Get your forks ready and your favorite restaurant on speed dial. Monday is the day when reservations become available for the highly anticipated Winter 2009 NYC Restaurant Week. These hard to get spaces are the cream of the NYC foodie crop so make your reservations right now!

Take advantage of your baby’s portability while you can and sign up for a free trial of the Salsa Babies class at DramaZone. With your babe snuggled safely in a carrier, learn basic steps to popular Latin dances and get some exercise at the same time!

At the NYCNDA Mommy & Me class in Soho, mothers and babies will bond through song and hand play. Basic Japanese language skills are required for the class (children’s picture books will be read as part of the class and you want to know what’s going on, after all).

If you have a hankering for something warm and sweet, make sure to hunt down the Wafels & Dinges truck (that’s “Waffles and Stuff” for non-Belgian speakers). The truck specializes in Belgian waffles with plenty of amazing toppings. Try the Lieges, the Brussels, and the Belgian chocolate-fudge.

The New York Times plays host to hundreds of events as part of their Arts and Leisure Weekend, but the best bang for your buck comes from the discounts you can get at museums, movies and Broadway shows as part of the festivities. Make a point to plan a family outing for some much-needed cultural awareness.

If you can’t make it to the parade on Three Kings Day, check out the celebration at El Museo del Barrio. The festival features traditional parranda songs, live camels and floats, and theatre play inspired by the Mexican tradition of pastorelas.

Are Spruce needles starting to get stuck in your vacuum? Bring your dying tree to a designated city park (and there are loads of them to choose from in all five boroughs) and the trees will be recycled into mulch at Mulchfest 2009.