Food, Crafts and Fun
(Sorry for my pictures on this one!) This another recipe that I took to the beach for our family vacation. I made it before we left so I could just put it in the oven for dinner and wouldn’t have to do any prep work. It was a perfect recipe for that! And it was […]
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My daughter asked me if I would teach her how to make homemade macaroni and cheese. It was like music to my ears. I love that my kids want to cook and bake with me! We search Pinterest for a good Mac and Cheese recipe and this is the one she picked. My kids are […]
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This is another dessert that I took to our family beach trip. That’s why the pictures aren’t very good. Sorry about that. I made it quickly, then packed it in the cooler to take. I almost forgot to take a picture while we were there. Partly because we were having to much fun, and partly […]
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Definitely not the prettiest dessert we’ve made. Sorry about that. But what it lacks in looks, it definitely makes up for in taste! It was delicious!!! Everything about it. Well, except for my pictures, of course. The cake was moist and tasted fantastic, and the frosting? I could have eaten it by the spoonfuls. […]
[Continue reading...](This is a post by Sara Stringer) Last year my husband and I came into some money and decided to buy a bigger house. We were lucky in that we got a good deal on a four-bedroom in a great school district with a deck that went on for miles, and enough yard for our […]
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Here’s another cute and fun money gift idea. Because, again, who doesn’t love to get money as a gift?! My friend’s daughter graduated from OSU so we made the tag orange and black, tied a black ribbon around the top and filled a jar with change. You can get the free printable tag […]
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Who doesn’t love s’mores, right? They scream summer time to me: camping, beach fires, good times and lots of fun. But they are messy to eat when they goo all over the place. Don’t get me wrong. There’s nothing wrong with a little goo. But sometimes, like when I’m driving in the car and I […]
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We all love to get money as a gift, right? I mean, come on! Who doesn’t love money?!?! But just putting a check in an envelope isn’t any fun is it? Maybe to get it, but if I’m going to give money as a gift, I want it to be fun. Yes, you read that […]
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4th of July is right around the corner. Do you celebrate? BBQ? Light off fireworks? I’m not a huge 4th fan/celebrator. We typically go to a friend’s house and swim and light off fireworks, but it’s not a red, white and blue celebration. (Which is fine by me.) It’s low key and perfect. But this […]
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Our vacation to Cancun was amazing! (You can see some of our fun pictures here.) Sun, beach, pool activities, good food and amazing blended, fruity drinks! Can you even go wrong with that combination??? Thank goodness for all-inclusive because I started adding up what it would have cost me to keep my kids hydrated for […]
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I’ve decided that I’m a little bored with cooking. I make the same basic things for dinners and I’m getting tired of it. Dinner should be fun, right? So that’s our new theme for the summer. Fun food! So we bought a couple of fun kid’s cookbooks. This is the first thing we made – […]
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. […]
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 […]
Oh, the pressure. My son’s request to make “fun food” every Saturday night for dinner is already getting to me. How do people come up with all these ideas??? Well, however they do it, I’m just grateful they do. That way I can copy them and my kids think I’m amazing =o) Jill over at […]
I have a little thing about vampires. I was about to write “I’m embarrassed to say” but I’m not. What the heck. I’m obsessed. I said it. Seriously, I am. It all started with the Twilight books and has gone a little out of control since. =o) If you need to know a good book […]
I’m always on the search for fun foods to make for me… I mean my kids. Ah heck, who am I foolin’. I’d make these adorable scooter snacks even if I didn’t have kids. They are so cute. And all the ingredients that I love! Adorable, right? I found this in the August 2010 edition […]
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 […]
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! […]