45 Everett Drive \ Bldg C
Princeton Junction, NJ 08550
(609) 936-1800
Website: www.laserpark.com
Types: Parties include 3 laser games, less complex games for children 13 years and under.

Village Square Center
217 Clarksville Road
West Windsor, NJ 08550
(609) 799-7776
Website: www.thelittlegym.com/gym/default.aspx?gymid=60
Note: Birthday parties are hosted on Saturdays: 12:30 pm, 2:45 pm, and 4:45 pm and Sundays: 12:00 pm, 2:00 pm and 4:00 pm.

Washington Town Center
2350 Route 33
Robbinsville, NJ 08691
(609) 228-3072

Website: www.maggiemoos.com
Types: Ice cream parties.

445 Nassau Park Blvd
Princeton, NJ
(609) 452-8383
Website: www.magma-pizza.com
Types: Create your own pizzas at our birthday parties. Parties for children ages 6 and up.

55 Route 31 S
Building C
Pennington, NJ 08534
(609) 730-9394
Website: www.motiongymnastics.com

The Marketplace
3885 Route 27
Princeton, NJ 08540
(732) 422-3600
Website: www.my-gym.com
Note: Birthday parties are hosted on Mondays: 4:30-6:00, Fridays: 2:30-4:00 pm and 4:30-6:00 pm, Saturdays: 1:00-2:30 pm, 3:00-4:30 pm, 5:00-6:30 pm, Sundays: 11:00-12:30 pm, 1:00-2:30 pm, 3:00-4:30 pm, 5:00-6:30 pm.

32 West Bridge Street
New Hope, PA 18938
(215) 862-2332
Website: www.newhoperailroad.com
Note: All Parties include your own private car and two large tables for serving. Parties are scheduled along with our regular excursions, and include two round trips for a total party time of 2 hours

103 College Farm Road
North Brunswick, NJ 08902
(732) 249-2077
Website: www.agriculturemuseum.org
Types: Our birthday party concept is to provide an educational and fun way to celebrate your child’s birthday. Learn while having fun?  A variety of themed parties are available for children ages 5 – 10, including a Farm Hoe Down and an Indian Pow Wow.

178 Route 206
Hillsborough, NJ 08844
(908) 874-3301
Website: www.paramountgym.com
Types: Offering Private or Semi-Private parties, including the popular Survivor Games party

394 Route 31
West Amwell, NJ 08551
(609) 466-3803
Website: www.pinecreekgolf.com
Note: Our 2 challenging courses are similar, but the Upper Course is a little shorter, so we suggest that course for children under the age of 9.

2350 Route 33 #B-109
Robbinsville, NJ 08691
(609) 920-9264
Website: www.pinkytoespartypalace.com
Types:: Choose from themes such as Fairy Princess Tea Party, Princess Tea Party or Slumber Tea Party or create your own.

80 Scotts Corner Road
Cranbury, NJ 08512
(609) 897-9400
Website: www.njaudubon.org
Types:: Choose from themes such as Live Animals, Sensory Safari, Nature Detectives, Animal Tracking and more.

23 West Delaware Avenue
Pennington, NJ 08534
(609) 818-0105
Website: www.pottersalley.com
Note:  Birthday parties are usually hosted Saturdays: 11:00-1:00pm, 2:00-4:00pm & 5:00-7:00pm.  Sundays: 1:00-3:00pm & 4:00-6:00pm. Weekdays are flexible according to availability.

59 Paul Robeson Place
Princeton, NJ 08540
(609) 497-9622
Website: www.princetonymca.org
Types: Basic Party, Party Plus, Birthday Splash Party, Sports Birthday Party

4260 Rt 1 North
Monmouth Jct., NJ 08852
(732) 230-3944
Website: www.princetonP3.com/
Note: Basic Birthday Package includes 14 children and 2 hours of supervised playtime, Posh Birthday Party Packages available as well.

1000 Cornwall Road
Monmouth Junction, NJ 08852
(732) 940-6800
Website: www.princetonsportscenter.com
Types: Celebrate your child’s birthday with an ice skating party.

98 Nassau Street #3
Princeton, New Jersey 08542
(609) 902-3637
Website: www.princetontourcompany.com
Types: From an Amazing Race bicycle tour to an Ice Cream tasting tour, Princeton Tour Company will create birthday parties to suit your needs.

8 Commerce Way
Suite 135
Hamilton, NJ 08691
(609) 586-5577
Website: www.pumpitupparty.com
Types: Enjoy a bouncing, sliding, ecstatic extravaganza! Jump into your own private arenas filled with gigantically fun inflatables. Parties include a private party room.

(609) 638-8275
Website: www.quickball.com
Type: Unique, action-packed baseball themed event in which participants play up to 4 different, unique versions of baseball on a customized mini baseball field with kid-friendly, safe balls and wiffle-ball style bat. Fun, excitement, and action lead the way as children play different versions of baseball including a Quickball version of Home Run Derby. It’s a year round event.

4 Hulfish St
Princeton, NJ 08542
(609) 683-5100
Website: www.redgreenblueonline.com
Note: Parties are hosted on Fridays: 4:00 pm, 7:00 pm, Saturdays: 11:00 pm, 2:00 pm, 5:00 pm, Sundays: 11:00 pm, 2:00 pm.

Freehold Raceway Mall
3710 Route 9
Freehold NJ 07728
(732) 431-3876
Website: www.robotgalaxy.com
Types: Partake in a memorable occasion for all. Every kid creates their own robot to take home and receives complimentary robot stickers.

