SPOTLIGHT Inside This Month's Magazine Share Gifts Your Kids Will Love Jump-start your holiday shopping with these winners from the 2009 National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) competition. With 19 years of experience selecting the top children’s products, NAPPA’s team of expert judges – with help from parent and child testers – present you with their top picks, setting the gold standard in children’s learning and entertainment. For Infants & Toddlers Baby Einstein™ Animal Exploration Tunnel (click here to read more of this article) Family History Comes Alive in Scrapbooks If every picture tells a story, then a scrapbook full of pictures tells thousands of stories – stories of family. Sharing these precious stories of births, parties, play dates, vacations, holidays and more is the essence of what has become a $2.5 billion industry, known as scrapbooking. (click here to read more) November Calendar Get the scoop on activities for the month. Walking With Dinosaurs and the Randolph Air Show are just two of the many kid- and family-friendly happenings slated for the month of November. Click the first link to get more information on Walking With Dinosaurs and the second link to search the dated calendar. Walking With Dinosaurs Calendar I'm Adopted Upwards of 700,000 kids in this country are adopted. And while adoption today is accepted ad celebrated, talking about it with your adopted child isn’t always easy. November is National Adoption Month – a good time to remind all parents of the issues facing adoptive parents and their children.   (click here to read more) Congrats to Our October Contest Winner! JOIN US ONLINE Our Kids San Antonio Create Your Badge * Submit your photos * See November Your kids pics   Join our online community Follow us on Twitter! Find out what stories we are working on when you sign up to follow us on Twitter. Sign up for our weekly email newsletter! Get weekly updates from our calendar and hot tips on fun and free things to do with your family BLOGGERS The Early ChildHOOD  Department of Early Childhood Studies at San Antonio College Kids Cooking Activities by Debbie Madson Good Reads by Ronna Mandel HEALTH-E by Christina Elston OUR KIDS 25TH ANNIVERSARY Looking Back As Our Kids San Antonio prepares to celebrate its 25th anniversary next year, we thought it would be interesting to look back at past articles. This month’s feature "The Perfect Family" written by Judith Lipsett, a former editor with Our Kids magazine, was published in March 1997. Last month’s feature "Work Meets Family" written by Our Kids former Calendar Editor Lynn Gosnell ran in Nov. 1993. September's feature, Our Kids former Managing Editor Judith Lipsett wrote featured article "Shrinking Selves Gender Bias and Preteen Girl," published in June 1993. PARENTING RESOURCES Things To Do Family Theater Ongoing Exhibits Area Parks Top Picks More Fun Places To Go Free or Frugal Family Destinations Storytimes Give and Get Help Parenting Education Support Groups Parenting Tips