birthday

Share first birthday milestones and enter to win with Tide and BabyCenter

by Julie Meyers Pron April 12, 2011

Not everyone does birthday parties, I get that. And not everyone does big 1st birthday parties. I’ve always felt that the first birthday party is as much for the adults as it is for the kids. More really. I mean, Little won’t remember her first birthday party. So if we invited her “friends” or had [...]

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Family traditions: We wash in our birthdays

by Julie Meyers Pron August 30, 2010

Image via Wikipedia It was a busy weekend at the Precious household. Not one, but two birthdays. Big turned 7; Middle, 5. But on the morning of their birthdays, they couldn’t actually announce they were 7 or 5 until after they bathed. Because they need to wash off the previous year. I started the tradition [...]

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Ordering Stationery? Order from Tiny*Prints for Top-Notch Customer Service and Product

by Julie Meyers Pron August 6, 2010

Image via CrunchBase It must be customer service week at Just Precious, because today I’m here to tell you what a joy it is to work with Tiny Prints. You see, when I originally started this post, it was to tell you that, weep weep, it was so very hard to select a birthday party [...]

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7-year-old Girl Birthday Shopping

by Julie Meyers Pron July 28, 2010

While I’m struggling with shopping for my soon-to-be one-year-old girl this week, I was asked for ideas of what to buy a 7-year-old girl. True, I don’t have a 7-year-old girl, but between Big’s friends and the fact that I used to teach 7-year-olds, I figure I’m up for the challenge. 7-year-old girl birthday gift suggestions: [...]

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7-year-old Plans His Birthday Party

by Julie Meyers Pron July 26, 2010

On Friday, I picked Big up at camp. Where upon he told me “I’ve been talking a lot about my birthday with my friends today.” “Really?” I asked. “What did you talk about?” “Well. I told them all of the gifts I expect to get. I told them where to get them and how much they should [...]

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And this is why we all need a calendar. Or, at least, to set our e-calendar alarms.

by Julie Meyers Pron March 3, 2010

Image by Laughing Squid via Flickr After an incredibly busy day of fundraising, shopping and selling with the PTO, the kids and I dined with Whitney and the gang and headed home where they were dressed and ready for bed, saving time to read the next part of Harry Potter. Midway through Chapter 8, the [...]