Thank you for helping make 2010 a year to remember. We are grateful for the tremendous support you have given us. To show our appreciation, we have created a special gift — the HAPPYBABY First Alphabet Flash Cards FREE IPHONE APP— to help your little one learn about good eats.

Please accept our best wishes to you and your family for good health and happiness in the year ahead.

—Shazi, Jesscia & The HAPPYBABY Team

By Tamara Lackey

The holiday season presents opportunities galore for photo taking, such as capturing your kids making snow angels, to your little helpers making cookies for Santa, and the huge smiles that occur during the unwrapping of gifts. As a professional photographer that specializes in capturing children, I’m used to interacting with children to really capture both the essence of the surroundings and their individual personalities. Here are some simple tips to help transform your photos from good to great and give you the confidence to be creative while taking your holiday photos this year.

1. Always Be Prepared: Keep your camera on-hand, batteries charged, memory available. Some of the best picture taking moments come when you least expect them. The faster you are ready and are able to take the photo, the sooner you can get back to enjoying the moment yourself.

Read more tips and Tamara's giveaway...



You are eligible for a great HAPPYBABY giveaway every Monday on our blog. And the last Monday of every month, we feature a giveaway from one of our fantastic partners like Seventh Generation, Stroller Strides and My Gym. Winners are announced every Friday on our Facebook page.

There is also information you can use every day on our blog: Recipes, Green Tips, Fun Activities, advice from guest experts … and more. See what’s new today.


AN ADDED BONUS: Here is a coupon for your holiday enjoyment
from our friends at Honest Kids, Redeem it any any local store.

When you buy Honest Kids thirst quenchers and Stonyfield Yogurt,
you can get HAPPYBABY coupons
as part of their rewards programs.
Sign Up At: YoBaby and Honest Kids.






is now offering HAPPYBABY products. Check our store locator
for the location nearest you.
And you can order online at


And don’t forget, each time you buy a HAPPYBABY product,
you feed a malnourished child for an entire day in Malawi and Sierra Leone, thanks to Project
Peanut Butter.

One of our favorite holiday activities is the cookie exchange. Here’s a delicious and healthy oatmeal cookie recipe created by our social media editor Trina O'Boyle.

OATMEAL COOKIES
(use all organic ingredients)

• ½ cup of butter at room temperature
• 1 ½ cups of Brown Sugar
• 1 tsp. of baking powder
• ¼ tsp. of baking soda
• 1 tsp. of cinnamon
• 3 eggs
• 2 cups of Whole Wheat Flour
• 1 container of HAPPYBELLIES Oatmeal Cereal
• 8 oz of unsweetened Applesauce
• 21 tsp of vanilla
• ¼ cup of water
• Optional Green and red sprinkles for the top
  of each cookie

Directions
In a large bowl combine whole wheat flour, baking soda, baking powder, brown sugar, HB Oatmeal, and cinnamon. In a large mixing cup combine ¼ water, applesauce, vanilla and eggs and then mix well and pour on top of the dry mixture. Add the butter then with a mixer combine all ingredients until it’s moist. On a baking pan spoon out oatmeal cookie dough and make into balls. After you have placed 12 balls on the cookie sheet, press each one down then add sprinkles if you want to me more festive. Cook at 350 for about 13 minutes or until done.

Yield: 3 dozen cookies

**Cookies can be made ahead and placed in the freezer until you want to serve them.



NEED A GIFT …

Decorate the empty HAPPYBELLIES canisters and fill them with oatmeal cookies.

Spinach is perhaps the most common leafy green fed to babies and toddlers, but we encourage you to explore the wider world of dark green leafy vegetables with your family. Kale, collard greens, and Swiss chard are all rich in health-supporting antioxidants and disease-fighting flavanoids and they may even help the body keep cholesterol levels in check. In fact, these greens are considered to be some of the most nutrient rich foods in the world. They are extremely rich in the immune-supporting antioxidants vitamins A and C. Kale and collards are cancer-fighting vegetables, in the same cruciferous family as broccoli and cauliflower. And dark leafy greens are also a very good non-dairy source of calcium – great for babies and children who don’t tolerate cow’s milk.

Some babies and young children may find the slightly bitter flavor of these greens hard to get used to. To help
your baby or toddler accept them, prepare them as a puree with a touch of fruit added to sweeten
the dish, as we’ve done in our HAPPYTOT pouch and HAPPYBABY frozen meal made with organic spinach, mango and pear. Organic kale and collard greens are ingredients in HAPPYBABY PUFFS and
HAPPYMUNCHIES snacks.

For older children, try tossing bite-sized pieces of kale with olive oil and bake in a 300 degree oven until crispy
to make kale “chips”. Kale finds itself on the Environmental Working Group’s “Dirty Dozen” list of the most pesticide-laden produce, so go for the organic kale whenever possible.

© HAPPYFAMILY 2010