Moon Dough | Magical Molding Dough | Spin Master | Educational Toys
September 7, 2010 by Moomette's Magnificents (Admin)
Filed under Buzz, Reviews & Buzz, family, leisure, lifestyle
Must-Have Holiday Toddler Toys

Magical Molding Dough
My granddaughter will be turning four in October, and being the practical grandmom that I am, I’m taking the same approach with seeking out educational toys for my grandkids that I took when looking for creative toddler toys that stir the imagination with my own two daughters when younger.
I found that Moon Dough by Spin Master is an out-of-this-world new molding dough that never dries out!
Moon Dough is Hypo-allergenic and wheat-free, soft and marshmallow-like. Because Moon Dough never dries out, kids can use it over and over again. The latest and new molding compound for kids ages 2-4, Moon Dough can be used to sculpt fun creations and the kiddos will never tire playing with it.
Even though I have a “Secret” stain remover home recipe, what I like most about this product is Moon Dough doesn’t stick to or stain material or clothing!
There are a number of out-of-this world Moon Dough of enjoyable play sets to choose from, including:
- Moon Dough Barnyard
- Moon Dough Pizza Shop
- Magic Molding Doghouse
- Moon Dough Burger Shop
- Moon Dough Refill Packs are also available
The product comes in eight great colors: Blue, Green, White, Orange, Purple, Red, Pink and Yellow!
All toddlers like animals, so we were happy to try out the Moon Dough Barnyard
Moon Dough Barnyard
Bring all the fun of the farm right into your ow home. Bale some Hay, put it in the barn silo, and turn the crank to make fun 3D Moon Dough animals. Create fences, pastures and more.
The package includes:
Magical molding barnyard, fence and hay bale molds
Themed play mat
Four unique animal molds – cow, pig, sheep and horse
Three colors of Moon Dough (white; yellow and blue)
Toddlers can improve fine motor skills while easily mastering using the Moon Dough magical molding dough playset. By placing the Moon Dough in and turning the handle they get the satisfaction of making a a creation! Easy!
Put Moon Dough on your Holiday Shopping List or for educational toys for toddler Birthday Party Gifts!
Moon Dough is available at Toys “R” Us, Target, Walmart, Kmart, A.C. Moore, Michaels, eToys and Amazon
For More Information Visit: Moon Dough


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Best Special Needs Childrens Toys from Gummy Lump & $50 Gift Certificate Giveaway
July 25, 2010 by Moomette's Magnificents (Admin)
Filed under Buzz, Reviews & Buzz, family, giveaways, lifestyle
Back-To-School

