Kids Chicago - December 22, 2008

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Trader Vic’s Cherry Berry Cocktail Recipe

Your peanut has OD’d on eggnog. Offer her something else to swig. Trader Vic’s has concocted an exclusive kiddie drink to wet little whistles.

Cherry Berry Cocktail

Ingredients
2 tbsp. pomegranate seeds
3 oz. cranberry juice
1 oz. pineapple juice
¼ oz. lemon juice
½ oz. cherry syrup
½ oz. grenadine
7-Up (to taste)
Maraschino cherries
Mint sprig

1. Mix pomegranate seeds; cranberry, pineapple, and lemon juices; cherry syrup; and grenadine in a kid-safe cup.

2. Add a splash of 7-Up for a little fizz.

3. Garnish with skewered cherries and mint.

4. Toast the holidays.

Now nobody has egg on her face.

Celebrate the season with more sweet drinks at Trader Vic’s, 1030 North State Street, at Bellevue Place (312-642-6500 or tradervicschicago.com).

This Week for Kids

ENTER
Design a Chicago Playground Contest
What: Submit ideas for the layout of the Allstate Little Hands U.S. Olympic Playground in Chicago’s Jesse Owens Park; winners get savings bonds, free sports equipment, and other loot.
Why: You’re in the swing of things.
When: Thru Jan. 31.
Where: Online at yourplayground.org.

FROLIC
Snow Much Fun
What: Winter exhibit lets you ice skate in socks, dress a faux snowman, and build a fort.
Why: Take a chill pill.
When: Thru Jan. 4. Sun.-Tues., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Wed., 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; Fri. & Sat., 10 a.m.-8 p.m.
Where: Chicago Children’s Museum, Navy Pier, 700 E. Grand Ave., at Lake Shore Dr. (312-527-1000).

PLAY
Mayor Daley’s Holiday Sports Fest
What: Bowl, golf, wrestle, skateboard, and play badminton, volleyball, football, and more in a wide-open arena.
Why: It’s a score.
When: Sat.-Dec. 29. Daily, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Where: McCormick Place, 2301 S. Martin Luther King Dr., at Lake Shore Dr., halls a & b (312-744-3370).