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Top 10 Advent Calendars for 2012

Top 10 Advent Calendars for 2012

| 11/04/2012 | 0 Comments

The holidays are here! Okay, maybe not here but right around the corner and the countdown will begin before you know it. A very popular tradition in many homes is the 24 day countdown from December 1 through December 24 with an Advent Calendar. There are a ton of different Advent calendar options from ones [...]

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Best Preschool & Little Kid Back To School Backpacks

Best Preschool & Little Kid Back To School Backpacks

| 08/11/2012 | 1 Comment

It is school supply season, and many of us will be buying our children new backpacks. Sure, you can grab one of those bags with a character sprayed across the front. However, they are usually too big for your little one to really carry themselves, and they are notoriously unreliable. Last year it took only [...]

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Mom Prep for Fall and School

Mom Prep for Fall and School

| 08/15/2011 | 0 Comments

With school starting up again soon, that means that our routine (and schedule) go back to “normal”. House chores, homework, after school sports and activities… all things that need to be planned and organized. Now that I have three kids, it’s even more hectic and I need even more organization in my life. I need [...]

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Toy Storage Solutions and Ideas

Toy Storage Solutions and Ideas

| 05/30/2011 | 0 Comments

The one thing I find myself constantly looking for is storage solutions for toys. Not for shoes, not for jewelry, not for my own closet… for toys. Never mind the constant change and rotation of toys we have going on- their interests seem to change every other day- I’m running out of space! Then I [...]

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Backpacks for Traveling Toddlers (VIDEO)

Backpacks for Traveling Toddlers (VIDEO)

| 03/21/2011 | 0 Comments

Spring has sprung and everyone is planning trips.  Whether you are traveling for spring break or planning for a summer getaway, the kids will travel with lots and lots of stuff.  While I’m hauling all the major gear for the trip, I always make every child carry a bag with their own toys, snacks and [...]

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Let’s Count Down to Christmas with Great Advent Calendars!

Let’s Count Down to Christmas with Great Advent Calendars!

| 11/15/2010 | 2 Comments

One of our fondest memories of our childhood holidays was our beloved Advent Calendars.  While the standard, budget-friendly advent calendar pre-filled with chocolate was popular in our household growing up, there are so many choices to choose from these days.  Counting down the 24 days before Christmas has never been more fun with some of [...]

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Baby Gizmo Giveaway: School Backpacks – 4 Winners!!

Baby Gizmo Giveaway: School Backpacks – 4 Winners!!

| 08/09/2010 | 33 Comments

In celebration of Baby Gizmo’s Top Picks for Back-to-School Backpacks story, Baby Gizmo is having a Backpack Giveaway!  And this time there will be FOUR WINNERS!!!  There are four fabulous backpacks (all from our Top Picks, of course!) to be given away! Backpacks: Pottery Barn Kids Small Mackenzie Backpack in Blue Butterflies Lassig Mini Backpack (Winner’s Choice!) Fleurville [...]

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Baby Gizmo Picks for Back-to-School Backpacks!

Baby Gizmo Picks for Back-to-School Backpacks!

| 08/04/2010 | 3 Comments

These adorable preschool backpacks are small to fit your toddlers and preschooler’s perfectly.  Even though they are called “preschool backpacks”, they are big enough for a snack, change of clothes or a few toys but not large enough for a standard folder (a prerequisite to many preschools!).  We use these fabulous backpacks for our little [...]

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Long Lasting Wall Decals That Are The Best!

Long Lasting Wall Decals That Are The Best!

| 07/09/2010 | 0 Comments

Pottery Barn Kids makes the best wall decals!  While other decals don’t stay on the wall after a while and start to peel at the edges, PBK decals are in it for the long haul.  I put up the PBK Bugs Decals (which aren’t available anymore) in my kids’ Jack & Jill bathroom three years [...]

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