Food, Crafts and Fun
I’m not a huge breakfast food fan. It’s not that I don’t like pancakes or waffles or omelettes. I just wouldn’t choose to eat them over lunch or dinner foods. But the one thing that I do love in the morning is a breakfast casserole. The combination of potatoes, ham or bacon and cheese. Oh yeah, […]
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I have to apologize for my pictures. I took these out of the oven about 30 minutes before some of my family cam over for a birthday celebration and as soon as everyone got here, it was crazy. And when everyone saw these delicious loaves on the counter, they cut into them. Well, so much […]
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I know in January everyone posts healthy, let’s-all-lose-weight-and-eat-healthy recipes. Well, everyone except me. Sorry. I’m all for eating healthy and staying fit, but why in January? I don’t binge on Christmas goodies so it doesn’t make a lot of sense to me. And I work out already (thanks to my son convincing me to join […]
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Back in November we had a really cold spell. Like, freezing cold. There were weeks where it didn’t even get above freezing. Holy icicles! It was cold! I decided quickly that I didn’t like it. How do you guys do it who live in the Northeast? Brrrrrrr! Everything was so cold – my floors, the car, the […]
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Sorry, I’ve been on a little hiatus having fun with my kids. Christmas kind of whiped me out. We baked so much the few days before Christmas that the thought of baking right now makes me exhausted. How horrible is that?! Good thing I always put some of our baked goods in the freezer. I […]
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Oh my gosh!!! Look what Zachary, our Elf on the Shelf, brought for us this morning! We just love our Elf. He’s done so many great things for my kids and this was absolutely the icing on the cake (or should I say cookie?!) Zachary and I have been following Sue over on Munchkin Munchies […]
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TGIF! And not just any Friday. It’s the Friday before Winter break! Whoo hoo! My kids and I are so excited about Christmas coming up (and having 2 weeks off from work and school). We have one more gift idea for you today. We made it as a teacher gift but we made some different […]
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Zachary, our Elf on the Shelf, brought us a fun (and creative) Christmas gift to do. A Candy Cane Garden. He brought it to us one night while the kids were sleeping. There was a bowl (to grow the seeds in), seeds, dirt and even fertilizer. The bowl was labeled and Zachary was holding the poem […]
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It’s that time again. Time for our Annual Fudge Throwdown at work. I love this day. There’s plates and plates of different kinds of fudge in the staff room. It’s like I died and went to heaven! Well, if Heaven is work, which I really hope it’s not. So I guess it’s not Heaven, just […]
[Continue reading...]When I was in graduate school a professor told me that the olfactory system was the strongest or most sensitive sense we have. There are those out there that believe that if you are trying to recall memories (whether from childhood or later memories), if you close your eyes and try to remember smells, memories […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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! […]
The aliens are coming! The aliens are coming! I told you that I was going to make dinner time more fun and exciting. How fun is this idea?!?! My kids loved it! This idea came from the cookbook Just For Kids Collection. (If you missed my Octo-Dog post you MUST check it out here!) Here’s […]
So what do you think? Have we been doing it up, Thanksgiving style? (Maybe not if you’re a grown up. But we don’t really have one of those in our house.) =o) But my kids have loved all the fun treats we’ve made so far. We tried our first Turkey Cookie. Then we sugar-ed it […]
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, […]
I know. Don’t judge me. You’re thinking “that’s totally gross!” But admit it… you’re next thought is “but totally cool!” Right? Come on, admit it. These cookies are totally gross and totally cool at the same time. That’s why we had to make them. A friend on Facebook posted this link on my wall […]