Special Education
Soon summer vacation will be over and parents will be focusing on Back-To-School shopping. I’d like to let you know about the extensive selection of educational special needs childrens toys offered at Gummy Lump.
Earlier this year I had the opportunity to review the magnificent Melissa and Doug Slice and Bake Cookie Set available at Gummy Lump.
My youngest daughter is an Early Intervention Associate and currently finishing up her Masters degree in Rehabilitation and Disabilities Studies with a concentration in Pediatrics and Developmental Disabilities.
My daughter currently works for a non-profit agency, and travels throughout the state doing home visitation consulting for her young clients in the Birth-To-Three program.
I frequently find my youngest daughter in the living room raiding my grandkids’ toy box for toys that she thinks would facilitate development for her clients. As she makes clientele home visitations, introducing new material to the children will stimulate interest in the lesson plan of the day that she has prepared.
It isn’t uncommon that in her position as a Birth-to-Three counselor, my daughter unselfishly will spend her own money to purchase toys for special needs for the kids. Families and school system budgets are curtailed because of the economy, and funds simply aren’t available to purchase new materials.
The kind folks at Gummy Lump have graciously offered me the opportunity to have my daughter choose a toy to share with her special needs clients.
My daughter would like to share with you her review of the Melissa and Doug Progression Puzzles, and reasons for choosing this product to work with her clients:
I work with young children who have special needs and chose the Melissa and Doug Progression Puzzles because I believed they would be a good learning tool for the children I work with. They help introduce forward chaining to children who are low functioning and Autistic.
I thought this group of puzzles would be a good tool to teach with because they provide visual aides for the children to follow along with, while also working on fine motor skills and object imitation.
When introducing the puzzles I begin by first having the child complete the puzzle, and then numbering the pieces. The child then places the puzzle pieces in the base using the correct order, while also counting 1-2-3-4-5-6 so they can understand the steps to making a pizza, peanut butter and jelly sandwich, and eating a banana. When I begin working on the puzzle I fully prompt the children so they know which piece goes where without making an error, and eventually fade the prompts so the child is completing the puzzle independently.
By completing this puzzle as an assignment, the children can understand how to complete certain activities in their correct order. They eventually learn not only how to complete a puzzle, but how to chain an activity from first to last. The first step to making a sandwich would be to grab a plate, bread, and the peanut butter and jelly. The pictures on the puzzle pieces provide great visuals for the children to follow as well.
I would recommend this puzzle because it comes in a group of three so the children can have three different ideas of how to chain activities. It can be done forwards or backwards, and is also great for the child to gain fine motor skills by placing the small puzzle pieces in the base puzzle. The three puzzles are small and easy to carry around as well so they can be transported between houses with minimal effort, and are easy to store.
The Special Needs Childrens Toys selection is extensive, and includes many well-known brands, such as Melissa and Doug, Edushape, Guidecraft and Gund, to name a few.
What’s very helpful for parents and educators is the ability to shop for toys for children with Special Needs by category:
- Autism
- Blindness
- Deafness
- English Language Learners (ELL)
- Gifted Children
- Hearing Impairment
- Intellectual Disability
- Speech and Language Impairment
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
- Visual Impairment
Gummy Lump also has put together and shares on it’s site a comprehensive reference list of Special Needs Articles, Books, Websites and Resources.
Free Shipping on purchases over $75
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How To Get Your Family Organized and Prioritized
July 8, 2010 by Moomette's Magnificents (Admin)
Filed under Blogging Resources, blog and social networking, family, leisure, lifestyle, wahm, wahm tips, work at home
Focus!

This week I decided I really needed to focus and organize my life, and it became very apparent that I spend a tremendous amount of time blogging and on the internet, day and night – checking my email, and visiting all the social media sites I belong to. So I went out and upgraded my smartphone and purchased a Droid. I opted not to get the Droid Incredible, but the Droid that has the optional keyboard. One of the perks that Verizon was offering was a Netbook. I opted not to take advantage of the offer, because I’m still on the fence whether to get the equally sought-after
iPad.
It’s my way of cramming more hours into my already too short day! I do need to sleep – if only for about 3 hours!
An organized family is the best way to be because it makes life easier. This article will give you some tips that will help you become more organized as a family.
How to Get Organized by Amy Royce
Have you ever felt like you are a knotted up pile of yarn, and you just can’t seem to get untangled? That is a frustrating feeling, but in this article, I will give you some tips on how to get that “pile” into a nicely organized ball of yarn. It can be hard at first to get your business as well as your life organized, but once you are, you will wonder how you ever got along.
• A place for Everything/Everything in it’s Place
The best place to start is to get rid of the clutter. Go through all of those old papers and decide what is trash. After you determine what you no longer need, you need to decide how “sensitive” each paper is. With Identity Theft among us, you don’t want to just throw away some things. You want to shred them. This would include anything with your social security number on it, or any credit card or bank information. Anything you decide to keep should be filed in a file cabinet. This would include papers such as check stubs, bank statements, tax returns or any other important documents.
• Time Management
Everyone has a busy life. It would be nice if there were more hours in a day to get everything done, but unfortunately, we only get 24 hours, and we have to sleep. Time management is a very important part of getting organized. You need to decide what has to be done immediately, and what can wait. Once you decide that, you need to figure out how long it will take to complete that task. Try to stick with that time frame, so you are able to move on to the next item on your list.
• Daily Planner
When you have a busy life, making sure you don’t forget something is essential! Keep a daily planner with you all of the time. That way, when you make an appointment, you can write it down right away. Also, you will not forget an upcoming meeting or appointment. A daily planner will also help you plan for the next day. You can sit down, and look at what you have scheduled for the day and then plan when the best time would be to go to the store, or even when you can do something for yourself, such as a manicure.
• Delegating
Cleaning the house and taking care of things in the home should not be the responsibility of just one person. It should be shared by everyone including the children. Creating a chore list will help with the delegating process. This will also help ensure that everything is complete.
Organization can be a tough thing to get a hold of, but once you do, you will get so much more accomplished. You will be able to get things done that you never thought you could or would. If you follow these steps you will be well on your way to becoming organized. Good luck!
Amy Royce has been married since 1995 and she has two wonderful children. She is an affiliate marketer and she has a blog that you can view at http://amyswordsandthoughts.blogspot .com.
Article Source: WAHM Articles

