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    Best Birthday Gifts for Crafty Kids: Kiwi Crate Review

    March 8, 2013 - By 

      I was going to show you the web site for Kiwi Crate, but then I realized I needed to capture how fun this experience is. I spied Kiwi Crate crafting experiences on line, likely in someone’s twitter mentions at some point and realized I really wanted to take a peek under the hood so to speak. So the Faboosh people at Kiwi Crate sent me one this week.  My girls are craft crazy. They always have been. My oldest child at the age of three would endlessly search the house for recyclables to turn into crafts. She has yet…

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    EASY Kids’ DIY No Sew Fleece Blanket

    February 26, 2013 - By 

    So, some days I need to get out in front of that energy before it takes over my house. Back in the winter we started sewing together and she also learned how to knit. Then I was popping around on Pinterest and I spied this great idea. It’s a knotted fleece blanket that is so easy an 8 year old can make it with a little bit of help. Off to the fabric store we went and one day later we had these great and amazing little blankets for each girl. They are completely thrilled and proud and it was…

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    Phineas and Ferb DVD #giveaway

    February 26, 2013 - By 

    Perry!!!! Need I say more. There aren’t many characters I enjoy as much as my kids do, but this guy is the bomb. Do people still say that? Not sure. Anyways, let’s all celebrate this new release of Phineas and Ferb with a giveaway here on thriftymommastips.com.  How well do you really know your pet…or ANY animal? Behind a cute and/or cuddly exterior there may lurk a cunning crime-fighter with a brown fedora, a top-secret identity and a license to thrill! Meet the heroic Animal Agents of the O.W.C.A. (Organization Without A Cool Acronym) Join Perry the Platypus – a.k.a.…

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    Infertility Is Not a Choice – Unexplained Infertility #IVF4ON #onpoli

    February 23, 2013 - By 

    Danielle Xavier, Conceivable Dreams board member, 30. I proudly wear this button on my blog and I will tell you why. Building safe families, healthy families in the province of Ontario is an issue that should be non partisan. It should be front and centre every day. It should be the most important item on every party agenda. Plain and simple. Families are economic engines, building blocks, voters and future voters. This week a flurry of articles and TV segments ran on infertility – they framed the issue as one impacting only women. Families and men were absent from the…

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    adoption and tweens - family - Parenting

    Navigating Adoption and the Tween Years

    February 21, 2013 - By 

    Just 11 short years ago, my oldest daughter could be picked up and carried around. Sigh. Now she’s a tween. Let me just say the tween years are clearly preparation for the teen years ahead. But adoption and the tween years, well that’s just a special planet in the parenting journey. And me with Payton last summer at a Dove event. My kids are all sorts of awesome. Except when they are not. Sound familiar? I’m not complaining, because I love them, all the time, even when they are not particularly loving. Anyways I slept very poorly last night which…

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    OZ Preview

    February 20, 2013 - By 

    Is this movie one you can’t wait to see? Well, I know my kids are really excited about it. My husband is a bit concerned that flying monkeys may be scary, but I think it looks too good to miss. Can’t wait for the release of OZ.

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    family - parenting - Travel

    Where Will You Go This March Break? #Linkedmoms

    February 20, 2013 - By 

    My Daughter after her last play It’s almost time. Can you believe it? How is it possible that it’s almost March Break?  Well, regardless of where the last two months have gone, the fact is March Break is right around the corner and what on earth are you to do with all that spare time? (Chuckle) Well, there isn’t any spare time here. For sure. My oldest daughter performs with Original Kids and she is in the March break run of The Little Mermaid Junior Musical. So we have been there every week for the last two months – three…

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    #WordlessWednesday – Singing Linky

    February 20, 2013 - By 

    These are my girls. The oldest one auditioned last week to sing the national anthem at the World Figure Skating Championships. She sang beautifully and was one of only two kids who applied to do the gig. Wish her luck! I never could have done that as a child. I was a proud mom this weekend.

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    Tria Beauty Series – Post 3 – Home Hair Removal Tips

    February 19, 2013 - By 

    Well, I have been at this Tria Home Hair Removal Laser 4X routine for over one month now and I have picked up a few tips to pass on to those who will be looking to buy a Tria for themselves. The Tria is a fabulous invention providing dermatologist services right in your own home. I use it almost every morning and it fits handily into my morning beauty routine without adding a whole lot of time to the process. I will soon be posting my giveaway for one of these incredible little gadgets. So keep reading. In the first…