Monthly Archives: December 2010

Princess HeartWings Pillow + Giveaway!

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Heart Wings PillowsKids love pillows. My kids can’t get enough of them. They each have a few regular pillows, Pillow Pets, and my Boy Scout son even has a blow up pillow.. for camping. Here is yet another pillow that will soon be on Madelyn’s bed I’m sure. Pure and fun, Heart Wings Pillows embrace girls of every color and nationality.
Heart Wings’ colorful pillows will surprise and delight any little girl on your list for gift giving. Cheery and filled with fantasy, this pillow will give comfort and support as well as inspiring a little girl to believe each of us is a princess in our own special way. A special card with positive affirmations is placed in the pocket of each pillow that will inspire any girl to go for her dreams and never give up hope!

The pillow is 32 inches wide from tip to tip and 10 inches tall at the tallest part of the heart.

Heart Wings Pillows make great holiday gifts!

Price: About $26

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GIVEAWAY!

We are giving 4 lucky readers a Heart Wings Princess Pillow.

Entries accepted through December 16th.

Extra entries – mention our giveaway on your blog, Twitter, and/or Facebook page for 2 extra entries for each action!

Tweet this: “I entered to win a Heart Wings Princess Pillow from The Mommy Insider.  You can enter too, here: http://ow.ly/3m0aK!”

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Hilarious and True article by Elizabeth at DaMomma: “The Safe List — And Why You’re Not On It”

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I saw the above Tweet this afternoon for an article featured on BlogHer so I jumped over to the article and unlike a lot of articles I come across, I actually read it in it’s entirety. It’s hilarious and true.. for me at at least. The article titled “The Safe List — And Why You’re Not On It“, is written by Elizabeth Soutter author of DaMomma.com, and tells of a series of worries that is often kept silent by many a mom.

Would it be considered offensive if I emailed a link to this article to all of my friends, who’s houses my kids might be invited to?
Just kidding.. I don’t think I’m that paranoid. We are lucky enough to really know most of the parents of the kid’s who’s houses my kid’s might go to (really strange sentence), so I’m not worried about the parents being coke snorters (except for you.. you know who I’m talking about! – just kidding again! – Sudafed is making crazy today), pedophiles, or gun toting freaks. But I love the article all the same and feel some justification in my often paranoid thinking, after having read it.

Brilliant article Elizabeth!

Upcoming Twitter Parties – December 2010

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I’ve been wanting to attend more Twitter parties but couldn’t keep up with them all, so I thought I’d put together a little calendar listing all of the upcoming Twitter parties that I know about.

This is a casual, partial list of Twitter parties. I’m sure I haven’t included nearly all of them so if you know of one or more that I haven’t listed here, email me (alicia@themommyinsider.com) and I will add it when I have a free moment.

Fun Travel Toy – ImagiPLAY Pozimals on sale at Totsy now!

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ImagiPLAY Pozimals - Camel

Here’s another great buy from online sample sale website, Totsy.

Don’t just stand there, let’s get to it.  Strike a pose, there’s nothin’ to it….. with these delightfully fun, irresistible pose-able wooden animals.  Throw one in a purse or stroller to quell “fidgety” situations. Make a statement by displaying them in your favorite pose. Dimensions: 3.25 x 2.5 x 2.5 inches. Recommended for ages 3+.

For over a decade, ImagiPLAY has created high-quality educational toys that inspire children’s imaginations and the desire to explore. With ImagiPLAY’s child safe and earth safe toys, games and collectibles, children enrich their ability to count, learn the alphabet, and identify different animals while gaining a true sense of the world’s beauty and diversity of species.

ImagiPLAY Pozimals make great stocking stuffers and as of right now (9pm 12/6).. can be delivered in time for Christmas when ordered from Totsy.  The ImagiPLAY sale at Totsy ends soon, so hurry!

This is a great toy for travel, church, and restaurants.

Other items on sale at Totsy now include Melissa & Doug wooden toys, Little Miss Matched, and Primigi Infant & Toddler shoes.

Atlanta: Chattahoochee Nature Center – Nature Exchange

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Chattahoochee Nature Center - Nature ExchangeHave you heard about the Nature Exchange at the Chattahoochee Nature Center? This is one of Atlanta’s best kept secrets that shouldn’t be a secret. The Nature Exchange is a cool place where nature lovers of all ages can bring in their collections of shells, rocks, seeds (or almost anything from the natural world) and trade them for new nature items to expand their collection. Since the Nature Exchange opened in June of 2009, well over 3000 people have come in to trade and many more have explored the fascinating nature objects from around the world.

The real secret behind the Nature Exchange is that it’s all about getting outside and learning about nature. The trading value of an object grows based on how the item was responsibly collected, how interested the trader is in the object, how much the trader knows about it and on the effort they took to learn about it. Lots of fun learning tools, from microscopes to rock testing kits, are available to give you a learning boost.

You can learn more about the Nature Exchange at CNC by visiting their website at chattnaturecenter.org/nature-exchange. There you can get ideas about getting started and to learn about the new activities available each month. Better yet, grab your favorite pinecone or polished stone and come out for a visit. The Nature Exchange is included with general admission and is open during regular CNC hours- 10am to 5pm, Monday through Saturday and noon to 5pm on Sundays.

Learn more about Chattahoochee Nature Center on AtlantaMoms.com here.

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