http://www.lilsugar.com Mommy's little helper en http://media.onsugar.com/v273/static/imgs/feeds/logos/lilsugar.jpg http://www.lilsugar.com http://www.lilsugar.com/Reinventing-Advent-Calendar-837757 <a href="http://www.lilsugar.com/Reinventing-Advent-Calendar-837757"><img width=120 height=160 src='http://media.onsugar.com/files/users/10/107379/48_2007/adventcalendar.large.jpg'></div></a><p><span class="inline left"></span>The countdown to Christmas has come a long way from the two-for-a-dollar advent calendars I had as a kid. </p> <p>No more chalky chocolates found behind cardboard doors, now the elaborate calendars can be filled with presents, candies, trinkets, and toys. Several versions are made by toy companies and others are handcrafted keepsakes. And, most of them will set you back a pretty penny.</p> <p>Whatever you're using to count, when you're a kid 25 days seems to take forever.</p> http://www.lilsugar.com/Reinventing-Advent-Calendar-837757#comment lil finds christmas advent calendars Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:00:05 -0800 LilSugar http://www.lilsugar.com/Reinventing-Advent-Calendar-837757 http://www.lilsugar.com/Lil-Links-853649 <a href="http://www.lilsugar.com/Lil-Links-853649"><img width=160 height=106 src='http://media.onsugar.com/files/users/10/107379/49_2007/ever-12071.large.jpg'></div></a><p><span class="inline left"></span> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.millaj.com/new/index.shtml" target="_blank">Milla Jovovich explains her daughter's name</a> - Milla's Blog</li> <li><a href="http://www.babble.com/content/articles/features/dispatches/schaffel/the-doula-craze-parents-love-them-hospitals-arent-so-sure/" target="_blank">The doula craze</a> - Babble</li> <li><a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/4297117a1860.html" target="_blank">Britney and Paris top Santa's naughty poll</a> -Stuff</li> <li><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/parenting/detail?blogid=29&amp;entry_id=22385" target="_blank">The power of television commercials on kids</a> - The Poop</li> <li><a href="http://www.thefatherlife.com/articles/2007/40/" target="_blank">Beyond baby blues: post-partum depression</a> -The Father Life </li> <li><a href="http://www.celebritybabyscoop.com/?p=3158" target="_blank">Brooke Burke and her gaggle of girls</a> - Celebrity Baby Scoop</li> <li><a href="http://www.parentdish.com/2007/11/21/advent-calendar-traditions/" target="_blank">Advent take-out box calendar</a> -Parent Dish</li> <li><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSN2754212320071128" target="_blank">Study maps brain abnormalities in autistic children</a> -Reuters</li> </ul> <p><a href="http://www.millaj.com/new/index.shtml" target="_blank">Source</a></p> http://www.lilsugar.com/Lil-Links-853649#comment Lil Links Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:30:42 -0800 LilSugar http://www.lilsugar.com/Lil-Links-853649