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• SANTA’S MAGIC: Kids Get Personalized Message From The Big Guy
• Posted by Opinionated MAMA • 12/20/11

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“You better watch out, ” because Santa really knows what's up and can call you out on email! Finally proof that Santa knows all…can provide reinforcements for mom and dad...and is hip to technology, too!  Kids can now receive a personalized message from Santa via email.  On the PNP (Portable North Pole) website, parents can enter in information and pictures into a questionnaire that is...

• O-MAMA's Tips For Faking The "Perfect" Family" Holiday
• Posted by Opinionated MAMA • 12/14/11

Faking the perfect family takes years of practice, so MAMAs don't put too much pressure on yourselves for perfecting it immediately.  With one major holiday down, here are some tips that can give us a head start on the next one!

1. The perfect family photo/holiday card

Really? Why do we pick out matching clothes for our kids and expect that a) they are going to like it, b) it will make...

• TALK TURKEY: Do you fake your way through the holidays???
• Posted by Opinionated MAMA • 11/22/11

Do you cook with your girls or order in?  Do you have a favorite family recipe? An old centerpiece you bring out just for the occassion?  Do you talk turkey - we mean politics?  What really goes on at your Thanksgiving table?  Here are our tips for faking functional holiday!  Happy Thanksgiving.

Faking the perfect family takes years of practice, so MAMAs let's not put too much pressure on...

• SPOOKY TIMES: What were your KID-Os for Halloween?
• Posted by Opinionted MAMA • 11/1/11

Kim filed for divorce (take our POLL). The super committee is feuding over the same issues. Michelle made chili. Deb grounded her tweenager.  it's all relatively SPOOKY (except the chili - it was yummy).  

Michelle trick or treated with her KID-Os, who dressed up like a "flower," a "vampire" and a "skeleton." Oh, actually the flower bailed on us to trick or treat with her tweenager friends....

• THREE CHEERS FOR THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE: Celebrating 4th of July
• Posted by Opinionated MAMA • 7/1/11

Fireworks, watermelon, parades, sunburns and barbecues may be what your kiddos associate with the 4^th of July.   Indeed, it is America’s largest secular holiday, and a beloved day for those of us blessed to live in the United States.  The 4^th of July marks the day that members of the Second Continental Congress, during a meeting in Philadelphia, adopted the final draft of the Declaration of...