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First Dance #WordlessWednesday Linky
Posting this picture super fast because when she gets in from martial arts and sees I posted this on my blog she’ll kick my butt. (totally kidding, sort of) This past week my oldest daughter had her first ever boy-girl dance at school. Sigh. I remember when it was us two dancing around the living room to Raffi. Blink. There goes your heart dancing out the door with some boy.
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Cuisinart Sparkling Beverage Maker Review
This past mont, I have been cataloguing my recommendations in Thriftymommastips Gift Guide. Many have been toys and a great number of the gifts have been specifically for girls and tween girls. Today’s idea is a beverage maker for adults. The Cuisinart Sparkling Beverage Maker is a toy for adults. And it is perfect for this season. The New Beverage Maker Makes a Great Gift The Cuisinart Sparkling Beverage Maker is a gift that begs to be opened early. Entertaining at all this year? Then this Cuisinart gem will add the sparkle and fizz to any occasion. Shop.CA sent this fantastic mystery package over here last Friday. Shop.CA offers your…
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Amazing Superhero Gifts for Boys #TMMGG2013
Iron Man and Hulk: Heroes United (Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy) Marvel Iron Man and Hulk Heroes United special edition DVD and Blu-Ray arrived here last week from Disney. Actually, although this movie is listed here under superhero gifts for boys and is the latest edition in my gift guide, my daughter has always been a massive superhero fan. She has a cool Iron Man costume and mask and frequently wears them with a dress. She’s quirky like that. So, I was excited to see what she thought of the Hulk portion of this new animated video. It’s been several days since we first opened this and she is…
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Deck The Walls: 3M Command Strips $150 #Giveaway
This is the story of how 3 M Command Strips helped me ditch the Grinch and embrace my Christmas spirit. As a lot of you know, we are moving. Well, we’ve done a lot of removations over the past 3-4 months. We redid a bathroom and renovated a kitchen. We painted and decluttered and we finished floors in order to sell our home fast. And it sold. Hurray! But decluttering meant everything came off the walls and pictures went into storage and while that’s all okay, here we are at Christmas. And I have frankly spent a lot of money getting this home ready to sell and then I spent…
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Christmas Cash #HolidayCashGiveaway
This awesome Holiday giveaway for $205 USD PayPal cash is open World Wide from Dec. 5- Dec 19th. Winner will be emailed as soon as chosen and will have 48 hours to respond before a new winner is chosen. All entries will be verified, so please ensure you are completing the ones you are committing to! Thank you to Ninja Mommers (http://www.ninjamommers.com/) and Ginger Mommy http://talesofarantingginger.com/) for Hosting this awesome giveaway! Good Luck! This giveaway is not sponsored by PayPal. Good luck! Wouldn’t it be great to win that prize right before Christmas? Entry-Form
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My Top Five Family Christmas Movies
This time of year we love to take the afternoon or evening and watch Family Christmas movies together. Are you the same way? There’s something super festive about watching Christmas movies together as a family. If your family is at all like mine, then Christmas is a great opportunity to snuggle, take a break, pop some popcorn, and plan a movie night. Who wants to go out after eating all that turkey? I’d much rather cuddle and watch something fun before Christmas too. Wrapping presents and decorating the tree is always a good time to share a special movie. In the spirit of Christmas and spending time together with family…
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For My New Home #WordlessWednesday Linky
We are moving, as some of you know already. This week I went shopping at an event #Struttour13 and Homesense was one of the sponsors. This is what I choose to decorate the walls of my new home. I love the one on the left for one of the girl’s rooms. I used to sing that to them all the time as little people. This is a Wordless Wednesday post.
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Mallorie’s Story: When All You Want for Christmas is the Chance to Conceive
This is Mallorie’s story. I am leaving it in her words because it is her story of infertility and it deserves to be heard. She and her husband only wanted a chance to conceive. Unfortunately this Christmas, this Arnprior, Ontario couple is still waiting to become parents and hoping for the chance to conceive. Waiting for Health Care Treatment The health care treatment that has been recommended to them is in vitro fertilization with ICSI (intracytoplasmic sperm injection). In Ontario there is no OHIP coverage for in vitro fertilization or ICSI. If this couple lived in Quebec they’d be covered and able to pursue three rounds…
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Best Gifts for Girls – Bitty Twins #TMMGG2013
No secret here that we love American Girl dolls, accessories and outfits. As a child I would have been all over these sweet twin dolls. It was this summer at Blogher 13 when this Canadian Mama first experienced American Girl on the Magnificent Mile in Chicago. American Girl gave us a party experience to remember with pretty American Girl foods and the shopping experience too. I fully anticipate bringing my girls to this amazing store one day soon. Maybe 2014 will be the year for them to experience Chicago. The American Girl craftsmanship here is exquisite and the lovely thing about Bitty Twins is that you can choose the matching…
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Anything #TMMGG2013
Who knew that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles which were hot years ago would end up staging a huge comeback in 2013? We received these back in the summer when I went to the toy show Sweet Suite at Blogher 13 in Chicago. My girls, who do martial arts, had already been watching the movies and the TV shows for weeks at that point. So these guys, TMNT Flingers were a crazy hit. I knew I couldn’t hold them back until Christmas. Now, listen up because these guys are all the rage and will be hot this Christmas. Donatello and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Raphael are my kids favourites. They enjoy…