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Welcome to my review blog!

I know, everybody's doing it these days. Review blogging, that is. But listen: I'm a mom, I have three sons, and a good portion of our expenditures go toward them. I cannot tell you how often I share recommendations with other moms, and act on advice that they have given me. If you're a mom, or a marketer, you know this about me. Now I'm just providing my opinions in one central location.

I'm a 38-year-old stay-at-home mom. Our sons are very different kids. The seven-year-old is way (!) into sports and cars and is pretty sure he'll play in the NFL when he grows up. The four-year-old is all about dinosaurs and wildlife and thinks he maybe wants to be a veterinarian. They're both completely obsessed with reading, and with Legos and Bionicles and building things. And the baby is, well, a baby. He has no interests (besides me) yet. You can read all about us (and probably learn more than you want to know) at my sometimes-kinda-daily blog: http://www.onthreekids.blogspot.com/.

By virtue of the fact that we are parents in this society, we are consumers. We try to be responsible consumers, and don't necessarily run out and buy every "must-have" toy of every shopping season. (Believe me, our kids are far from deprived, though.) I guess my goal here is simply to help other parents spend their kid-dollars wisely, in the event that they read and value my opinion.

This is a work in progress; I'm sure I'll be refining as things move forward. For now I'm just writing about things that we are currently using and loving. Probably most of these early reviews will be about kids' stuff. ('Cause about 98% of my conscious energy is directed towards them.)

So keep checking in and reading, and I'm looking forward to seeing where it goes from here.