example, all 1 year olds will run together about 20 yards. The 2 year olds will run together a bit further and so on. Each child will be awarded a ribbon in recognition of his/her success.
Due to many requests by parents who partake in the 5K run/walk and push small children in strollers, this year we will begin the tot trot with the older kids first, and work our way down to our 1 year olds. This will allow the youngest of our participants to enjoy their 5K stroller rides and still be back in time to run in the Tot Trot.

The Right to Write

The Right to Write

Is your little one inspired by writing? Reward that creative outlet of writing and authoring by giving him or her the gift of having their very own published book - all for about $40!

Think It Ink It is changing the way kids think and write. From the creator of Blue's Clues, Alice Wilder, Think It Ink It will give your little author the complete publishing experience. It includes a fill-in workbook complete with professional illustrations, a pencil, and sticky notes to draft their masterpiece.....

Upon completion, parents or guardians may go online to order the final version which consists of a full-color jacket featuring the book's title (chosen by your little author), his or her name, and finally a photo which accompanies an "About the Author" feature on the back. Oh, and of course, let's not forget the "meat" of the publication - the story filling the pages inside this bound book to treasure forever!

There are four picture workbooks to choose from and each kit comes complete with creative writing tips and vocabulary help.

Think It Ink It books - Workbook Set: $12.95; Printed and Bound Book: $29.95. Available at ThinkItPublishing.com

About 1 Million Simplicity Cribs Recalled Due To Failures Resulting in Infant De

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is announcing today a voluntary recall with Simplicity Inc., of Reading, Pa., of about 1 million cribs. The drop-side can detach from the crib, which can create a dangerous gap and lead to the entrapment and suffocation of infants. CPSC is aware of two deaths in Simplicity manufactured cribs with older style hardware, including a 9-month-old child and a 6-month-old child, where the drop-side was installed upside down. CPSC is also aware of seven infant entrapments and 55 incidents in these cribs.

CPSC is also investigating the death of a 1-year-old child in a Simplicity crib with newer style hardware, in which the drop-side was installed upside down. CPSC is warning parents and caregivers to check all Simplicity cribs to make sure the drop-side is installed right side up.

The drop-side failures result from both the hardware and crib design, which allow consumers to unintentionally install the drop-side upside down. This, in turn, can weaken the hardware and cause the drop-side to detach from the crib. When the drop-side detaches, it creates a gap in which infants can become entrapped.

CPSC is also aware of two incidents that occurred when the drop-side was correctly installed with older style hardware, though the upside down installation greatly increases the risk of failure.

The recalled Simplicity crib models include: Aspen 3 in 1, Aspen 4 in 1, Nursery-in-a-Box, Crib N Changer Combo, Chelsea and Pooh 4 in 1. The recall also involves the following Simplicity cribs that used the Graco

logo: Aspen 3 in 1, Ultra 3 in 1, Ultra 4 in1, Ultra 5 in 1, Whitney and the Trio.

The recalled cribs have one of the following model numbers, which can be found on the envelope attached to the mattress support and on the label attached to the headboard: 4600, 4605, 4705, 5000, 8000, 8324, 8800, 8740, 8910, 8994, 8050, 8750, 8760, and 8996.

The cribs, which were made in China, were sold in department stores, children's stores and mass merchandisers nationwide from January 1998 through May 2007 for between $100 and $300.

As an immediate precaution, consumers should check to see if the drop-side is installed right side up. To do this, check to see that the slightly rounded rail with the decorative groove is installed at the top and the plain rail is on the bottom. Next, consumers should make sure the drop-side is securely attached to the tracks in all four corners.

If the drop-side is installed upside down or not securely attached, consumers should stop using the crib immediately. Incorrect installation can cause permanent damage to the hardware and re-installing the drop-side using the same hardware is unsafe.

Consumers should check to see if their crib contains the recalled hardware. Recalled hardware has a flexible tab at the bottom of the lower tracks and the top of the lower tracks are open. Newer hardware, which is not subject to the recall, has the flexible tab located at the top of the lower track, and a permanent stop at the bottom.

Consumers who have a crib with older style hardware can receive a free repair by immediately contacting Simplicity toll-free at (888) 593-9274 between 8:30 a.m. and 10 p.m. ET Monday through Thursday, between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET on Friday, and between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET on Saturday, or by visiting the firm's Web site at www.simplicityforchildren.com

Consumers who have a crib with newer style hardware and have installed the drop-side upside down or have broken hardware, should also contact Simplicity immediately.

Consumer Action Guide: Style of Crib Hardware - Consumer Response

Older Hardware - Recalled: Consumers should contact Simplicity immediately for a free repair.

Newer Hardware - Warning: Consumers should check crib's drop-side to ensure it is assembled right side up and inspect for broken hardware.

To see this recall on CPSC's web site, including pictures showing proper and improper drop-side installations, and older and newer hardware, please go to: http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07307.html