Birthstone

OK, fess up, moms! Do you buy your entire family matching pajamas for the holidays? Check out these hilarious holiday pajamas that your entire family can sport this year, along with thoughts from real moms who are on both sides of the matching pajamas fence. Moms who love them A self-proclaimed sucker for pajama fun, mom of two in Seattle, Dana, says that she absolutely gets matching pajamas for her kids — and for her husband and herself when she can find the same ones in adult sizes as well. Tara, a Los Angeles mom to a 2-year-old, shares that even her mom and sister join in the matching pajama craziness. They've been busting out the matching Christmas pajamas for the past three years now. Moms who just say no On the other side of the matching pajama scene, Kelli tells SheKnows that her own mother has been making her wear matching Christmas pajamas since she was a child and even now, Kelli's mom insists on matching pajamas for the entire family on Christma...

Alexandrite Alexandrite  is one of the rarest of all colored gemstones and is famed for its color change from green in daylight to red under incandescent light. Fine faceted alexandrite over 1 carat is more valuable than sapphire, ruby or emerald. Alexandrite is a variety of chrysoberyl, with an excellent hardness of 8.5 on the Mohs scale, placing it right behind sapphire and ruby. Alexandrite is rare because of its chemical composition. Chrysoberyl is colored by traces iron and titanium, but alexandrite is also colored by chromium, which gives it the emerald green hue in daylight.

Who wants to learn more about birthstones? January –  Garnet  –  Garnet (constancy) February –  Amethyst  –  Amethyst (sincerity) March –  Jasper  –  Bloodstone or Aquamarine (courage) April –  Sappire  –  Diamond (innocence)  May –  Agate  –  Emerland (love/success) June –  Emerald  –  Pearl, Moonstone, Alexandrite (health/longevity) July –  Onyx  –  Ruby (contentment) August –  Carnelian  –  Sardonyx, Peridot (married happiness) September –  Chrysolite  –  Sapphire (clear thinking) October –  Aquamarine  –  Opal, Tourmaline (hope) November –  Topaz  –  Topaz (fidelity) December –  Ruby  –  Turquoise, Lapis (prosperity) Birthstones November Birthstone : Topaz and Citrine Individuals born in November can choose between two sunny gemstones to brighten up this chilly ...