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		<title><![CDATA[A Perfect Gift for Little Girls]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2012 08:28:55 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[It’s interesting that more of us haven’t tuned into one of the most perfect gifts for girls; That being, pretend makeup for little girls. It’s a perfect gift for girls in that it allows them to do something they want to do (play with makeup), and it doesn’t make a mess whatsoever because it’s not real makeup. It just looks and feels real. The concept is simple, but we suspect that the execution of getting it to look and feel real enough to make it a positive experience for little girls is the difficult part. Obviously, that’s where Mini-Play Makeup...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[You work hard for your money]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 15:20:46 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Recently, my son asked me if I still had a job. He had observed some changes in my time at home. I was home a lot more now than compared to what I typically was. Why the change? I took a role that allowed me to work from home 100 percent of the time. Now, that required change but it didn’t require any less work. I still have to deliver results and I still have to navigate through many challenges to get those results. I just do it at home. I am grateful to have work. Like many people in...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Reluctant Lessons Learned]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 10:31:40 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Yesterday was Halloween, and we went through the usual costume crises in our home, which is one of two things.  The first, our kids want extremely extravagant costumes and we do our best to satisfy those wants with what we have or what we can find without spending a fortune.  The second is where they can’t decide and we have to figure out something without much help from them.  Well, this year our six year old daughter was in the second category.  She could not decide what she wanted to be so we had to choose for her.  What was...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Halloween, the Ultimate Pretend Holiday]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[At Mini-Play Makeup, we specialize in creating pretend experiences for little girls.  We didn’t invent pretending, we just looked for a way to pretend with makeup in such a way that mom doesn’t have that undesirable side effect of cleaning up messes.  As such, we tend to be on the alert for pretending activities that our children engage in.  This year, as our children began the annual hype around Halloween, sometime in August, I noticed that they tended to not only talk about their costumes but also about the characters represented by their costumes.  They even began pretending to be...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Is this real Makeup?]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:43:23 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[We often get questions around how our pretend makeup products work.  We tried to cover this in our website, but the questions persist.  So, today, I wanted to quickly cover a couple of common misconceptions about the products.
First,  our makeup is not real.  It is pretend.  It looks real.  It feels real when you rub your finger across it but nothing transfers from the shadows, blushes, or compacts to your finger tip, brushes or any other surface that comes in contact with our makeup containers.  It is not supposed to transfer.  What do we mean by “transfer?”  No color, lotion...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Intangible Value of Having Consistent Traditions]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 01:31:34 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[When raising children, the intangible value of having consistent traditions is just that, intangible.  The results create anchors of emotional poise later in our children’s lives.  Consequently, in our home, we have gone to great lengths to establish family traditions with our children on a regular basis. The types of traditions can be daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly or yearly.  Think of your own daily wake up and bed time routines with your children.  You know from your own experience that your kids cherish, or even cling to that routine. Things don’t go too well for you when you try to...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Magic of “Please” and “Thank You” ]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 19:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Have you ever observed how powerful those two phrases are?  Have you paused after witnessing or participating in that exchange and felt it’s magic?  If not, you are missing an opportunity.  I strongly recommend you slow down and feel that experience.  For example, we teach our children repeatedly to say those words at the table with each meal, and as they interact with others in conversation.  We teach them that as they do this they are filling others buckets with good things and that if they wanted others to fill their buckets, they need to focus on filling others’ buckets...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Preserving the Art of "Sharing"]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Oct 2010 09:42:05 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Not too many years ago, the record player was a family centerpiece located in the family room where we would gather to listen to music.  We had to share in those days because most of the time, we only had one record player.  Unlike today, when we wanted to listen to music, we might have had to fight for what to listen to with other family members.  Today, my oldest son got his own MP3 player at 9 years old.  There’s not much sharing when you have ear buds stuffed into your years.   You get to listen to what you...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Little Girls just Love Polka Dots]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 12:11:56 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[That’s an observation my wife had recently.  Why is that? I wondered.  Could it be because as little girls they have a thing for uniformity and the round shape?  Is it a predisposition to certain patterns and that polka dots are the most discernable pattern in that predisposition?  Or, is it something we cannot wrap our heads around?  As a male, I’m predisposed to not care too much about such questions.  I just need to internalize the mere fact that my daughter loves polka dots and buy accordingly, right.  At least that’s what my wife and daughter have suggested to...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[What is making that noise in the dryer?!]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2010 10:28:12 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[What is making that noise in the dryer?!
Have you ever noticed that having children has it’s accompanying byproducts?  I call it “collateral damage.” These are things such as, frogs or mice showing up in lunch pails, or fairy princess birthday parties.  Or odd items showing up in the dryer after they’ve already been washed.  Well, the same could be said about men I guess… except the part about the fairy princess birthday parties.  However, I’ve noticed recently an increase in the number of odd items showing up in the washer. 
Most recently it has been pebbles.  And Dryers make very annoying...]]></description>
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