Food, Crafts and Fun
I can honestly say I’ve never been a fan of Chicken and Dumplings. I’m not sure why. And to be honest, I can’t ever remember eating them. I think they just freaked me out because I’m not much of a bread soaked in anything kind of girl. That being said, I decided to go out […]
[Continue reading...]Post by Sara Stringer. The holidays are coming and it is a great time for the family to spend quality time decorating and preparing. You can bake, decorate and do crafts with your kids to get them into the spirit of the holiday… Here are some interesting and fun Thanksgiving crafts ideas for kids. Thanksgiving […]
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Who doesn’t love s’mores, right? Me? I love them. Not just love, but LOVE them. And these cookies? Yep, they make me happy. It’s a s’more and a cookie smashed into one. Pure heaven. These cookies are soft and chewy (how cookies were meant to be.) The marshmallows are gooey and perfect and the […]
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Magic Bars (or 7 Layer Bars) have been around as long as I can remember. Layer after layer of pure awesomeness, then covered in sweetened condensed milk. Ummm, amazing! This bar is just your basic Magic Bar recipe (found everywhere) but with a fun Halloween twist. We used Candy Corn M&Ms and candy corn rather […]
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My kids and I are preparing for an experience of a lifetime. We’re traveling to Peru this summer to do volunteer work for 6 weeks in one of the orphanages located outside of Cuzco. Everyone asks us why we are doing this and it’s pretty simple actually. Oh sure, the big, global answer is, doesn’t […]
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Owls and Halloween. Who ever decided these two things go together? Well, if you google it (which, of course, we did) it goes way back. Like, way, way back. According to Haunted Bay, the Romans were one of the first cultures that viewed owls as spooky creatures. The owl symbolized death, doom, or destruction and […]
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How cute are these little Candy Corn pots? I love them! What you’ll need: * terra cotta pots * Paint (yellow, orange, white and black) * Orange pom pom * Glue You could always use googly eyes if you didn’t want to paint them on. But you can add so much emotion by painting on […]
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It’s Secret Recipe Club time. You know what that means, right? It means October is almost over. Yikes. No, it means I get to post a recipe from a “secret” blog that I was assigned to. And how fun is it to try new recipes? I love it. The Secret Recipe Club is a… well, […]
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We’ve made Homemade Butterfingers before and can I just say, they are TO. DIE. FOR. Seriously. Delicious. Well, this is pretty much the same thing except in bark form. Which basically means it’s the same thing but thinner. Oh yeah, and easier because you don’t have to dip each individual piece. But that also means […]
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I can’t believe it’s October 10th and this is only our first Halloween post. Eeeee gads! I’m behind! I need to get my behind in gear and Halloween it up. So, to kick off one of the greatest Holidays known to man…. here are our Sugar Wafer Monsters. If you haven’t checked out Sugar Swings! […]
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I’m not even sure I can type this post. I’m laughing too hard. ‘Cause seriously… this meal cracked me up. But even more hysterical than these totally adorable weenie men (that I found over on Casa de Luna) is the conversation that I had with my son. Are you ready for this??? My son: […]
My Mom called me the other day and asked if I would bring a fruit tray to the family gathering we were having. To me, this was an open invitation for some fruit creativity. I mean, I could have just sliced up some fruit and plopped it on a plate. But really??? That’s not how […]
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 […]
Yep, another Thanksgiving-ish recipe. I told you we were going to rock the Holidays! (If you missed that post, you can check it out here.) And after our delicious Pumpkin Spice Fudge, we needed a kid friendly crafty kind of dessert to make. Can you get any more kid friendly or crafty with these Turkey […]
Angry birds seem to be the thing right now. When we were trick or treating there were so many houses that had Angry Bird pumpkins. They were super cool. So when I saw this cute sandwich over on Jill’s blog, Kitchen Fun with My Three Sons, this just seemed like the perfect fun meal. And […]
This may not look like much but let me tell you… it is delicious! My kids and I love root beer floats and have seen a lot of homemade popsicles out there that claim to be rootbeer floats, but they are imposters. Thanks to Almost Unschoolers for this amazing find because here is a real […]
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 […]
Tag! I’m it! Yeah! I love to play games. I’m a kid at heart. I’ll admit it. So when Tiffanee over at One Crazy Cookie tagged me, I was thrilled and honored. Thrilled because, like I said, I like to play =o) And honored because I love her blog. She posts the best recipes! What […]