Hey!
It's been a while since we left a personal note to all of you. We want to say a big THANK YOU for following along on this journey as Macaroni KID continues to grow. As parents, we know how busy life is and how exhausting it can be and the last thing you often want to do is research things to do, places to go, and resources to use, which is why we are here with the goal to - make your lives easier, do less research so you can spend your time creating memories with your families, and have a reliable resource week upon week. They say it takes a village to raise your kids and families - we hope you see us as part of your village!
We celebrated our THIRD Anniversary and over the past three years, we now reach more than 1700 families in and near Essex County, NJ.
Some things we'd like to celebrate in 2022:
- We haven't missed a week sending out our newsletter!
- We participated in Montclair's first-ever Pride and met 100s of families. We also had the best balloons, watch our recap!!
- We participated in Montclair Ambulance Unit's Jubilee and helped raise funds for MAU.
- We hosted two Mom Screams, one that got picked up by CBS National news!
- We donated money and groceries to Toni's Kitchen.
- We hosted our first Mother's Day event and continued the annual tradition of our Holiday Extravaganza.
- We were hosted by Sullivan Catskills for our first-ever Macaroni KID-sponsored trip.
- We had a movie set up in our backyard with a huge response from one reel on instagram!
- We again provided you with a thorough list of Camp options and highlighted our top 5.
- We had the Easter Bunny deliver baskets to your homes & Santa surprise your kids.
- We collaborated on a Selfie Photo booth for Valentine's Day.
We have a few requests from you for 2023:
- Share our link with your friends, they deserve a village too!
- Follow us on Instagram.
- Bookmark our Events so you can always stay in the know of local things to do.
- Check out our Business Directory to search by category.
- Share with us your favorite local things to do, and places to go, and email them to JessicaKline@macaronikid.com.
A few things to look out for in 2023:
- Fearless Females creative expression event in February for ages 9-13.
- Mom Splatter (in place of a Mom Scream) 3/13, the anniversary of Covid.
- Even more collaborations and guides.
Xoxo - Your publisher and editor,
Jessica Kline
P.S. Personal gains from 2022: not losing our minds. Not giving up. Doing the much-needed therapy post-pandemic to be the best us we can be. Creating boundaries. Talking kinder to ourselves. Putting less pressure on ourselves for perfection.
