I got an email that Babies R Us is doing a bottle exchange and called this morning to confirm.
This is a great deal if you’re looking to upgrade your bottles to something that’s absolutely safe and free of yucky toxic stuff.  Kudos to Babies R Us for doing this (the bottles haven’t actually been recalled; [...]

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Good news!  We’re extending the deadline for you to enter to win a fabulous 2-night getaway at a Seabrook vacation cottage.  Tell your friends and family… this is too great an offer to miss out on!
All the details are here.  One lucky commenter will be randomly selected; enter your name before Friday (6/6) at midnight PST.

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One of the great things about the blogging world is that people with similar interests and situations can gather around and make virtual friends with whom they can share some common ground. It’s amazing to me, that someone across the continent whom I have never met can feel for me when I am down and [...]

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When it comes to blogs, I tend to get pretty focused on the mommy blogs, to the exclusion of everything else.  Then something will happen and I realize THERE’S MORE TO LIFE THAN BEING A MOM and I tell myself that I must diversify.
So today I was googling around to find other local blogs, and happened [...]

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My kids have never missed a well-check up, 6 month dental exam and cleaning, or an immunization.
Never.
I did once lose my shot records and had an amazingly incompetent pediatrician who incorrectly marked their vaccination records. The result was two of my childen getting a set of shots over that they probably didn’t need.
However, that’s the [...]

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Where did the spring go ladies? We had some spring for about a week and it was GLORIOUS! Now we’re back to this.

Playing at the park in our slickers with the kids asking for mittens.
But inside my house spring has sprung. If you haven’t started your easter grass yet, it’s not too late. This is [...]

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Are you all enjoying the snow day? We’re having a blast. Today I fulfilled one of my lifelong dreams and built a snowman taller than me.
Like many of you I’m barraged with email from marketers looking for me to mention their product or service on Seattle Mom Blogs or my personal site. I delete most [...]

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Looking for something to do after Thanksgiving?
5th Avenue Theatre is offering FREE kids tickets for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND.
Kids’ Night On Broadway: Friday, November 23. Buy one adult ticket, get one kid’s ticket free (7-18 years old). To receive this special offer, use the promo code KIDSNIGHT when ordering tickets. Offer available [...]

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Note: I’ve intentionally misspelled MIL*F with an asterisk to avoid attracting the wrong kind of google search traffic.   The acronym is typically written without the asterisk.
Several local moms in the North Seattle area have been propositioned by a man claiming to be part of MIL*F Hunters.  (MIL*F, for those who don’t know, is the acronym made [...]

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So our family has hopped on the “Without Made in China” bandwagon. Only we aren’t limiting ourselves to a year. We are in hopes that if enough people start doing this, the retailers will start paying attention to the fact that we as Americans don’t like losing our jobs. We don’t like paying for cheap [...]

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