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I received this email from my father and thought I’d share it with everyone. To me, it never gets old reading it. Hope everyone enjoys!

GREAT TRUTHS THAT LITTLE CHILDREN HAVE LEARNED:

1) No matter how hard you try, you can’t baptize cats..
2) When your Mom is mad at your Dad, don’t let her brush your hair.
3) If your sister hits you, don’t hit her back. They always catch the second person.
4) Never ask your 3-year old brother to hold a tomato.
5) You can’t trust dogs to watch your food..
6) Don’t sneeze when someone is cutting your hair..
7) Never hold a Dust-Buster and a cat at the same time.
You can’t hide a piece of broccoli in a glass of milk.
9) Don’t wear polka-dot underwear under white shorts.
10) The best place to be when you’re sad is Grandma’s lap.

GREAT TRUTHS THAT ADULTS HAVE LEARNED:

1) Raising teenagers is like nailing jelly to a tree.
2) Wrinkles don’t hurt.
3) Families are like fudge…mostly sweet, with a few nuts
4) Today’s mighty oak is just yesterday’s nut that held its ground…
5) Laughing is good exercise. It’s like jogging on the inside.
6) Middle age is when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not the toy..

GREAT TRUTHS ABOUT GROWING OLD

1) Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional…
2) Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.
3) When you fall down, you wonder what else you can do while you’re down there.
4) You’re getting old when you get the same sensation from a rocking chair that you once got from a roller coaster.
5) It’s frustrating when you know all the answers but nobody bothers to ask you the questions…
6) Time may be a great healer, but it’s a lousy beautician
7) Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone.

THE FOUR STAGES OF LIFE:

1) You believe in Santa Claus.
2) You don’t believe in Santa Claus.
3) You are Santa Claus..
4) You look like Santa Claus.

SUCCESS:

At age 4 success is . . . . Not piddling in your pants.
At age 12 success is . . .. Having friends.
At age 17 success is . .. Having a driver’s license.
At age 35 success is . . . ..having money.
At age 50 success is . . . Having money..
At age 70 success is . .. . Having a drivers license.
At age 75 success is . .. . Having friends.
At age 80 success is . . .. Not piddling in your pants.

Always remember to forget the troubles that pass your way;
BUT NEVER forget the blessings that come each day.
Have a wonderful day with many *smiles*

Take the time to live!!!
Life is too short.
Whoo-hoo!

~Author unknown (I tried really hard to find him/her to give credit)

We Want It Wednesday will be back on Wednesday! :heart:

Well, as everyone has probably noticed, Mom’s Most Wanted has not been hosting as many giveaways as we used to. It’s not due to the lack of sponsors. It is because since Mom Claire’s resignation, Mom Stefanie (me) has started working full-time, attending college full-time, and taking care of the family. Mom Jessie has been a tremendous help in getting posts up.

I was also  throwing around some thoughts in my head as to where I wanted Mom’s Most Wanted to go. I have decided that I would like to include some substance to the site, other than giveaways. We will continue to do giveaways and We Want It Wednesday though. I would like to ask any bloggers out there that would like to contribute articles about parenting, children, relationships, and any family friendly writings (not previously posted anywhere else) to Mom’s Most Wanted. These articles would be front page posts and I encourage discussion of the articles through comments. If you would like to contribute an article, you will get full credit and if you have a button, it will be posted with the article.

If you or someone you know would like to submit an article for review, please email the article to momsmostwanted at yahoo dot com. Please place “Article  submission” in the subject line of the email so I can keep them organized. Remember, the articles must be new and not written anywhere else. You can always link back to your article, if it is published here.  Also, please provide the html for your button so that it can be published along with your article. All articles submitted will be reviewed and an email will be sent stating whether your article will be posted or not, and if not, a reason why.

I would love nothing more than to spotlight some of our wonderful readers and hear thoughts about this morph that Mom’s Most Wanted is going through…

Stay tuned though, there are some giveaways coming up that I think you will like (hint – hands free bluetooth)! Just give me a bit to get it all finished up.

I want everyone to know that I truly appreciate all our readers and love you all! Thank you for your time and I look forward to receiving those articles! Happy 1 year anniversary to Mom’s Most Wanted!

Warmest regards,

Mom Stefanie

Check out our new Saturday Q & A Page! If you have a question, go ahead and ask!

For this giveaway we are not going to show you all of the cool toys and products that you can get at Step 2 we are just going to show you what Step 2 wants to give to YOU!