Baby Boomer Parenting An Empty Nest, But Going Along for the Ride Now
July 5, 2010 by Moomette's Magnificents (Admin)
Filed under Veranda Chit Chat, family, leisure, lifestyle
Memory Lane

While I’m on a much need vacation this week, I’m resurrecting several of my favorite parenting and family posts that I’ve done over the years, – to give you a glimpse into my life.
This post in particular is bittersweet, because while my kids are grown, I still think and envision them in my mind as … young kids, and myself as a “young mom.”
But I begin a new chapter this year, as I’m now the mother-in-law and grandmom who asked to tag along has been invited to go accompany my daughter and her family to Cape Cod(my absolute most favorite place to be) on a camping trip vacation with “the kids” and grandkids – just as my husband and I used to take my mother-in-law along on our family vacations each year to get her out of my sister-in-law’s hair because we enjoyed her company so much.
Empty Nest, Summer Camp and A Trip Down Memory Lane
Where Have All The Flowers Gone
It’s late, and I really have a few more things to do before I turn in for the night, but I wanted to get this post written while it was still fresh in my mind.
When I got out of the dreaded cubicle today, I had a few chores to run, that took me on roads that I haven’t been on in awhile, but that my car used to cruise on autopilot for years after work. Today I was driving down Memory Lane.
I started back to work full-time when my youngest daughter was two and my oldest was six.
During the summer months when they were a bit older, I always sent my daughters to day camp while my husband and I worked. Before suburban sprawl took over and McMansions popped up everywhere, I used to drive them to camp in the morning along back roads. We would pass cow pastures and duck ponds. A few cars would be on the road.

We’d have to travel up a big hill, past more cow pastures, old-fashioned New England red barns, and one time a cow got loose in the middle of the road and I had to wait for it to cross before we could continue. I once stopped the car to dig up Daylilies and ended up was a nasty case of Poison Ivy since I’m highly allergic to it.
Rumor had it that the swimming school and camp were built on an old Nike site, around the time of the cold war with Russia. You could see for miles from the top of that hill, even though it was only about 10 miles out from the city.
My girls really enjoyed those days at camp, and at the conclusion, there was always a “campfire” and “skit night.” The girls went until they were old enough to be CITs – Counselors in Training.
When I’d get out of work, I’d head to pick them up, the route from my office to camp took me past cornfields. I enjoyed the solitude. One day I had to leave work early, because looking out the office window, I could tell we were going to have a horrific storm and it really looked like Tornado weather – very similar to 1979 when the then-last tornado hit Windsor Locks, CT. I rushed to pick them up, and the camp staff had all the kids gathered for safety. I picked them up just in time, and we beat-feet down the hill – there was a brook that always flooded if we didn’t make it down in time. We had a heck of a time getting home.
So – today while I traversed that road once again, only this time on my way to go shopping at the now crowded, suburban sprawl mall that has overtaken the once tranquil, lazy back roads, I was on autopilot, once again. The car drove itself, while my mind wasn’t seeing what my eyes were seeing as I drove.
The cornfields are no longer – replaced by an industrial building. The turn to camp where the red barn and cow fields once were are now newly-built Over-55 adult-only condos.
I felt so sad driving along those roads – Memory Lane – how did my girls childhood go by so quickly? The landscape has changed, and so has my life.
Where have all the flowers gone? Long time passing Where have all the flowers gone? Long time ago Where have all the flowers gone? Girls have picked them every one When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn? Where have all the young girls gone? Long time passing Where have all the young girls gone? Long time ago Where have all the young girls gone? Taken husbands every one When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn? Pete Seeger

High School Graduation Ceremonies – Kids Grow Up Right Before Your Eyes – Unless You’re Charla Nash
June 24, 2010 by Moomette's Magnificents (Admin)
Filed under Veranda Chit Chat, family, health, lifestyle

