Food, Crafts and Fun
We’re always looking for fun gift ideas for the Holidays. Something small but thoughtful for the secretaries at my kid’s school, for their teachers and for some of my co-workers. And I kind of have a thing for puns. (As evidenced by our Ho Ho Ho from the Dings Dongs in the Counseling Office, We […]
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It’s not Christmas time in our house with Zachary, our Elf on the Shelf. Zachary first came to visit us in 2009 and every year since my kids look forward to him returning at Thanksgiving time. This post tells about what an Elf on the Shelf is and why every house with children needs one. […]
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I have a thing for pudding cookies. Who knew pudding would make a cookie so moist and full of flavor? And have you baked with Andes Peppermint Crunch Baking Chips before? I’m pretty sure I could eat them straight from the bag and not think twice about it. They are amazing! Here’s your secret ingredients: […]
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I can’t believe how close we are to Christmas. As much as I’ve already gotten done, I’m starting to freak out a little bit. I still have way too much to do: baking, wrapping, shopping… Argh! I’d better stop my griping and get rolling. My nephew always asks for money for Christmas. That’s it, just […]
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I was talking to my Mom the other day telling her how I was looking for a quick but totally delicious cookie or brownie recipe to make for (another) meeting I have coming up at work. I have a love hate relationship with said meeting. These meetings are to align both of the middle school’s […]
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Picture from Old World Garden Farms I can’t believe it’s December and I don’t have a Christmas post all ready to go. I’m totally slacking these days. Last week was spent trying to get ready for our annual Thanksgiving trip to the Oregon Coast. My kids and I go every year with my Dad and […]
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Ever since I first saw these cute gumball machine (candy dispensers) on Pinterest I knew my kids and I would make them… eventually. I just love them. There’s lots of different versions out there but this post was my go to on how to make them. (I just love Lizbeth’s site.) They are so simple and […]
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Can you get any better than a trifle? It’s layers of everything you want from a dessert: brownies, rich pudding, whipped cream and cookies. Yep, I’m sold. And I think it looks so cool for when you have people over for dinner. This Oreo Brownie Trifle is so easy to make and soooooo delicious. It was […]
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When I found these brownies on Pinterest they were called Better Than Crack Brownies. Since I, personally, have not tried crack, I can’t say if they’re better than crack. Thank goodness, right? I like my teeth and my sanity. So I really didn’t want to call them that. Plus, I didn’t want to tell my […]
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Do your kids watch iCarly on Nickelodeon? My kids love it. One of the things that Spencer (one of the characters) makes is spaghetti tacos. My kids have been asking me to make them for some time but I just never did. They didn’t sound all that appetizing to me. Spaghetti in a taco shell? […]
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 […]
It’s no secret that I love fun food. I love making it. I love serving it to my kids. It makes me smile. So this was right up my alley. And it’s kind of Halloween-y, right? Kind of? This recipe came out of the cookbook Simple 1-2-3 Cooking for Kids. Ingredients: * Jumbo past shells […]
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 […]
I’ve seen these around blogland for awhile now and wondered if they would be good or just plain weird. My daughter loves corn dogs. So would she love these??? So I hopped on over to My Kitchen Adventures to see what I needed to do. How simple!!! I used a Corn Bread Muffin mix (the […]
Halloween means fun food, right? At least in our house it does. I have to spice it up a little for my kids. So how could I not make these bloody band aide cookies??!! I saw these over on Pinterest (who got them from Katherine Marie Photography.) Do you pin? If not, you are so […]
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! […]