Food, Crafts and Fun
School starts for us on Tuesday… Tuesday! I’m not really sure I’m ready to go back to work and have the kids go back to school. I am… and I’m not. You stay at home Mom’s understand that one, right? But I’m really going to miss the summer and my time with my kids. We […]
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School is about to start here. Ugh! Not that I don’t want my kids to go to school. That’s the great part. But that also means I have to go back to work. I’m not quite ready for that part. (Big sigh!) I wanted to do something for my kid’s teachers but I really didn’t […]
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We’ve been on a cinnamon roll kick lately. Can you ever get enough? I’m swaying towards “no way!” I think my kids would agree with me =o) But it’s a lot of work making homemade cinnamon rolls. Don’t get me wrong, they are fantastic. But sometimes I don’t have a couple of hours to spend […]
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We love cinnamon rolls. No wait, I don’t think that’s extreme enough. Let me try that again. We LOVE cinnamon rolls!!! If my kids would, I think they would eat them everyday for breakfast. But I’d like to think I’m a better Mom than that =o) I was trying to think what to make when […]
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I got an email from my Mom awhile back telling me about a fun thing she found. It was The Secret Recipe Club. Intriguing, right? Her email didn’t say much, just had the link and said “let’s do this.” Well, how could I pass up that?!?! So I clinked on the link and was hooked […]
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Every time we go to OMSI and play in the children’s activity room with slime the kids say “we need to make a bunch of that at home.” But then we saw this post and I new I couldn’t put it off any longer. (Especially since my daughter was sitting right next to me and […]
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A couple of weeks ago I joined The Secret Recipe Club. It’s a group of bloggers/recipe lovers who sign up and get assigned a blog. Then we make something from that blog and write about it. Fun right? My first post is scheduled for this Monday (the 22nd) but then yesterday I received an email […]
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It’s really no secret that we love Disney’s Family Fun Magazine. You’ve heard of it, right? Of course you have. Well, a couple of months ago they contacted me and asked if they could include a picture of Ellie and a little blurb about our Carrot Patch Cookies that we made (from their magazine.) And […]
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My “To Make” list is huge. And it kind of cracks me up because some of the things on my “to make” list aren’t even realistic. I mean seriously, I can’t sew. I wasn’t born with that gene. So for me to save it and actually think I am going to make it is, well, […]
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Yeah, you read that right – Dreamy Oreo Brownies. Don’t they just sound dreamy? Okay, maybe not yet. But wait until you find out what’s inside of them. Then you’re going to think dreamy! As soon as I saw these over on Cookies and Cups I knew I was going to love them. But then […]
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My daughter’s pre-school class has been learning Japanese all year. It’s so cool to hear her speak and she is so proud when she comes home and tells me the new words she has learned. At the school’s Spring Fling Bar-B-Que her class sang “Jesus Loves Me” in Japanese! In Japanese!!! She’s 5 years old! […]
I haven’t done a single thing for the 4th of July =o( Where have I been??? We typically don’t do much for the 4th, though. It’s always been one of those holidays where I’m frustrated because of all the loud noises that keep waking my kids up! Does that make me grouchy? =o( But a […]
The weather here in Oregon has been really off the past couple of months. It was stinkin’ hot for awhile and then summer kind of disappeared the end of August. I’m not real happy about it. I LOVE the nice weather. Well, let me rephrase that. I love wearing flip flops and shorts. My wardrobe […]
Have you ever seen this before? Is it the strangest thing ever?!?! It looks like it should be in some Star Wars movie or something. (Or do I just not get out enough???) I saw this over at the local fruit and veggie stand. It’s awesome! (The stand, that it.) I wasn’t sure what it […]
In keeping with our fun food theme we made these cute sloppy Joe cars. What do you think? (You didn’t miss our other fun food posts, did you? Octodogs and Shells, Aliens for dinner and our Squiddlers.) These were simple to make and will be a big hit with the kids. You will need: * […]
One of the best things I’ve done with my kids is taking them camping. I was a little afraid the first time we went. It was just me and my two, very young, children. We had so much fun. Now, 5 years later, it’s the highlight of our summer when we go camping. We load […]
This was one of my first posts (and it’s a pretty poorly done one.) So I thought I would repost this. It’s one of my son’s favorite meals and he asks for it all the time. I’m not sure if he likes eating the hot dogs and noodles or if it’s just the way he […]
This might be the last of our Easter treats for this year. But seriously, don’t hold me to that. Sometimes we just bake on a whim so there might be more =o) So guess where I saw this cute idea. Give up? It’s another Family Fun magazine idea. I am totally in love with that […]