Food, Crafts and Fun
We are a flip flop family. We would all wear flip flops all year if we could. But we live in the Pacific Northwest and it’s cold and rainy and that just wouldn’t be a good thing. So when the sun shines (or the rain stops, whichever comes first) all of us shed our shoes […]
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Meatloaf and mashed potatoes are comfort food to me. I love them! My kids love them! And I love that my kids love them! But I wanted to kid it up a little. (We eat meatloaf a lot.) So I made my regular meatloaf. It’s nothing uber fancy. I buy the spice packet at the […]
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A co-worker of mine first introduced me to cake balls. I had never heard of them before. Apparently I was totally out of it because they have been around for awhile and have been quite the thing. But in my little neck of the world, they were new…. and delicious!!! I immediately had to go […]
[Continue reading...]WOW! This has been quite a week for me blog wise. An award and now a request to be a guest blogger. Who knew??? (Personal wise I’m exhausted and have a daughter with an ear infection but we won’t go there right now.) Stephanie over at Ten Talents asked if I would do a posting […]
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If you haven’t checked out part one of my son’s Mad Scientist Party click here. It was all about the decor and preparation for this most excellent party. This is part two, the experiments. This was so much fun! I bought most of the experiments on this sight here. It is the coolest site ever […]
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A co-worker of mine retired this year. He was the PE teacher at the Middle School where I work. We’ve worked together for 14 years. We coached together for 8 years. I couldn’t just let him leave without a proper farewell gift. So I made him a chip bowl. I know, so not appropriate. But […]
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Whoo hoo! Jasey over at Crazy Daisy has given me the Beautiful Blogger Award. I am touched (and completely surprised.) I can’t say thanks enough to everyone for stopping by my little spot on the web. I just love doing things with my kids and love passing along my adventures and creations. And I LOVE […]
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My son just turned 7 this week. I can’t even believe it. Where has the time gone?!?!? Every year we start planning for the birthday parties months in advance. I realize that it would be much easier to just forget about it until a couple of weeks ahead of time and then plan like crazy. […]
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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! […]
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I remember as a kid I used to love playing with a Magic 8 Ball toy. We would sit around and ask it all sorts of questions and all giggle at the answers. Okay, who am I kidding. I work in a middle school. I still play with the Magic 8 Ball in my office […]
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For Halloween do you do silly fun or gory? We always do silly fun but I do like a little bit of the gross. So when I saw these cupcakes over on Pinterest (my new love) from Cakehead Loves Evil I knew we had to make them. Totally cool, right?!?! We made stained glass candy […]
I pinned this recipe quite some time ago and put it into my “Fun Food Ideas” board. I mean, seriously, of course I was going to make it. They are adorable! And with the movie Turbo coming out, I figured it was the perfect time to surprise my kids. My son wants to see Turbo badly. […]
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 […]
I have a confession to make. You know those little recipe books that you always see in the check out stand? They are usually themed – Halloween, Christmas, cookies, crockpot recipes. You know the ones. I am addicted to them. Yep, I said it out loud. I love them. I love looking through them and […]
Forgive me for reposting old projects but we’re still not baking much around here and these ideas were so much fun. Check them out if you missed them! Octo Dogs and ShellsAn Alien Invasion For DinnerHot Dog CookiesWatermelon BeetleMeatloaf & Mashed Potato CupcakesSloppy Joe Race Cars Have fun with your meal!
Have you ever just wanted to give someone a finger??? Not the finger… a finger. Ha! I crack myself up sometimes. (I’m hoping that’s not a bad thing….) I found this great finger pan from Wilton last Halloween but never got a chance to use it. So it was calling our name from the […]
I’ve decided I love my food markers. I mean seriously. Who ever came up with that idea is a genius. Because we’re having so much fun with them. Who wouldn’t love a cup of this hot chocolate in the morning?! My kids thought it was great. They thought I bought the marshmallows like this. […]
Meatloaf and mashed potatoes are comfort food to me. I love them! My kids love them! And I love that my kids love them! But I wanted to kid it up a little. (We eat meatloaf a lot.) So I made my regular meatloaf. It’s nothing uber fancy. I buy the spice packet at the […]