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| Are you ready for the Box Office? Release Date Subject to Change October 24 - High School Musical 3 Senior Year November 7 - Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa December 19 - The Tale of Despereaux (Animated) December 25 - Bedtime Stories (Adam Sandler, Keri Russell, Guy Pearce, Courtney Cox) December 25 - Marley & Me (Jennifer Aniston, Owen Wilson) |

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Is your child ready for their new sibling? A few tips to get ready for the new family member! |
| Are your kids involved? Ways to help them feel special too! Bring them along to a Doctor's visit Let your kids help out with picking the new baby's name. Have fun and let you kids help organize the baby's room. FOR MORE IDEAS CLICK HERE AND VISIT THE BABY CONNECTION |
| Quick tips to feel Beautiful: Lip Stick Mascara A shirt without a stain Brush your teeth Perfume or scented lotion A shirt with a V-neck Sorrelli Jewelry 10 minutes of mini spa time per day |
| I can't believe my kid said this or did this!!! Click Here to share your story! I was Christmas Shopping with my one year old daughter and after a long wait at Macy's...it was finally our turn to pay. During check out, my daughter knocked over a few items on display at the check out counter that were on her level in the stroller. I bent over to pick them up and she ripped the absolute loudest fart I had ever heard out of someone her size. As I sat there, bent over picking up the items, I knew no matter what I said - I was guilty. So I just laughed and stood up to a jaw dropping crowd of about 20 that just looked in disbelief and the cashier would not even look at me to give me my receipt. I told everyone Merry Christmas and quickly headed on my way! J.M. - Florida |
| Scale back the Toys! Do your children have more than they need? Most families find their children accumulate more toys than they can play with. Every couple of months make it fun…have your child go through their toys and gather everything they would like to share with someone else. Gather the well cared for toys, games and books and together you can take them to a shelter, orphanage, hospital or the Ronald McDonald House. These places can use the toys and your child learns how to be involved with community donations and can learn the needs of others. Keep your child’s play area organized! The cubby system works great. Create a basket for dolls, cars, etc. and store it in the cubby. This way when your child wants to play with dolls, they pull out the doll basket – play with the dolls – and then can quickly pick everything up and put it away. Make clean up FUN! Set a timer and see who can clean the most the fastest! Kids love games and winning is always fun so make cleaning up the house seem more like a game than a chore! |