There’s a better place
somewhere out there
Just take a look through my eyes
Everything changes
You’ll be amazed what you’ll find
If you look through my eyes … Phil Collins
I usually read about 20 national newspapers online daily, and an article on Charla Nash, from Stamford, CT in my hometown paper, The Hartford Courant, caught my eye. Charla won’t be attending her daughter’s high school graduation ceremonies.
My regular readers and friends know that I’m from Connecticut. Stamford is in the lower part of the state from me. Charla , whom you may remember from seeing on Oprah, was the woman who was viciously attacked and disfigured by Travis the Chimp.
Now recuperating in the Boston area while awaiting a possible face and hand transplant, Charla has made the valiant and difficult decision not to attend her daughter’s high school graduation ceremony. The reasons stated in the article were that she doesn’t want to create a “media circus.”
As a parent of two grown daughters, my heart goes out to not only Charla, but her daughter as well.
My daughters have since graduated college, but it seems like just yesterday that first they were starting high school, and then graduating from high school. As parents, my husband and I marked with pride this milestone in not only our daughters’ lives, but ours as well.
If you’ll be attending a high school graduation ceremony soon, please think of Charla and her daughter – let Charla look through your eyes and send some good vibes and extra “woot” for them, so Charla can feel it and the pride that all of us share in “seeing” her daughter celebrate her high school graduation.

Fun Family Activities with Backyard Bug Safari Outfitters
June 21, 2010 by Moomette's Magnificents (Admin)
Filed under Buzz, Reviews & Buzz, family, leisure, lifestyle
Little Adventurers

Now that summer weather is finally rolling around here in New England, it’s time to get the kids out of the house, have them become active, give them some fresh air and explore the great outdoors and and go on a backyard bug safari! June 26th is the Great American Backyard Campout – and a perfect time to plan fun activities for those backyard slumber parties with Backyard Safari Outfitters!
For Father’s Day, my husband and I went to see Cirque du Solei for the first time. We saw Ovo “The Teeming World of Insects” which centered around the theme of insects and bugs, in a way that you couldn’t imagine!
Back in 1986, when my oldest daughter was three, the Northeast experienced the invasion of the Cicada bugs, also called the “17 year locust” – which were everywhere. She and her buddy from next door, also the same age – had a grand time sweeping the shells off of trees and sidewalks, and piling them into pail fulls. Fortunately, we experience those invasions every 17 years.
I’ve just found out that California is experiencing an infestation of grasshoppes – so California parents – heads up!
My grandchildren, however, will be better prepared! I recently had the opportunity to review the Cargo Vest, as well as the cool Bug Vacuum, and Mega View Periscope, courtesy of Backyard Safari Outfitters and Team Mom. It contained all the essential gear that little adventurers need to get started in exploring the wonder of nature and the wonders of the environment in their own back yards.
With these tools, the kids can inspect and explore “wildlife”, from insects in the grass to birds in the sky, to frogs in a pond and more!
My granddaughter, ‘Lil Moomette immediately laid claim to the Cargo Vest and Mega View Periscope, while her brother, Slugger, was totally fascinated with the Bug Vacuum.
‘Lil Moomette was intrigued with raising and lowering the Mega View Periscope to see things at different levels.

Slugger, enjoyed the sounds that the battery-operated Bug Vacuum made. It’s a little too early here in Connecticut for fireflies – most kids are fascinated with catching those in jars. I’m sure that the Bug Vacuum will work out well once July rolls around!

Cargo Vest – Plenty of pockets, 6 D-Rings, 2 should epaulets for clipping and hanging more gear. Large pocket for storing binocs and clear-view chest pocket for Pop-Up Field Guide. MSRP $19.99

Mega View Periscope – Full-view periscope for viewing over boulders, high bushes, backyard fences and around corners. Three sturdy light-weight sections telescope for a reach of over four feet high to see all out-of-reach views. Flip the Megal View Periscope upside down and a full 16 inches is submersible for under-water viewing – on docks, poolside, lakes or beaches – all without water in small ears! MSRP $24.99
Bug Vacuum – Catch LIVE crawling, flying, buzzing bugs in the backyard! Look at bugs up close with the built-in magnifying glass. Extra nose cone comes in handy for really big bugs. The Capture Core attaches to the Backyard Safari Bug Habitat (sold separately) for easy transfer of insects. MSRP $19.99 an
I give this a Thumbs Up – for parents, grandparents and pre-schools who want to keep the kids fit, creative and interested in exploring nature and the great outdoors at a young age!
We have a nature center in town, and this would be a wonderful addition to any youth nature camp as well!
Available on: Amazon
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Visit on Twitter: @BYSOutfitters

