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BJ’s 2011 Toy Catalog Gives Parents Great Gift Ideas and Great Prices!

December 12, 2011 Gifts

I have to admit that I’m struggling a bit with buying Christmas gifts for the kids this year. My kids are 12 and 5. My 5 year old has all the toys she could possibly need because we kept most of our 12 year old’s cool toys and handed them down to her. My 12 year

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Join me at the ‘Holiday Style’ #SearsChat and Sweepstakes this Monday!

December 10, 2011 Twitter Parties

Your gifts are wrapped and the cookies are baked but is your wardrobe ready for the holiday season? Join us on Twitter Monday night from 7pm- 8:30pm CT for a Holiday Fashion edition of #SearsChat and a chance to win Sears gift cards! Our hosts @Sears, @SearsStyle and co-hosts @StacieInAtlanta, @Crissy, @JollyMom and @MommyInsider (and some other special guests TBD!) will be talking everything

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Join me at the Special ‘Countdown to Christmas’ #KmartChat & Sweepstakes this Sunday!

December 10, 2011 New posts

The holidays are in full swing and so is holiday shopping. Are you going to be ready by Christmas? Join @Kmart on Twitter this Sunday from 7-8:30pm CT (8-9:30pm EST) and get organized as the countdown to Christmas continues. Follow @Kmart and @KmartDeals and use the hashtags #KmartChat to join. Join @Kmart, @mommyinsider and other co-hosts @StacieInAtlanta, @Crissy, @JollyMom (and some other special guests TBD!) as

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Shutterfly Holiday Cards – it’s not too early to get started on your holiday cards!

November 10, 2010 Holiday

I can’t believe it but we have NEVER had a professional family portrait taken. One of my all time favorite family photographs was one that my mother took of Tim, Sebastian and I (pre-Madelyn years) in front of the Christmas tree. So, I printed a million of them and put them in Christmas cards. I

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I took a whole week off! Back to life now

December 26, 2009 Holiday

I realized a few minutes ago that it’s Saturday which means that I took a whole week off of work, a first in many years. Even while on vacation I usually have my laptop with me, answer emails, write posts on The Mommy Insider and my other site Atlanta Moms, and I have even been

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KidzBop 16 & Christmas CD reviews and giveaway

December 8, 2009 Contests

My kids love music. whether it’s making music or listening to it. I prefer it when they are listening not making. It gets a little loud and when my 10 and 3 year olds try to form a band in the kitchen. We’ve been listening to KidzBop 16 a lot lately and I’ll tell you

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The Santa Bribe.. Happening now and not working

December 6, 2009 Holiday

I feel bad that I am in the process (I’m laying in her bed as I type this on my iphone) of bribing my 3 year old to take a nap by saying that Santa brings gifts to sweet girls not naughty girls. I didn’t do that with my now 10 year old when he

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