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October 24, 2009

Best Xmas Gifts for Grandparents

What are you going to get for your grandparents for Christmas this year? Here are some top gift ideas that you might want to add to your shopping list:

Scrapbooks or digital photo albums. Grandparents love all of the pictures of the family that they can get their hands on. This is a great personalized gift [...]

August 17, 2009

Clothing for Girls: Pretty but not Sexy

There comes a time in the life of every little girl’s parents when she wants to start wearing clothes that they think are too sexy for her. How do you go about helping your little girl choose clothing that is stylish and pretty but not too old for her age? It’s a tough thing to [...]

July 23, 2009

A Nephew-Friendly Home

When my husband’s brother moved his family out here just over a year ago, I decided I needed to make our home a kid-friendly place.   Since we don’t have kids, we didn’t have anything for our nephews to entertain themselves with — but what we DID have was plenty of stuff that we DIDN’T want them getting [...]

July 15, 2009

Dual Purpose of Maternity Clothing

The first and most obvious purpose of maternity clothing is simply to FIT.  Your body is changing pretty rapidly, growing at an exponential rate particularly in the later months, and therefore the size clothing you need changes too.
The rapid rate of change in your body is one of the biggest reasons why maternity clothing often features [...]

May 22, 2009

Things I Want From France

Lately I’ve had a strong yearning to go to France. I doubt that I’ll get to go on a vacation to Paris this summer but I can at least get a few things from France that might give me a bit of that French feeling in my own home.
Some of the things that are on [...]