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From time to time I hear something and want to share with you…this is one of those times… Mother & Daughters Instagram Memory Contest L’Oréal Professionnel announced its Instagram Memory contest. Here’s what you do: Post a photo of your mother/daughter moments on Instagram. Use hashtag #ToMyMother or #ToMyDaughter and tag @LOrealProUS to enter. The contest...
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It’s that time of year again. Time to party with 5 Minutes for Mom. 5 Minutes for Mom is hosting the Ultimate Blog Party. I’m happy to participate. I’m no stranger to the 5 Minutes for Mom Ultimate Blog Party. I participated in 2009, and agaiin in 2010. I’m not sure why I didn’t...
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If you have a little kid, you’ll know that when you want them to cooperate when you take a photo, they have no interest and can be quite awkward. But when you are taking a photo and don’t want them in they are uber enthusiastic to get in on the act. I was snapping...
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The last couple of years our NYE plans have been low key. Staying at home. Eating snacks. Playing games. Watching TV. Celebrating the ball drop. Sipping sparkling cider. Shooting off party poppers. Nothing elaborate, but just what we like…good, low key, seizing family time fun. My children are not old enough to have plans...
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![Holiday Gift Guide: Bake Up Sweet Treats with Baking Products from @Safeway [#Giveaway ends 12/24]](http://www.musingsfromme.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Safeway-Baking-Collage-300x300.jpg)
My kids LOVE to bake. They bake for birthdays, holidays, and just because. The older one bakes for friends at school. I don’t know how she carries a tray of cupcakes and her backpack and lunchbox, but she manages somehow. She likes sharing what she bakes with her friends. Two weekends ago, my son...
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![Holiday Gift Guide: Get Moving with Sesame Street TV Kinect #seizingfamilytime #giftguide [Giveaway ends 12/20]](http://www.musingsfromme.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Kinect-Sesame-Street-TV-300x300.jpg)
Many of you reading this post probably rarely sit with your toddler at the family desktop or laptop computer. Your toddler might play a game on your phone or tablet or even on the TV with a game system. You are beside them helping them when they got stuck. Cheering when they play a...
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Picture if you will a family room. There are two small couches. One desk chair. One recliner with a footstool. Two people are sitting in the family happily watching TV. Relaxing. Stretched out. Comfy. Enjoying the relative quiet. Feet up on the coffee table. There’s a patter of footsteps heard by the two people....
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![Holiday Gift Guide: Squeeze a Little Fun in Your Stocking with @GoGosqueeZ #holidaygiftguide [#Giveaway ends 12/20]](http://www.musingsfromme.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/GoGoSqueez-300x142.png)
I was chatting with a friend about holiday traditions. I shared that my mother always put my gifts in a pillowcase at the end of my bed. How do I know this? Because I saw the photos! Don’t worry I had long since stopped believing. What is funny, though, is that my parents continued...
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We’re a book family. We read to the kids all the time when they were little. My oldest would ask for “one more book.” And how could I say no to her sweet request. The middle child stepped it up a notch by adding the ole puppy dog eyes a long with her request...
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Craft time has always been a fun time in our house. While I am not and have never been the mom who gets down on the floor to play with dolls or cars, I love doing crafts with the kids. My daughter was about 1 when I did my first craft with her. Nothing...
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