Airy, open playhouse design encourages your child’s interest in nature! Features shelf for examining flowers, bugs and other cool things found in nature! Round window with working shutter is great for peek-a-boo fun!

Features a molded in sink with swivel faucet!

Includes plastic shovel, bug collector, butterfly net, working lantern (requires 2 “AA” batteries – not included,) microscope with two slides, tweezers, bug trap shovel and binoculars are included for hours of discovery and play, Periscope pivots to allow 180 degree viewing!

Fenced area provides hidden lookout to observe nature! Storage bin doubles as a planter to grow flowers, herbs or small vegetables!

Step 2 is giving one away to a lucky reader of ours. You could win one of their brand new Nature Station Playhouse!

Can you imagine the hours and hours that your children will be outdoors this summer exploring nature and having a blast in this awesome playhouse! Can you picture it? Your children are OUTSIDE, your house is quiet, your children are learning about nature and just having fun like kids do. You are sitting right there with them teaching them about nature and bugs… Ok, let’s get real here… the kids are outside playing and you my dear will be relaxing in a nice quite house or blogging or doing both while your child plays in this playhouse and explores nature!

It is a Win Win situation but first you have to enter to win! 

1. Visit Step 2 and tell us another product that you would love to have. (2 entries)

2. Sign up for Step 2′s Newsletter and let us know you did. (4 entries)

3. Tell us why you must have this Nature Station Playhouse. (2 entries)

4. Make a purchase from Step 2 and email us the confirmation email that showing your purchase to momsmostwanted(at)yahoo(dot)com. (20 entries)

5. Steal Mom’s Most Wanted’s Twitter Party Button and put it on your side bar. Leave a comment with the link as to where we can find it! (5 entries)

6. Tweet about Mom’s Most Wanted’s Twitter Party and get 1 entry for every tweet! (1 entry per tweet, unlimited entries)

7. Steal Mom’s Most Wanted’s Button and let us know where you put it! (2 entries)

8. Digg, Stumble etc Mom’s Most Wanted and let us know that you did! (1 entry for Digg, 1 entry for Stumble, etc.)

9. Follow Mom’s Most Wanted on Twitterand let us know that you did (or already do)!(1 entry)

10. Sign up for email updates from Mom’s Most Wanted and let us know that you did (or already do)!(2 entries)

11. Follow Mom’s Most Wanted’s blog and let us know that you did (or already do)!(2 entries)

12. Twitter about this giveaway to @momsmostwanted and get 1 entry for every time you tweet it! Then leave a comment that you did! (1 entry per tweet!)

13. Blog about this Giveaway including a link to Mom’s Most Wanted then come back and comment that you did it also providing a a link to the post in your comment.(5 entries)

14. Buy Mom’s Most Wanted on Entrecard! (5 entries)

15. Friend Mom’s Most Wanted on Facebook! (3 entries)

16. Fan Mom’s Most Wanted on Facebook! (3 entries)

17. Join Mom’s Most Wanted Ning site! (5 entries)

18. Friend Mom’s Most Wanted on Myspace! (5 entries)

Please note to get all of your entries counted, for each thing that you do you MUST leave a separate comment for each entry! Example, if you do something that gives you 3 entries you must leave three comments to get those 3 entries. If you do not leave separate comments per entry then your comment will be counted as one entry except where indicated. We do check every entry to make sure that you did what the entry required. Your entry can and will be deleted if you do not follow the entry rules listed above.

Contest open to US and Canada. Contest ends 5/16/09 at 11:59 pm CST. Winners will be chosen by Random.org at the end of the contest and notified via email as well as posted on our site. Please make sure that your email address is obtainable by Mom’s Most Wanted. Winner has 48 hours to claim their prize before Mom’s Most Wanted chooses another winner. Family members of Mom’s Most Wanted are ineligible to enter in any of our contests. Please note that these are our opinions of the items and or sites that we are reviewing and doing giveaways with. Please see our Disclosure for more details.

Don’t you wish your child or children, your relationship, your husband or even your own self came with an instruction manual? Well now, thanks to It’s In The Stars, you can have that manual to help guide you.

BabyStars report is all about either your child or yourself. You provide some basic information such as your birth time, date and place and It’s In The Stars puts together an extensive, detailed report on how your child’s (or yourself’s) tendencies will be as they/you are and as they/you grow. Check out an excerpt of Suri Cruise’s report here.

So… How do you win?

1. Tell us who you want an It’s In the Stars book for. (1 entry)