High Maintenance Mom

The most important thing you can do on Tuesday is to get out and vote. If you do not know where to go to vote, check out Rock the Vote or the Get out the Vote poll locator. And on a less serious note, if you need a break, check out the Saturday Night Live Sketches.

With a 4 and 6 year-old, the excitement of Halloween has been in the air for weeks. We've been through multiple costume changes (luckily costumes can be used year-round for dress-up and this is a great time to buy them) and had many discussions about the neighbors' decorations. In my post last year, Halloween - One of my favorite nights, I mentioned how Halloween is a fee pass to see all the remodels in our neighborhood. This year it's our turn to show off our changes, or in our case - our construction zone that may not be finished before Thanksgiving. The plastic walls are gone and the oven has been returned from our backyard, but it's not done and there is nothing I can do except focus on having an enjoyable evening. As usual, I will be paying my kids for the candy they collect and then donating it somewhere. Now I just have to figure out where I put the candy and PLAY-DOH! And to make my day even more exciting, our power is scheduled to be turned off for eight hours today due to construction on our street. Happy Halloween and more importantly, we hope you have a manageable Day After Halloween!

Want to introduce your kids to new lunchtime foods in addition to geography, math, reading, different languages, and telling time? High Maintenance Mom and The Creative Kitchen want to help you explore recipes and cultures from around the world with our lunchtime fun giveaway! Two lucky High Maintenance Mom readers will be chosen randomly from the logs to win a copy of Cricket Azima's new book, Everybody Eats Lunch...

Congratulations to our High Maintenance Mom and Knock Knock Winter Giveaway-Medical Organizer winner! One High Maintenance Mom reader was chosen randomly from the January and February logs to win a the Medical Organizer by Knock Knock...

During pregnancy, moms are accustomed to a variety of screening tests for conditions such as Down syndrome and diabetes. The rationale for these tests is not to make moms anxious about their pregnancy but to identify potential pregnancy problems to allow for timely intervention.

What is kick counting?
Kick counting, a daily systematic record of moms’ perception of their baby’s movement during the third trimester, is a reliable, harmless, simple and effective screening for the baby’s well-being. Kick counting can document changes in the fetal movement pattern and can help moms-to-be alert their healthcare provider of potential problems. A timely evaluation can allow intervention and prevention of potential problems, including stillbirth.

We're partway through the Barefoot Books giveaway and fundraiser. Our suggestions for the week include the Cleo the Cat books for younger children, almost all of the Barefoot story books with audio CDs, and several of the counting books. To participate in the fundraiser, check out books from our favorite Barefoot Books stall holder and enter the event code EV2.

To enter the giveaway, please see Back-to-School Giveaway, part 1...

High Maintenance Mom and Barefoot Books want to help you get ready for the fall. A fabulous book with audio CD, puppet, and book with music CD will be given away in September. In addition to the Back-to-School Giveaway, we are also offering a Barefoot books fundraiser, just in time to take advantage of their summer sale...

This weekend only - through Monday February 20th, 2006.

President's Day Weekend Clearance
All Shilav Winter 2005 Collection is 50% OFF!

Help us clear our winter inventory in preparation for the upcoming Shilav 2006 Spring/Summer styles.

Plus, don't miss our new Spring Arrivals from nili_gafni's blog | login or register to post comments | read more

Here is the list of items from December/January. January was also the first month we participated in a beta program for Amazon links. You will notice that when you hold your mouse over an image, you will see more information about the price of the item. Please let me know what you think. Thanks!

It's late and I really want to sleep. The fact that I'm up late tonight is my own fault. Last night I was trying to make lunches and clean but tonight I was planning to try to catch up on sleep. I went to check on Little Grab who is sleeping with his butt in the air. It's so cute. I can't believe how adorable I find my kids when they are sleeping. I have to remind myself not to wake them.

Anyway, after checking on Little Grab and B, who said something about trains in his sleep, The Pocket Physicist decided to tell me that all of my comments about Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince could be correct. There's a site that talks about all of the not so subtle clues that kept me wishing for more answers. If you're interested in my take on the book, check out dumbledoreisnotdead.com.