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    Christmas Stories: Tin Soldier app and game by Big Fish Games

    December 11, 2014 - By 

      Christmas Stories: Tin Soldier app and game made for PC, Mac, iPad and iPhone is a perfect seasonal diversion for almost any age. Christmas Stories: Tin Soldier app and game is a hidden object adventure game that starts with your return from battle. You are a soldier, finding on coming home that the Rat King has turned several people into toys since you left the palace. You must hunt throughout the palace and the city to find puzzle pieces that unlock treasures.   At the outset of this fun game you receive a letter from your friend Albert asking…

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    Vintage Christmas Gift Tags Free Printable

    December 10, 2014 - By 

    Vintage Christmas Gift Tags make super cute embellishments for the gifts under your Christmas tree. There’s still time to print these out and use them this season. Merry Christmas! Are you wrapping presents yet? I confess to being not even close to ready for Christmas, but that said I have so many amazing printables I have found on line that I know where I will be going when I need Christmas tags and crafts and colouring pages. My Gift to You This is my gift to you this year. These Vintage Christmas Gift Tags were made by my friend Kristen…

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    Hoover Air Upright Cordless Vacuum #Giveaway #TMMGG2014

    December 6, 2014 - By 

    Meet my new dance partner. I am actually not the world’s biggest cleaning fan. Happily my husband doesn’t seem to mind and often takes over the dishes, laundry and vacuuming.But this beautiful cordless vacuum has me changing my tune. The Hoover Air Cordless Upright provides fifty minutes of cleaning and good suction power. It’s a full-size cordless, cyclonic vacuum that can clean your whole home using lithium-ion battery technology. The vacuum comes with two LithiumLife batteries and when combined; provides an average of 50 minutes of fade-free power to clean both carpets and floors. I have a mixture of floors and carpets…

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    Free Printable Santa Coloring Page

    December 4, 2014 - By 

    I don’t know about you, but my kids are forever coming in from school and asking for free printables off the Internet. So, in the interest of keeping them happy and occupied, I often Google free printables after they get in and end up trying to locate something cute and age appropriate for them to do.   This time of year, as we decorate and trudge through snow and start gearing up for the holiday season everyone is a little more stressed, a little more excitable anxiously waiting for Santa to arrive. I need things my kids can do quietly.…

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    Frozen Christmas Gift Tags Printable

    December 3, 2014 - By 

    Who doesn’t love the movie Frozen? It’s a massive hit here. At Halloween we had half a dozen Annas at our door trick or treating and Christmas promises to be an even bigger Frozen experience because naturally the movie is set against a wintery backdrop.  As Christmas approaches I have to say I find myself getting into the spirit and wondering where I can put a singing Olaf. I’d love to put one on my lawn actually. I have a bit of a Frozen theme happening here this coming month. You’ll see what I mean if you come back regularly…

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    How to Plan a Children’s Christmas Party

    December 1, 2014 - By 

    How to Plan a Children’s Christmas Party Children love Christmas and will celebrate any chance they get!  Whether you are planning a children’s Christmas party at home, at church, or helping with a school celebration, I’m sharing a few ideas that will help you plan an unforgettable experience.  From décor ideas to entertainment to refreshments and favors, planning a Christmas party for children can’t get any easier. First, set a festive mood by playing Christmas music, being sure to focus on a playlist of children’s favorites! Invite children into a party space full of magical winter wonderland delights.  Hanging snowflakes and setting up…

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    The Best Christmas Pokemon Gifts Roundup

    November 27, 2014 - By 

    Pokemon Gifts Roundup I have two girls who love this little guy named Pikachu. In my house the gender specific toys don’t really ever fly. My kids make up their own rules of play and they both love Pokemon. Oh they still love Barbie and Monster High, but they know what they like and they won’t be told by anyone what is cool, or girly. My junior black belt ten year old daughter has been collecting Pokemon cards for the last year or more. She has more than I can count and her interest shows no real indication of tapering…

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    Wordless Wednesday Winter Wonderland

    November 25, 2014 - By 

    Winter was here  last week and it was quite beautiful despite the big snowfall. The kids welcomed the snowy weather, as kids do, and they built snowmen and snow serpents and they even tobogganed on the weekend. My morning walks were freezing, but nonetheless gorgeous. All the neighbourhood dogs were out in their snappy little sweaters. I snapped this picture just down the street from us and it reminded me of those old fashioned Currier and Ives pictures my Mom used to love so much. I don’t mind the snow when it creates a pretty sort of landscape that has…

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    Young Star Wars Fans Will Love – Clone Wars The Lost Missions DVD #Giveaway X 3

    November 24, 2014 - By 

    Star Wars Clone Wars The Lost Missions DVD is a Disney new release all young Star Wars fans will love. This Clone Wars The Lost Missions DVD holds two DVDs and hours of entertainment. The cartoon series was a cult favourite and this marks the winding down of that series. My daughter has been asking a lot about Star Wars and she reads Star Wars books whenever she can, so I thought this would be of interest to her. I was right. We watched together and she was so enthralled she almost skipped dinner that first night. Unravelling all of…

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    Five Facts About the World Vision Gift Catalogue 2014 #WorldVisionGifts

    November 19, 2014 - By 

      By now you know that gifts from the World Vision gift catalogue 2014 matter. They matter to children like these girls who are able to attend school in Colombia thanks to sponsorship and often thanks to donations from the gift catalogue. They matter to the boys in this picture playing soccer and building a healthy outlook for life in an area where drugs, gangs and poverty are very real threats to children. They matter to children you might never meet all over the world in so many countries that need help. Tonight on twitter, we are talking about the impact…