Savvy Savings for Family Friendly Activities and Educational Scholarships
June 3, 2010 by Moomette's Magnificents (Admin)
Filed under Veranda Chit Chat, family, leisure
Help Schools, Kids, Parents & Communities

Discover Your Community
The Savvy Source is a wonderful resource for parents looking to save some money on family activities. If you aren’t familiar with this site yet, you should be!
The Savings
Each week, Savvy Source offer parents and/or grandparents an opportunity experienced editors.
Once enough people have signed up to purchase, the Savings and Scholarships offer becomes active. We store your receipt of purchase in your online Savvy Savings account, where you can easily find it to print now or save for later. Check out today’s offers now!
The Scholarship
Beyond giving parents in their communities a great deal on a fun activity, they donate 5% of each purchase to a preschool of the purchaser’s choice. Savvy Source also will donate 5% of each purchase to a scholarship fund created to help parents afford preschool for their children.
Helping schools, helping kids, helping parents and grandparents, helping communities — this program is a win for all.
Find out what’s all about and how it works - and tell your friends about Savvy Source Local Savings.
Everyone benefits!

Guide For Choosing the Perfect Father’s Day Gift
May 29, 2010 by Moomette's Magnificents (Admin)
Filed under Promotions, cooking, family, leisure, lifestyle
Gifts To Make Them Smile

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Bliss Living. All opinions are 100% mine.
Father’s Day is just around the corner and you have to come up with some gifts for dad. My husband has been a dad for 27 years now, and sometimes I think I’ve covered idea I could possibly to find him a gift. Yet every year, there’s always unique and fun things that I find. My son-in-law has been a dad for three years now, so he has a long way to go before my daughter runs out of ideas for him!
Fathers come in all types of personalities, so if you’re looking for gifts for Dad check out the vast assortment of Father’s Day gifts ideas that Bliss Living has to offer:
Man Cave – There’s a Man Cave Doormat and Man Cave Ultimate Coaster Set! Retro is in and if you want to buy him a cool gift, get him one of these Personalized Man Cave Retro Signs with his name on it!
Personalized Apron – No family comes complete with out a grill guru. If you’re looking for unique gifts online for the grill guru in yours, the Kill of the Hill Personalized Apron may be the answer.
With these gifts for dads, you can come up with that particular thing that will make them smile. Trust me, they’ll be happy not to get another sweater!
Even though it’s almost Father’s Day, don’t want to forget about the Mom in your life! Check out the awesome jewelry for mom that Bliss Living offers.

Frecklebox Personalized Childrens Placemats Review and Giveaway
May 3, 2010 by Moomette's Magnificents (Admin)
Filed under buzz, family, giveaways, leisure
Educational Personalized Gifts

Anybody who has young children knows that mealtime can be quite messy, especially when a toddler is learning to self-feed. When my niece was little, my brother-in-law used to put a beach towel underneath her highchair to keep the floor clean.
The grandkids eat dinner at my house at least a couple of times of week.
I recently received two unique personalized placemats for children from Frecklebox. One was a baseball placement for Slugger, age 2, and the other was a pink polka-dots placemat. My granddaughter, ‘Lil Moomette, age 3, really enjoyed seeing her name printed on it! Personalized gifts can be educational and help kids learn to recognize letters of the alphabet.
Frecklebox offers personalized gifts and items for children at affordable prices, including
- books
- posters
- growth charts
- journal books
- coloring books
- stickers
- lunch boxes
- puzzles
The company was started by two dads, Scot and Mark:
…these guys take the job of expanding their children’s minds very seriously. And as business people, they’ve been on a relentless mission to explore the possibilities of web-based digital printing
The placemats I received are printed in color on 100# gloss cover with 5 mil lamination on each side. All edges are round-cornered for safe handling. The finished size is 11.5″ x 17.5″.
These would make such cute birthday gifts! Make mealtime more fun for your children or grandchildren! Besides adding a cheerful touch to your table, you’ll be able to clean up in a snap!
For More Information Visit: Frecklebox
Moomette’s Magnificents is hosting a Giveaway Contest! For a chance to win, there will be one (1) winner of tw0 (2) Personalized Placemats.
Please include a way of contacting you. Should you be the contest winner, this information may be shared with the contest sponsor in order to send your prize.
Main Rule: (remember if this rule is not followed then no others will count)
a) Sign up for my free Newsletter Updates to my blog through my e-mail Feedblitz link (on the top of my right column or let me know if you already are, in a separate comment) AND
b) Visit Fecklebox and leave a comment about what you like best about their site and another product you’d like to try.
This contest will run until May 14, 2010 at 11:00 pm. EDT
For Additional Entries, check out my Contest Entry Rules.


