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If making a gingerbread house is part of your holiday tradition -- but baking the gingerbread isn't -- today's Amazon deal should make it more affordable. This deluxe gingerbread house kit contains everything you need to build an impressive house, plus a PATENTED E-Z BUILD TRAY, for $19.97 (60% o...
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Craftzine.com blog : Knifty Knitter Loom-Along: Alice Wrist Warmers We've talked about the coolness of the Knifty Knitter here! Great project for kids. A simple Thanksgiving solution | Unclutterer Erin a...
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Overparenting got way out of control in the past generation. But now a band of rebels is trying to restore some balance and sanity to family life and help bring all those anxious helicopter parents down for a soft landing
Yesterday at 11:51am
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Richelle's creative night light solution:When my 3 year-old son was afraid of having bad dreams one night, I gave him a couple glow stick bracelets left over from Halloween. They made a great night light for him. I was thinking they would work especially well for traveling or camping, when pl...
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Here's a tip I came up with as I was poring through my nifty Thanksgiving Supplies List (available for download at the Parent Toolbox over at Slideshare): label each serving piece with whatever dish you plan to serve. That is, stick a label or Post-It note that reads "mashed potatoes" inside the ...
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Parent Hacks Amazon Gold Box: 61% off Firefly-Complete Series Blu-Ray ($34.99). Deal good for next hour or two. http://bit.ly/7A2pD8

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Corelle's 16-piece Livingware dinnerware sets include four complete place settings, each with a 10-1/4-inch dinner plate, 6-3/4-inch bread and butter plate, 18-ounce soup/cereal bowl, and either 11-ounce stoneware mugs or 16-ounce glasses. ...
Daniel Reed
Daniel Reed
My wife and I loved that TV show.. man, thats a smoking good deal!!
Yesterday at 10:38am
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I figured lots of PH readers are also Firefly fans...that show inspires passion among many!
Yesterday at 11:55am
Monique Klinedinst
Monique Klinedinst
噢,這真是個快樂的進展
Yesterday at 1:28pm
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Parent Hacks "We were so obsessed with our kids' success that parenting turned into a form of product development." Hm. Read more: http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1940395,00.html#ixzz0XQGlfAUt

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Overparenting got way out of control in the past generation. But now a band of rebels is trying to restore some balance and sanity to family life and help bring all those anxious helicopter parents down for a soft landing
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Parent Hacks Could be an interesting Facebook app -- group support for budgeting and money-saving. What do you think?

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I hear you, Gina. I just think the general idea is good. Here's an amazing option: https://www.wesabe.com/
Yesterday at 11:57am
Gina
Gina
Thanks A! Wesabe looks like a great site. At the moment, we are doing the Dave Ramsey plan.

I'm just more leary of "who is sponsoring" things these days - that one (Live Solid) is like letting the wolf watch the hen house. Sounds like that is why Wesabe.com was created (Marc Hedund story).
Yesterday at 1:00pm
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Tracy has submitted countless hacks over the years, and they're always so simple...yet smart. Tracy: I anoint you with the Parent Hacks Forehead Smack of Brilliance!We have a couple of those flushable wet wipe containers from when my kids were toilet training. We fill them up with tissues and...
Kristin
Kristin
The good news is that it sounds more like a cold than the flu. Hope you all feel better soon.
Yesterday at 7:13am
Robin Waldman
Robin Waldman
This is genius! I'm putting one in each car today!
Yesterday at 8:04am
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If you're not attached to the Norman Rockwell-eque image of a big, dressed turkey coming out on a platter, follow jibssa's advice:To cook the turkey faster, chop it up. Separate the wings, thighs, legs, breasts, etc. because a breast or thigh cooks much faster than a whole freaking turkey. This w...
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A use for cereal dust! Adam, you and your wife are heroes:Our 11 month-old son is almost completely off of jarred baby food and onto solids, but has always been picky about foods that are sticky or sort of slimy like cut up grapes and bananas (it doesn't sound so appealing written out... &#34...
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Take that, flu season! Jenny reminds us that we should each have our own bottle:Saline nasal spray is sold at CVS in two-packs. It's l expensive than buying one at a time and much cheaper than the cute kid spray with cartoons on it. So, I bought four, came home and right away Sharpied each on...
Veronica
Veronica
i do this. really helps!
Thu at 8:31am
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If a Wii is one of the items on your holiday shopping list, you might like to know about this Amazon deal: Now through Sunday, 11/22/09, if you buy the Wii console ($199.99) and Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board ($89.99) at the same time, Amazon will toss in a $50 gift card you can use toward futur...
Amy
Amy
girl just get one it's so much fun!
6 hours ago
Jen Terrian Seidel
Jen Terrian Seidel
Let's see a Wii or a kitchen remodel? Hmmmm?
about an hour ago
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From: AndreaI was lucky enough to receive a Google Wave invite and am using it to collaborate the meal planning with the husband, the mother and the mother-in-law. We can all make edits to the original list as we change our minds or buy the necessary ingredients! So far, this is the most well-pla...