Kaitlyn needs a plane ticket. And a passport.

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Littlest Pet Shop playsets come with a little booklet that shows all the pets you can collect, with convenient check-off boxes so you can make sure you are being the BEST PARENT YOU CAN BE by buying your child every single pet. Kaitlyn has been carrying one around since Christmas Day, studying it thoroughly and occasionally thrusting it under my nose saying "can I get THIS ONE? Pleeeeeeaaasssseeeeeee?"  It doesn't matter that she got eleventy-billion Littlest Pet Shop toys for her birthday and Christmas, she needs more. It's the American way, after all. So, I was poking around various websites looking at LPS toys, and I found one that I knew she would love, the Playful Paws Pet Daycare. I was about to click "add to cart" when I realized I was on the U.K. version of the Littlest Pet Shop site. Kaitlyn, who was of course looking over my shoulder, started wailing when I clicked away from the site to go to hasbro.com to look for the playset there. Kaitlyn (wailing loudly): why are … [Read more...]

Subway-Putting the “Christ” in Xmas

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Subway Employee #1- "I need to put up the sign with our hours for Christmas Day." Subway Employee #2-"Are you going to spell it 'Christmas', or 'Xmas'? Subway Employee #1-"Um...both?" Awesome. seen outside Subway at Waverly and West Saginaw in Lansing … [Read more...]

Last Minute Gift Idea-Taylor Swift Dolls from Jakks Pacific

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I am such a huge fan of JAKKS Pacific, because they make my daughter's absolute favorite toys in the whole world - Puppy in My Pocket & Friends™ pets. Kaitlyn was beside herself the other day when a box arrived from JAKKS, with a Puppy in My Pocket, Kitty in my Pocket, and Jungle in my Pocket set. I have a Playmobil advent calendar on my desk that comes with little animals, and the Puppy in My Pocket & Friends animals have become part of the advent calendar scene. She can spend an hour sitting there playing with them all, it's so cute. I highly recommend any of the "in My Pocket" sets as a terrific stocking stuffer or gift! JAKKS Pacific also manufactures and licenses products for older kids, including a very popular doll this year based on singer Taylor Swift. Although I haven't reviewed the dolls personally, I promised Janis at Jakks that I would spread the word about the dolls starting with a post here, I'm sure there must be someone reading Table for Five who has a … [Read more...]