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Conde Nast has introduced parents to new way to organize Christmas. No more sticky notes here, there and everywhere to say who was told what wish list item, and no more risk of kids seeing what you might be buying- Santa’s Hideout lets kids enter their wish list, parents can edit, and family and friends can see exactly what it…
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I love fresh flowers. If only I could save the flowers from our yard and the farm stand up the road through the winter- I’d be so happy. There’s just something so wonderful about having fresh flowers in the house!! I don’t often have the occasion to send flowers, but when I do, its usually Teleflora that I turn to-…
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You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll laugh some more, and you will maybe even fall in love with a guy named Walter. I have seen The Muppets on the big screen, loved every corny joke-filled, sweet story, goofy trick, song and dance routine-filled minute of it. From the surprise (!!) Toy Story short at the beginning of the film (hilarious) to…
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Captain America The First Avenger Disc Launching Shield is going to be a HUGE hit with little boys. As if Captain America himself isn’t cool already, now he’s got a super cool shield that also launches discs. What a fun outside toy (maybe inside some places, but not my house. Too small!!) and a great way to build on imaginative…
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P&G has another film in their Family Movie Night Series called Game of Your Life. Game of Your Life premieres on Friday, December 2 on NBC at 8pm ET/7pm CT. Lea Thompson is a favorite actress of mine so I had a feeling I’d enjoy this movie a little bit more with her in it, and while that’s true, I…
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Remember when your grandparents (um, I am getting older. Maybe your great grandparents?) used to go on vacations, and they’d come home and get all of these great slides made up to show everyone their trip memories? Or the old home movies from Uncle Bob that you have no way to watch anymore, but can’t bear to part with? The…
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