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The following is a post from our sponsor: EA SPORTS.

EA SPORTS Active helped Michele and her family "get Active" for a healthier lifestyle.

In the last few years, I have struggled with trying to live a healthy lifestyle for me and for my family. I can convince myself of the benefits of working out and eating healthy, but it's much more difficult to convince my family (especially my kids) that eating healthy foods and working out is a lot more fun than eating candy and playing video games. 

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We gave 10 CafeMoms a meal's worth of Green Giant Valley Fresh Steamers and asked them to capture the experience on video. This week's featured mom is TallChic. Watch the video and answer the question below to get entered to win a $500 Crate and Barrel Gift Card!

Photo by stacy77

Moms of kids starting preschool or kindergarten for the first time this year have enough to worry about -- what to pack for lunch, adjusting to the new schedule, making sure their kids like their teachers and are making friends.

What a shame that some of these moms, just days into the new school year, are already dealing with the flu!

"My daughter started kindergarten on Monday in a pre-K through 1st grade school," says one CafeMom. "I just got a call from the school automatic call system to make us aware that they have three confimed cases of Swine Flu! I'm suppossed to get more info sent home with her today, but this has me freaked out ...

Photo from Forever 21

I'm all for comfortable clothes, and I'm all for looking as stylish as possible while pregnant. Which brings me to one of the biggest fashion statements of the season: jumpsuits.

A lot of CafeMoms don't like the jumpsuit...but what about as maternity wear?

I, like my toddler, am happy in a onesie. I love pajamas. And I think a nice, black, simply-cut jumpsuit -- if you wore it with the right shoes and maybe a big necklace -- could be good. So I went looking.

Photo from Lucky magazine

I've always had pretty long hair, but these days with the sticky-fingered toddler son, and the 90-degree heat, and the new baby on the way I'm thinking of cutting it all off.

But short hair has always felt a little mom-ish to me. Then Lucky posted this insanely fun to browse Hair Lookbook, which shows dozens upon dozens of cute styles, and I started changing my mind.

Photo from Nautical Boatique

I'm fully into flats these days -- especially stylish inexpensive flats, but the ones I'm reaching for over and over are...Sperry Topsiders.

Not the most fashionable shoes in the world, right? Wrong!

The following is a guest post from our sponsor, Listerine.

It seems like everyone's trying to find ways to save money these days. We're doing things like eating out less and unplugging our appliances when we're not using them (I had no idea how much electricity they used even when they weren't running).

But one area I'm not willing to cut corners on is anything to do with my family's health, including things like regular trips to the dentist for cleanings.

Photo from J.Crew

Whenever I hear about a sale at J.Crew I immediately click over to see what they've got. I've been eyeing this Dressy Jersey Twist-Strap Dress for a while, and now that it's marked down to $39.99 I'm finally going to pull the trigger. 

So I'm a creative director at a digital ad agency, and one of the perks of my job is that sometimes I get to try my clients' new products early. One of the accounts I'm on is Bounce.

Not sure if you've heard of this new dryer bar, but I was given the Bounce Dryer Bar Outdoor Fresh for free, so we'd know about it for our work. And I was recently asked if I'd be willing to share my experience.

OK, so yes, it looks kind of like a maxi pad (sorry clients!). It's true though. But I'm OK with it, because it stays in my dryer anyway. What I like about it is the very fact that it's out of sight, out of mind.