Food, Crafts and Fun
I'm always looking for fun gift ideas for my kid's teachers or my co-workers. This one is adorable. And the best part? I didn't even have to make it. It was on my desk when I came to school (work) this morning. What a treat! You can fill it with whatever you would like. Customize it if you know what kinds of candy they like or even coordinate colored candy. I'm thinking red and green for Christmas and even orange and black for Halloween. … [Continue reading...]
These just might be my new favorite cookies! My friend said "these are the best cookies I've had in my entire life!" Seriously! She said that. They have a slight crisp around the edges and are super soft in the middle. Just they way I like my cookies. The white chocolate also adds the perfect touch. We also made these for Valentine's Day last year. (And every other holiday!) Ginger cookies seem like the perfect Holiday cookie. They spices scream Christmas! These cookies have all … [Continue reading...]
Show of hands… who’s ready for Christmas? I don’t mean ready, ready. I mean ready for the fun to begin? I am! I love, love, love Christmas time. But before we get to Christmas we have to have Thanksgiving. I don’t really love this holiday. I love the time. My kids and I go to […]
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Last year both of my kids were in middle school. Between the two of them, they had 12 teachers. Twelve! Needless to say, Teacher Appreciation Week was a tad stressful for us, trying to come up with ideas that were cute but didn’t break the bank. I thought this idea was perfect! You could make […]
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I am always looking for great teacher gift ideas to give to my kid’s teachers and my co-workers. I believe that it’s important to say thanks to the people who are teaching our children. Don’t you? Teacher Appreciation Week begins May 7th. Have you thought about gift ideas yet? I saw this idea over on […]
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I’m kind of in love with the magazine Family Fun. For years it’s been delivered to my door and I love looking through all the crafts and recipes. As my kids get older I’m finding most of the crafts are for younger kids, but the recipes? I don’t care how old my kids are. Fun […]
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Have you ever heard of Seafoam Candy? It seems like a beach thing here in Oregon. Everytime we go to the beach and to the candy store, we buy Seafoam. It’s delicious and crunchy and, if made right, melts in your mouth. We decided we wanted to give it a try and I’m super glad […]
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Chocolate, peanut butter and butterscotch makes this dessert one of our favorites! This recipe is similar to the Chex Scotcharoos we made a while back. We decided to use crispy cereal rather than Chex cereal and we dipped them in the chocolate mixture. (You can never have too much chocolate. Am I right?!) We found […]
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We made these delicious cookies at Christmas tine but I forgot to post about them. Oops. They were so good and everyone loved them. So why not change the sprinkles and make them for Valentine’s Day. Right? I mean really, any excuse to make cookies! These cookies are surprisingly delicious. And by surprisingly I mean, people […]
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Chips and Dips are one of my weaknesses. They are comfort food to me and if I let myself, I could eat them everyday for lunch or dinner. I don’t, of course. That would be crazy. But sometimes I wish I could. A co-worker brought this delicious dip to one of our potlucks and I […]
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I am totally loving all of the great April Fool’s Day things people have posted the past couple of weeks! I love the pranks but mostly I love the fun food. You didn’t miss our Fakin’ and Eggs I hope! (We’re all about fun food at our house!) So we wanted to pack in two […]
I love that I found these over on Mom Endeavors. I knew immediately that this was a Halloween snack we had to make. Super easy which means little helpers can do this one all on their own! What you’ll need: * stick pretzels * white melting chocolate * raisins * milk chocolate melting chocolate Arrange […]
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 […]
I know today is November 1st and Breast Cancer Awareness month was October but I just had to share this one with you. Plus today is “Wear Pink” day at my school. So, of course I had to bring cookies to help celebrate! And not just any cookies… Mammo-graham cookies. Ha! Get it?! Mammo – […]
I love Halloween! Have I mentioned that? Yep, love it! And how could I not when this is what decorates my kitchen? Cool, right?! Dirty Q-Tips! Ha! I saw these over on Pinterest too. Along with the Bloody Band-Aid Cookies that we made. It originally came from Katherine Marie Photography. Super simple but the […]
I think I should just rename my blog “All the ideas I steal from Family Fun”. Seriously. Because whenever we get the magazine we all look through it and say “Oh, we have to make that!” about a million times. This was no exception. We had to make this, of course. I mean really… hot […]
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 […]
I know. Don’t judge me. You’re thinking “that’s totally gross!” But admit it… you’re next thought is “but totally cool!” Right? Come on, admit it. These cookies are totally gross and totally cool at the same time. That’s why we had to make them. A friend on Facebook posted this link on my wall […]