Food, Crafts and Fun
Isn’t part of the whole gift giving thing getting the person something that they would like? I mean, I get the whole it’s the thought that counts, but if you give a person a Snickers bar and they’re allergic to peanuts, will they like it? Sure. Will they go home and give it to their […]
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It’s Secret Recipe Club reveal day today. Yeah! I love this day. Even though we’re scrambling around trying to pack in as much summer fun as we can into the last few weeks. But this month was a piece of cake. As soon as I received my blog assignment last month I went over to […]
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I’m not sure how many more days of summer we have until school starts (and I have to go back to work.) I refuse to look at a calendar or even think about it yet. (Denial is a powerful thing.) So here are some funnies for you. If you don’t work in a school, you […]
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My daughter and her friends love Zotz Fizzy Candy. I mean, love them. Have you heard of Zotz? Zotz Fizzy Candy is a hard candy with a sour, fizzy powder on the inside. The powder is “activated” by saliva (liquid) so when you are sucking on the candy, it all of a sudden fizzes and […]
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Did you read the title and think “what the heck?” If you did, you’re not alone. When I first heard of roasting Starburst candies over the campfire I was pretty skeptical. Number one, there’s no chocolate so that usually rules me out. And number two, what the heck? How would that even work??? But when […]
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Just hearing the word s’mores makes you think of summer, right? It does for us. And it also means it’s S’more Blizzard time at Dairy Queen. My kids love them and ask to go there a lot. Unfortunately, I’m a tight wad and won’t take them there very often. So what do we do? We […]
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Cheesecake is one of my all time favorite desserts. We have a restaurant here, The Cheesecake Factory, that I love to go to for dessert. They have a ton of different varieties of cheesecake. So many that it’s almost too hard to choose which one to order. It’s an indulgence I don’t do too often, […]
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One of the things I’ve learned over the years is that camping can be a ton of work! But there are a lot of things that you can do beforehand to make time out there with your family or friends more relaxing. One of the things we do beforehand is lots of food prep. I’m […]
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We love to camp. Have you gotten that impression yet? Summers are for spending time together, cooking good food and going camping with my kids. We’re pretty much perfected the camping treats. (You’re camping, for heaven’s sake. Treats are good.) We’ve made Campfire Apple Pies (oh man, pure heaven), Campfire Eclairs (I have no words), […]
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It’s Secret Recipe Club time again. That means it’s time to tell you about a new blog I found and what great recipe I made from it. My blog assignment this month was BKLYN Locavore. Melissa is a marketing professional by day and an avid foodie by night. She believes in buying locally (which has […]
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My son wanted a Nerf birthday party. Do you know how hard it is to find Nerf party things out there??? It’s darn near impossible. Tiffanee over at One Crazy Cookie made our Nerf Birthday Party Invitations which were a giant hit! I don’t know how she does it but she is a computer […]
I’m totally having fun with this whole fun food for dinner Saturday night. I love seeing my kid’s faces when I put their plate on the table. I love hearing “no way. Great job, Mom.” It makes my entire day! And how could I not make this for Halloween?!?! I’m not sure where I saw […]
Do they look like hot dogs? Of course they do. But are they? Well, sort of. They’re hot dogs, but not the kind you eat for lunch. You eat these hot dogs for dessert! I found the recipe for these over on The Seven Year Cottage. I changed it up just a little bit. They used […]
Normally by now I’ve posted a few Thanksgiving fun food recipes. Apparently I’m a little slow this year. I can’t believe this is our first (and only one!) But it is a fun one. How cute are these little guys? I thought my kids would have a great time making these. I bought all the […]
I remember making this years and years ago for a friend’s children. It was pretty cool (I thought) so my kids and I thought we would make it again for some friends. It’s super easy and it’s fun to do! What you will need: * any kind of clear bowl. We used a fish bowl […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]