The Daughter Trap: Eldercare Solutions Review and Giveaway
Eldercare Book Focusing Specifically on Woman

Taking Care of Mom And Dad
I’d like to let you know about the recently published, first elder-care book to focus specifically on women. The Daughter Trap by author Laurel Kennedy is the first book to tackle the subject matter directly.
As our parents age, we are forced to make some tough choices regarding their living arrangements. Not all options fit our requirements, our lifestyle, our parent’s need, or our financial ability to pay for the arrangements. If you decide, for now, that the best arrangement is for your mother or father to come live in your home, then you’ve got another thing to think about – making your house a safe place for him or her.
Twenty-five percent of Baby Boomers now have a senior parent living with them, and almost a third of American workers care for their parents. But what is rarely talked about is the fact that Boomer elder care responsibilities almost always fall to the daughters, who are also caught between the competing demands of a working spouse, school-aged kids and a full-time career.
Many adult children are thrown into the situation of care giving because of a medical health crisis of a loved one, essentially altering the family dynamics. While multi-generational families were commonplace a generation ago, our society has become more global, and such is not the case now.
My late mother-in-law chose to live with my husband’s sister, and our family recognized first-hand the responsibilities of having an aging parent move in.
Longevity runs in my family and my own grandmother lived to be 101. Although independent until age 95, I became her court-appointed conservator, responsible for her personal and medical decisions – all while working full-time and raising a young family. My brother lived out-of-state.
Laurel Kennedy is a nationally recognized expert on Boomer issues, and is the founder of the Boomer consulting firm Age Lessons.
Kennedy defines the “daughter trap” as:
Daughters get trapped into taking care of their parents for two reasons – everyone assumes they will, and women go along with it. We believe elder care is a daughter’s option, not an obligation.
The author answers such questions as:
- Who does the daughter trap effect?
- Why should anyone care?
- Legal responsibilities of adult children caring for parents
- What is the personal toll of elder care
- What role do men play in caring for aging parents
The book speaks throughout in the voice of women caught in the daughter trap who share their experiences in hope of helping others.
The book covers four areas:
1] what the women wished they knew before getting into it
2] what they learned by doing it and want to share
3] the price paid because of it
4] future developments to help the next wave of caregivers
Drawing on years of original research as well as interviews with over 200 care-giving women, The Daughter Trap not only identifies the problem but also provides concrete and actionable solutions with takeaway lessons readers can apply to their own lives.
Mother’s Day is coming up – whether for your own benefit, or for someone you care about, put this book on your “reading list.”
Available at: Amazon
ISBN: 03-312-38510-1
Author: Laurel Kennedy
Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 320
MSRP: $25.99
Moomette’s Magnificents is hosting a Giveaway Contest! For a chance to win, there will be one (1) winner of the book, The Daughter Trap.
Please include a way of contacting you. Should you be the contest winner, this information may be shared with the contest sponsor in order to send your prize.
Main Rule: (remember if this rule is not followed then no others will count)
a) Sign up for my free Newsletter Updates to my blog through my e-mail Feedblitz link (on the top of my right column or let me know if you already are, in a separate comment) AND
b) Let me know why you’d like to win this book, and how it would help you or someone you know dealing with elderly parents.
This contest will run until May 5, 2010 at 11:00 pm. EDT
For Additional Entries, check out my Contest Entry Rules.




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