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    Oliver’s Labels Room-eez #Giveaway

    November 6, 2012 - By 

    Remember this review back here. This Room-eez removable personalized decorative wall decal made my daughter’s day when we reviewed it on thriftymommastips.com one month ago. She has a unique name and she is a karate ninja girl so let’s just say it’s unusual to find anything personalized that makes sense for Ainsley. Oliver’s Labels Room-eez fit the bill perfectly. They have the cutest personalized growth charts and wall decals and they are super simple to create.  When you log in to their site, you get this little popup window that shows you the colors available and the little animated figure…

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    Celebrating Baby Milestones with #NatrelBaboo

    November 5, 2012 - By 

    Guest post by my baby blogger – Brooke Looking back, the first year with my first child was a breeze. I thought that was normal. At the time I thought it was hard, and being sleep deprived wasn’t easy, but in terms of what to expect? Easy. We called him our text book baby. If the books said they were fussy at 6 weeks, guess what? He was fussy at 6 weeks. He sat up, crawled, walked, talked exactly as expected. I could prepare myself for what was coming next and look forward to him learning these new skills. When…

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    Cooking With Kids–Delicious Lemon Thyme Pork Tenderloin

    November 1, 2012 - By 

    Pork Tenderloin is always a huge hit here. So it doesn’t take much work to dress it up for my kids and make it a great family meal. This is my Cooking With Kids recipe for this week and yes, the kids helped a bit, but this is a recipe you need to be careful with, because raw meat can be dangerous if not handled correctly. I wish I could convey how amazingly delicious this is. Start with Pork tenderloin. Plain. Vegetable oil or olive oil and Clubhouse Flavourful Recipe Mix Lemon Thyme Pork. Take the pork tenderloin and roll…

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    Great Chocolate Treats: Friendships and Fixing Bad Days #KinderMOM

    October 30, 2012 - By 

    My kids have clearly hit the October/November blahs at school. They leave in the morning a bit slower than they did in September and they have been coming home a lot less cheery than when the sun was out in full force. My one daughter is having some challenges with getting there again and she is upset often on returning home. There have been some issues with some other kids in class that are not easy to solve at all. This weighs heavily on a sensitive anxious child. The other day a big box of Kindersurprises arrived and I was…

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    Infertility Story – An Interview and Guest Post #OHIP4IVF #Onpoli

    October 29, 2012 - By 

    Ultrasound picture courtesy of Wiki images This is a piece that has been written by a friend of mine who lives in Ontario and went through in vitro fertilization (IVF) after infertility. I asked her to write it as a guest post for me here on thriftymommastips.com because she has always been extremely supportive of the Conceivable Dreams goal to grow awareness of the human and financial impact of infertility in Ontario. She supports the campaign to get OHIP funding for in vitro fertilization. Jane, and her husband, never told their parents about their battle with infertility and the arduous process…

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    Best Apple Cinnamon Butternut Squash Soup

    October 25, 2012 - By 

    If it’s autumn here it’s all about the squash. I don’t like much about autumn transitions, but the food is amazing. Butternut squash and apples and corn and pumpkin pie are some seasonal favourites. So when I found this recipe for Apple Cinnamon Butternut Squash Soup on Life Made Delicious I was keen to try it. Now, the kids didn’t help much with this one because they were at school when I made it, but Thursday is my Cooking With Kids segment and soups and stews are always a hit with my kids. I anticipate they will give this a…

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    Win Smashbox Beautiful Eye Makeup #Halloweenhoppin #giveaway

    October 25, 2012 - By 

    Welcome to Hoppin’ Halloween Giveaway Hop hosted by MamaNYC! Thriftymommastips.com is taking part in this party and bloghop offering you a crack at over 90 prizes. There is also one special Smashbox prize. This year I tested out the Smashbox Photofinish Undereye Primer and I can’t stress how special and unique this product it. I love all Smashbox products. I am never sure what the secret is exactly but the shades of colours that are mixed for this undereye primer somehow eliminate magically all the bags and circles and shades of grey that dull down your gorgeous eyes. We all…

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    Go Big or Go Home – Five Things I Learned from Kate White of Cosmo Fame

    October 24, 2012 - By 

      Kate White, editor in chief of Cosmopolitan magazine, one of the world’s sexiest women’s magazines for many decades, was one of the greatest highlights of my conference experience and women’s networking sessions this past weekend.   White left her position as editor in chief just last month. She has since hit the book tour and speaking circuit with her new book, I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This: Success Secrets Every Gutsy Girl Should Know. This past weekend she gave a keynote address at She’s Connected in Toronto, a conference where brands and bloggers meet. It was, for me, one…

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    Mary Tyler Moore Moment–#WordlessWednesday #fashion

    October 23, 2012 - By 

    Hats. My girl loves hats. I adore that she has strong fashion sense already and frankly this little picture was her Mary Tyler Moore moment. I couldn’t resist snapping. For several years I could have sworn this child was fashion dyslexic, but lately she has turned that theory on its head. So Hats off to you! Tiny fashionista. Wordless Wednesday is a hop and a photography meme. Link up at one of the many sites that host the #WW linkys.