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![Holiday Gift Guide: New from Littlest Pet Shop…Fairies! #holidaygiftguide #toys [#Giveaway ends 12/20]](http://www.musingsfromme.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Littlest-Pet-Shop-Fairies.jpg)
My daughter squealed with delight. She was opening her birthday gifts. I could see her face light up. She couldn’t contain her excitement. One of her best friends had given her the perfect gift. What was the gift? The gift was a teeny tiny pet from the Littlest Pet Shop collection. That one toy...
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My 2012 Musings from Me Holiday Gift Guide is in full swing. With each year, I get more organized. At some point I will figure out how to get all the posts on the same page, but until putting the links in one blog post will have to do. Oh well. Enjoy the 2012...
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I’m always on the lookout for a game we can play as a family. With two teens, a kid, a mom and dad, we practically have to schedule family time. I look back fondly to the days when we were all in on a Friday or Saturday night. Now one or other of my...
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I’m not what you would call a watcher of action/adventure movies. My dad is all about movies with fast-paced car chases while my mother is all about movies where nothing happens. My husband likes movies with action, and so do the kids. But I am happy with a family drama or mystery thriller type...
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![Holiday Gift Guide: Treat the Family to a Festive Feast [#Giveaway for $50 @KFC_Colonel Chicken Checks ends 12/14/2012]](http://www.musingsfromme.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Festive-Feast-Collage-300x300.jpg)
The day after a holiday is tough. Getting back in to the swing of things after a holiday is sometimes trying. Sometimes the day after a holiday is a day back at work/school, as in the case of July 4. Those holidays are about the ups and downs…the high of having a day off...
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![Holiday Gift Guide: Classic Family Kids’ Card Games with a Farmville Twist #holidaygiftguide #toys [#Giveaway ends 12/20]](http://www.musingsfromme.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Farmville-Go-Fish.jpg)
When my oldest was three or four, I bought a Memory game. The Memory cards were simple. The images on the cards were pictures of animals, fruit, recognizable household objects, and toys. We played that game so many times. She never got tired of it. I enjoyed watching her face as she found a...
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The excitement of watching a kid open a gift is infectious. The eyes widen. The mouth goes slack. You can’t get the child’s attention. The kid is completely consumed by the package. “What is in the package?” “How can I open it as quickly as possible?” “Why is it even wrapped!?” “I want it...
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When I first started writing my blog, I wrote posts about my family’s adventures. At some point in my blogging journey…perhaps 6 months after I started my blog…I began doing product reviews. From product reviews I moved to doing giveaways of the products I loved...
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![Perfect for Sharing…Hickory Farms Gift Baskets [Giveaway ends 12/2/2012]](http://www.musingsfromme.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Pack-and-Go-Picnic-Tote-300x250.jpg)
Turkey, stuffing, and side dishes is what most love about Thanksgiving. I love all the holiday foods too. I can sink in to a turkey-induced coma as quickly as the next person. However, I am a strategic eater. I gorge on turkey and all the trimmings, but always leave a little spot open. When...
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I’m not ashamed to admit that when my children were babies, toddlers, and preschoolers I LONGED for them to go to full day school. The school bus would appear on our street each morning and afternoon. As I was talking to my children about the kids on the bus, the wheels on the bus,...
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