Food, Crafts and Fun
I love kitchen gadgets. No, wait. Let me try that again … I LOVE KITCHEN GADGETS! I love everything about them. I probably need to go to a 12 step program for it but I don’t care. I love going into kitchen shops and finding new gizmos or gadgets and then trying them out. I […]
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If you haven’t guessed by now I’m have somewhat of a sweet tooth. (Well, I think in an earlier post I claimed it was a fat tooth.) So when I saw this recipe on one of my favorite blogs, Chocolate and Toast, I just had to make it. I mean seriously, how can you go […]
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My daughter saw these wonderful looking treats in her Fancy Nancy Tea Parties book. (Did I mention we LOVE Fancy Nancy?!) Her books are stupendous (that’s fancy for great!) I did an earlier post from this book as well. Click here to see it. So Ellie saw these and said to me “oh, let’s make […]
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Friends have been telling me about Five Guys Burgers and Fries for some time. I’ve thought about going but have never wanted to drive to Beaverton “just for a burger”. I mean, how good can their burgers really be, right? I can go to Burger King and get a burger for a buck – now […]
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I’m beginning to get a little tired of the rain around here. It’s May for heaven’s sake and it’s pouring outside. I want summer! I want to be able to open up my windows and smell the fresh air. I want to wear sandals and capris and not feel like I’m frozen. I want to […]
[Continue reading...]A friend of ours told me about classes that they have at Lowe’s for kids. I didn’t give it too much thought. I’m not much of a “handy” person. I can craft up a storm, but hammer and nails… not so much. My brother and sister were granted that talent in our family. But the […]
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Teacher’s Appreciation Week is coming up so my kids and I wanted to honor their teachers with something homemade. Each year we do this. (Okay, so it hasn’t been many years since my kids are young, but we have included daycare staff in this as well.) We were thinking about making posters again this year […]
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My kids were invited to a birthday party at the Oregon Gymnastics Academy last weekend. My daughter was beyond excited – running around the house saying she was going to do gymnastics and tumble herself silly. My son was a little nervous. “Is this going to be a big girl party?” he kept asking. I […]
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What better to eat for dessert than ice cream??? Participate in 31 Cent Scoop Night at Baskin-Robbins® and help honor America’s firefighters. The Baskin-Robbins Community Foundation is donating $100,000 to the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation™ (NFFF). Participating stores will reduce prices of ice cream scoops to 31 cents. At some locations, you may also have […]
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One thing my kids love to play with is Play Doh. We have a bunch of the gadgets and gizmos that make shapes and molds it into cool things. They play for hours making different kinds of foods and serving to each other, or making animals and people that have conversations with each other. It’s […]
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Have you ever seen these things? They are egg molds? Egg what??? Egg molds! I saw them awhile ago and have been wanting to get them to try them out and here they are. Pretty cool looking aren’t they? You’re probably wondering why in the world anyone would want these things though, right? Well, I […]
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!
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 […]
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 was feeling pretty guilty about my lack of party creativity for my daughter. The necklaces were pretty cute and I knew the girls would think they were fun but I was feeling bad for the boys. Plus I have this whole over-acheiver thing that I deal with. I have a hard time settling for […]
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: * […]
I saw this “recipe” in the Family Fun magazine while at the Doctor’s office and thought I’d give it a try. Anything to make dinner time fun, right? My kids LOVED it! And it was easy to make. I took hot dogs and cut them into 4 pieces. Then I took raw spaghetti noodles and […]
Happy 4th of July everyone! What are you doing tonight? I’m going to hope I don’t fry my eyebrows while I watch the amazed looks on my kids face as the fireworks go off. They love fireworks. Well, not the loud ones. =o) When I saw these adorable Corn Dog Cookies over on Sue’s blog, […]