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Dolls I’ve Known & Loved: From Holly Hobbie to Mrs. Beasley

Dolls I’ve Known & Loved: From Holly Hobbie to Mrs. Beasley

I am the mother of three daughters (current ages 17, 5 and 2 years old), and I also have four nieces (ages 14, 10, 8 and 5). Thus, as you can imagine, we have had and still have  a LOT of different dolls around our house. For a long time, the balance of boys to MORE »

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My Barbie is a Fashionista

My Barbie is a Fashionista

And by my Barbie I mean Sadie’s Barbie. Can we talk about Barbie’s name for a minute? So Barbie was named after the creator, Ruth’s, daughter Barbara. Have you ever noticed that no one is named Barbara anymore? Not even to be kitschy. You would never see a woman with an infant in a sling, MORE »

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King of the Castle & Imaginative Play

King of the Castle & Imaginative Play

I love few things more than watching my boys get super engrossed in a world of make-believe, when they get so deep into pretending and building worlds that time falls away for them and they just.keep.playing. No asking to play with my computer, no whining that they are bored, no fighting with each other to MORE »

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Weebles, Sea Wees, Spirograph & other hot toys from the 70s & 80s

Weebles, Sea Wees, Spirograph & other hot toys from the 70s & 80s

When I was looking through the Target catalog at the top 20 toys this season, I thought of the hot toys back when I was a kid. I tried explaining some of these to my own children, but they had a hard time understanding the concept of some of my old toys. “Weebles? But what MORE »

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Beyond the Videogame: Six Christmas Gift Ideas For Bigger Boys

Beyond the Videogame: Six Christmas Gift Ideas For Bigger Boys

Christmas shopping for little kids is pretty straightforward, and thus, a whole lot of fun. Dolls? Check! Dinosaurs? Check! Building blocks? Check! Easy peasy. But once kids get up into ‘tween and teen territory, I’ve found that it gets trickier to find gifts that the young ‘uns will love as much as they once enjoyed MORE »

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5 Great Family Xbox 360 + Kinect Games

5 Great Family Xbox 360 + Kinect Games

    Here’s my daughter playing Kinect Adventures….you’ll burn calories just watching her: So how did we make the coffee table easy to move?  Click here to check out how we converted out coffee table!   Thanks to Xbox for sponsoring this campaign. Visit xbox.com to learn more. Click here to see more of the MORE »

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Creating Girlie Memories with the Barbie Photo Fashion Doll

Creating Girlie Memories with the Barbie Photo Fashion Doll

We seriously have way too many Barbies in our house. Like, WAY too many, but the girl loves them that much. I had sworn off getting or accepting any more, but when I was asked to review the Barbie Photo Fashion Doll – one of Target’s Top Toys of the season – I had to MORE »

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For the Love of Legos

For the Love of Legos

                          In case you’re not aware, I have five sons. Yes, five. This means I am very familiar with strangers asking the question, “Are they ALL yours?” I’m also extremely familiar with the feeling of stepping on little plastic cubes and other random MORE »

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