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White Trash Cooking (It’s A Real Cookbook!)

February 3, 2012
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I am an avid fan of cookbooks. I love reading through the pages, looking at the photos and trying new recipes. I have my mom’s old cookbooks, cookbooks I’ve picked up at thrift stores and even some of my grandmother’s. By far, one of my favorite cookbooks to flip through – though I have yet [...]

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The Cake Mix Doctor Cookbook Makes Baking Fun

February 2, 2012
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I love to bake and make sweet treats. I’m the person that always brings dessert to a potluck or get together. It’s not that I don’t like cooking anything else, it is just that I love trying new recipes and for some reason I always have lots of sweet recipes that I want to try [...]

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You Will Love Shel Silverstein’s Newest Book: Every Thing On It

January 10, 2012
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I know, I know…I might be a little slow. I somehow missed the fact that back in September, a new book written by one of my favorite authors, Shel Silverstein, was released. It’s called Every Thing On It. Everything On It is full of recently found poems and drawings. It is only the second original [...]

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Elf on the Shelf: How Santa Really Knows Who’s Naughty or Nice

December 15, 2011
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Right around Thanksgiving, I started threatening the kids that Santa Claus wouldn’t bring them presents if they were bad. It didn’t take long before my 4-year old started asking questions: How does Santa know if we’re being bad? and How can he see us? I told them that I sent Santa a weekly email and [...]

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JibJab Books Make Your Child The Star Of The Show!

November 7, 2011
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I am always on the lookout for products that can be personalized. The reason I like personalized products is because I feel that involving my children’s names/faces/likes/dislikes makes them feel more responsible for taking good care of them – it seems it’s true in our house, anyways! Which is why I was excited to find [...]

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JustKidsGifts.com: It’s Really Just For Kids!

October 26, 2011
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When I was a kid, one of the best gifts I ever got was a book about Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. But it wasn’t because it was about Snow White that I liked it; my mom had ordered a personalized book for me and it had my name, sibling’s names, friends, and my [...]

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Teach Your Child A New Language With Little Pim

October 6, 2011
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One of my son’s favorite cartoons is Dora the Explorer, and I’m amazed by how much Spanish he is picking up from the show! He has told me that he wants to learn to “talk like Dora,” which of course makes me very happy! Which is why I was also excited to learn about Little [...]

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Happy Chaos: Soleil Moon Frye’s New Book

October 4, 2011
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Have you heard about the book written by Soleil Moon Frye titled: Happy Chaos: From Punky to Parenting and My Perfectly Imperfect Adventures In Between? It’s the first parenting book she’s written, and the title fits perfectly in her life. “Happy chaos is a sign of a family operating at its best—when parents accept that they’ll [...]

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Nurture Your Child’s Love Of Nature With National Geographic Little Kids

September 14, 2011
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One thing that all three of my children agree on is a love of animals. They will never all sit still long enough to do anything…unless it involves watching or learning about animals. And that’s why National Geographic Little Kidsis a must-have for our home. I am and always been totally mesmerized by National Geographic. [...]

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Capture Your Baby’s First Year In Pictures

September 2, 2011
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If you are not savvy with a camera, then you know how disappointing it can be to look through pictures that you’ve taken only to realize that most of them are horrible — and that those moments are gone forever. And if you are not a professional photographer, trying to capture your baby’s first year [...]

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New Baby On The Way? You’re Going To Need Some Help

July 1, 2011
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You just had a new baby. You’re tired. Worn out. Not all together with it. But while you are in the hospital, you really don’t have to worry about schedules. The nurses will come in and wake you (if the baby hasn’t already) when it’s time to feed. They bring you any medication you and/or [...]

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