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My son is a giant. O.K. not quite. But he is very tall for his age. At 3 he was mistaken for a 5-year-old. At 5, people assumed he was 8. Lately, people have asked if my 8-year-old is 10 or 11. What?! Being mistaken for an older kid can be onerous. Especially if...
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![Holiday Gift Guide: Can You Solve the Rubik’s Cube? [Giveaway]](http://www.musingsfromme.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Hasbro-Rubiks-Cube1.jpg)
Give me any puzzle. From 500 pieces to 1500 pieces. 3D puzzles. Even those mystery puzzles where you don’t know what the image will be until you start putting the pieces together. You name the puzzle and I will do it. Now there is one puzzle which is befuddles me. This puzzle makes me...
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Christmas break was short this year. Very short. School ended for the kids at 3 p.m. on Friday, December 23rd. The next day was Christmas Eve. The next Christmas Day. The best day for Christmas Day to fall on is a Wednesday. Schools won’t Here are instructions and editorial guidelines for your post: The...
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![Holiday Gift Guide: Taboo [Giveaway]](http://www.musingsfromme.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/CIMG0474-765x1024.jpg)
Last month, I consigned a couple of treasured and much-played-with games. Candyland. Hi Ho Cherry O. Chutes and Ladders. In fact, the Candyland I consigned was out second one. The first game was a battered and tattered from years of use. The Queen Frostine card was much sought after and very dog-eared. With a...
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![Holiday Gift Guide: HTC Status’ One Touch Facebook Share [Giveaway]](http://www.musingsfromme.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/HTC-Status.png)
Ever watched your child perform at the winter concert and forget to share those precious moments with family and friends who couldn’t attend? You may be too enthralled by your child’s performance to worry about posting to Facebook. No matter, carry on doing what you are doing. But, what if you want to post...
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![Holiday Gift Guide: Tonka XT Ricochet Tricksters [Giveaway]](http://www.musingsfromme.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Tonka-XT-Ricochet-Tricksters-RC.jpg)
At a recent Monster Jams, show I was slack jawed at the way the drivers drove those enormous trucks over massive mounds of dirt, around precariously placed barricades, and on top of dirt structures the size of small homes. The show was noisy and fun. The show had me wondering about the offerings in...
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![Holiday Gift Guide: KRE-O Transformers Sentinel Prime Set [Giveaway]](http://www.musingsfromme.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/KRE-O-Transformers-Sentinel-Prime.jpg)
The changing forms. The deep, radio announcer-like voice. The shape shifting from car to robot and robot to car. Until I saw the first Transformers movie, I truly did not “get” the whole Transformers robots thing. The TV show seemed like a hodge podge of animation styles. The voices indistinct. The plot line meaningless....
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Music calms the savage beast…uh…I mean baby. If you have every sat in a car with a squalling crying baby for a long trip you will feel my pain. As the navigator-not-the-driver-on-family-trips, I am the designated hitter with any crises to do with the kids. As the kids moved from the babies and toddlers...
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You know how it is. You find a notepad. Select a working pen. Gather your thoughts. Put pen to paper. Take a breath. Get totally overwhelmed. Take another deeper breath. Decide what needs to go first. Make the first notation on your to do list. Make a second entry. Third entry. Fourth. Fifth. Tenth...
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![Holiday Gift Guide: Lego Pirates of the Carribean [Giveaway]](http://www.musingsfromme.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Lego-Pirates-of-the-Caribbean-Fountain-of-Youth.jpg)
As a kid, I played Lego all the time. I remember creating an entire town of buildings, schools, offices, a zoo, a hospital, and even a police station. I played with this Lego “town” for years and years. It was sadly dismantled on our family’s final move from New Jersey back to England. How...
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