200 Whitehead Road
Hamilton, NJ 08619
(609) 631-7625
Website: www.rockvilleclimbing.com

416 Route 518
Skillman, NJ 08558
(609) 333-0013
Website: www.SaltaJump.com
Types: Enjoy a one and a half hour Birthday Fiesta with colorful parachutes, games, songs, music, instruments and soft play equipment for children ages 1 – 6.

1880 Princeton Ave
Lawrencville, NJ 08638
(609) 393-5855
Website: www.schafergymnastics.com/index.php
Types: Gymnastics and Karate parties

80 Spruce Street
Princeton NJ 08542
(917) 453-1451
Website: www.scienceseeds.com
Type: Offering educational parties that are fun and exciting. Choose from one of our existing themes or suggest an activity that you are keen on.

931 Stony Hill Road
Yardley, PA 19067
(215) 968-1670
Website: www.shadybrookfarm.com
Types: Enjoy several party packages offered in the Spring, Summer and Fall.

610 Nassau Park Blvd
Princeton, NJ 08540
(609) 275-6800
Website: www.snipits.com
Type: A variety of parties for girls “Glamour Party”, ” Hollywood Party” and “Style a Doll Party”.

A Family Entertainment Center & Beyond
1595 Reed Rd, Suite 400
Pennington, NJ 08534
(609) 737-0127

Website: www.solareclipselasertag.com
Type: Enjoy laser tag in a 9500 sq ft State of the Art Facility with a 4500 sq ft 2 Level Arena, New Bounce Room, 3 Party room and a Large Arcade with All New Games. Bounce Room and Sandy Candy Parties available.

217 Clarksville Road
West Windsor, NJ
(609) 716-6200
Website: www.thatpotteryplace.biz
Note: Party times are Saturday and Sunday: 12:00pm – 1:30pm, 2:00pm – 3:30pm, 4.00pm – 5.30pm. Weekdays: Flexible. Party Duration: 1.5 Hours

34 Second Street
Hopewell, NJ 08525
(609) 466-2637
Website: www.theclaygarden.com
Age Range: 5 years and older
Types: Make your own pottery parties

10 Vreeland Drive
Skillman, NJ 08558
(609) 252-0711
Website: www.dancefactory1.com
Types: Custom-themed parties for all ages including High School Musical, Beach Party, Luau, Dance with your Doll and more.

41 Witherspoon Street
Princeton, NJ 08542
(609) 921-8050
Website: www.beadnow.com
Types: Beading parties for children ages 7 and up. Party guests create a necklace of their own design under the guidance of our expert teachers.
Note: The parties take place on Saturday or Sunday mornings before the store opens so the partygoers have privacy and are given our full attention.

330 Cold Soil Road
Princeton, NJ 08540
(609) 924-2310
Website: www.terhuneorchards.com
Type: Wagon Ride & Party Snack, can also have a face painter and pony rides

Town Place Shopping Center
3562 State Route 27
Kendall Park, NJ 08824
(732) 955-2005
Website: www.uptownplayaround.com

(732) 718-4189
Website: www.dynamicfitkids.com
Type: Fitness parties at your location. Select from the following themes: FitKids Gym, FitKids Games, FitKids Circus, FitKids Silly Sports, Space Explorers or Olympic Adventure.

“You’re so lucky” my kids’ friends often tell them, “your mom is a chef so you must be eating yummy food all the time!”

Well, depends who you ask. My three kids represent the whole spectrum of children’s attitudes toward food. My eight year old son eats everything; his 10 year old sister would cautiously try many foods and sometimes would stick with one of them. His twin sister, a self-proclaimed “pizzavore”, won’t eat anything that’s not pure white carbohydrates.

So you see, I don’t have any magic trick up my sleeves to get kids to eat healthy. I think this is just like any other learning process. It takes time and patience and most importantly – it is best learned by example. The same way kids pick up on our other habits (for better or worse), eventually they will eat the way we eat.

In the meantime I cook “middle of the road” foods and then tweak them to please all ages. For example my veal meatballs: I serve them to my kids over pasta and for me on a bed of vegetables that I roasted along with the meatballs. I have also found that if I use a colorful assortment of vegetables, kids are intrigued and ask for a taste.

Veal and Ricotta Meatballs
1 pound ground veal
½ cup ricotta
1 egg
1 cup freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano, plus more for serving
1/2 cup whole wheat bread crumbs
1/4 teaspoon baking soda (to make meat balls fluffy)
1 tablespoon kosher salt, or as needed
freshly ground black pepper
4 cups mild jarred tomato sauce

For vegetables
2 cups assorted colorful vegetables (such as peppers, broccoli, carrots) cut into 1 inch chunks. Frozen veggies do just fine.
1-3 tablespoons olive oil
Salt and pepper to taste

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Spray a large roasting pan with olive oil

Combine all meatballs ingredients except sauce in a bowl and mix with hands until completely smooth and homogenized, about 4 minutes. If you don’t like to touch raw meat, use disposable gloves from the pharmacy. Cover and chill before shaping into meatballs.

In the meantime prepare vegetables for roasting. Mix them with oil and salt on the roasting pan spread them evenly and place in the oven to start cooking.

Gently form meat mixture into nine balls. It helps to do it with slightly wet hands. Pull the baking sheet off the oven and place meat balls on vegetables. Roast for about 20-30 minutes – until meat balls are cooked through and vegetables are soft.

Meanwhile, heat sauce in pot over medium-low heat and when meatballs are done, remove them from pan and add to sauce. Serve meatballs in sauce alone, or over pasta, with grated Parmigiano-Reggiano passed separately. Serve the vegetables in a separate serving dish.

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