Food, Crafts and Fun
What do you get the person who has everything? Do you send flowers? Chocolates? Or what about the foodie in your family? I am in love with gift baskets. I always have been. There’s something so exciting about receiving (and giving) a basket full of goodies. Gifts baskets can be filled with anything, from food […]
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The rain has hit Oregon. Not just rain, but RAIN! It’s wet and, well, WET! But I love it. It makes me want to bake and hunker down with my kids and play and watch TV. Wait a minute, I do that in the summer too. Hmmmm…… Okay, different approach. Now that fall is here […]
[Continue reading...]Is there anything better than a delicious, chewy, flavorful cookie? I don’t think so. And the one thing I noticed in all the comments on the Cookie Swap and Giveaway we did, chocolate chip cookies seem to still be everyone’s favorite cookie. How can you go wrong?!?! (well, there’s lot of ways to totally mess […]
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As soon as I saw the recipe for Chocolate Peppermint Snowball cookies I knew that was the recipe I was going to make this month. Oh sure, Our Eating Habits (my Secret Recipe Club assignment for November) had an amazing looking recipe for Pumpkin Shortbread Bars that was calling my name. And her Caramel Apple […]
[Continue reading...]Are you looking for a great giveaway hop to participate in this holiday season? Andersons Angels and Joy of Momma Joyner are hosting the Winter Wonderland Giveaway Hop. This event will run from 12:01am EST Saturday December 1, 2012 through 11:59pm EST Saturday December 15, 2012. It’s super easy to join in on all the fun of getting […]
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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 […]
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It’s almost Christmas! Whoo hoo! This is my absolute favorite time of year! I’ve teamed up with some amazing bloggers to start the season off right – with a huge giveaway! A Helicopter Mom, About A Mom, The Kids Fun Review, Sunshine and Sippy Cups, and The Adventures of J-Man and MillerBug are hosting this […]
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If I could, I would eat pita bread and hummus every day. I love it! I love the garlicy deliciousness of it all. (I would, of course, sprinkle Feta all over it too and maybe some tzatziki dressing and I would be in heaven. I might even chose this over chocolate. Can you believe it?!?! […]
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We had so much fun making our Turkey Cookies with Nutter Butters that we wanted to make another Thanksgiving cookie. I think this one turned out much cuter than the other Turkey Cookies! I mean seriously, look at these little guys. too cute! I used the candy eyes which are my new favorite thing to […]
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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! […]
Normally when I look at Sue’s blog I sit back and think “Man, why can’t I do that?!” She is amazing and so talented when it comes to baking and decorating the cutest cookies ever. Then I saw this post and thought “holy smokes, I can do that!” I was so excited! I’m always looking […]
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 […]
A friend of mine at work bought this amazingly awesome ice cube tray mold for me. I thought it was a giant compliment when she said “I saw this and thought of you.” Seriously! How cool is that! I love it when people see weird but extremely cool things and actually think of me. What […]
Are these the cutest cookies EVER?!?! Not to toot my own horn. Don’t get me wrong. I didn’t invent this recipe. I just stole it =o) But how could I NOT steal it, right?!?! After I saw this cookie on Raina’s blog The Garden of Yum I knew this was the next cookie I was […]
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 […]
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 […]
I’m not much of a prankster. It’s not that I don’t think they’re funny. I just don’t do them. Well, not a lot at least =o) So for me, April Fools Day isn’t really a big deal. But it’s like I said in my St. Patrick’s Day post, “now that I’m a Mom I have […]