Food, Crafts and Fun
Where has September gone? With the start of school (which means going back to work for me) the month has flown by. I kind of panicked last weekend when I looked at the calendar and thought “oh no, it’s almost reveal day! Get on it!” But fear not. I baked (and ate) and I’m here […]
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The last week of September has been Nationally designated as “Keep Kids Creative Week”. While this week is often celebrated in schools with many fun activities to help stimulate kid’s creativeness, parents can also take advantage of this week to do some really fun things at home. Many parents struggle with finding time to fit […]
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I don’t think you can beat homemade red raspberry jelly. I’ve tried. I have purchased every red raspberry jelly on the market, I think. They aren’t even close to this good. The burst of raspberry sweetness in my mouth makes me happy. Yep, I’m shallow like that. Simple things make me happy, like soft, fresh […]
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I just love zucchini! This past month my Dad and a good friend have been giving me tons of them. Holy smokes. When it rains, it pours. So we made a freezer full of zucchini bread and chocolate zucchini bread (yum!) We grilled enough to feed a small country =o) and I really, really wanted […]
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There is nothing I enjoy more than crafting with my kids. Baking comes in a close second but crafting if for sure my number one. I love watching my kids faces. It’s almost like I can see their little minds working as they piece things together or paint. And nothing pleases me more than watching […]
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I live in the Pacific Northwest and if you know anything about the weather here, you know it rains for about 9 months out of the year. It’s awesome (I say sarcastically.) But the summers are amazing and dry and perfect. I don’t know about the rest of you but when I’m used to […]
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I just couldn’t stop at “regular” zucchini bread. I wanted to try a chocolate zucchini bread recipe. At first I wasn’t quite sure what I would think about it. I’m not a real big, add veggies or fruit to my desserts kind of person. But I figured since we had about a million zucchinis, […]
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I’ve always been a fan of unusual and new things. Not like freaky things, but fun things around the house or in my office that people look at and say “cool! Where did you get that?” I remember years ago my niece saying “Aunt Erin, you always have the coolest stuff.” That was 15 years […]
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Is there anything better than zucchini bread? I just love it! Every summer at this time I make a TON of it and freeze it and my kids and I eat it all winter long. It’s the perfect bread to have in the freezer. It freezes great! It’s delicious and almost tastes like […]
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My mouth waters just thinking about these. They were soooooo good! Who knew adding caramel to the classic rice krispie treat would make it taste so much better?!?! Well, Jocelyn knew. She is a dessert guru! I wish I lived next door to her (and I’d be that really great neighbor who would bring in […]
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I have decided that April Fools Day is one of my favorite holidays. Sounds a little strange maybe but fun food and me? Yep, we go together like peanut butter and jelly. And April Fools Day screams fun food. So what do you think about our Deviled Eggs? Who doesn’t love deviled eggs, right? Oh […]
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 […]
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 […]
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’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 […]
My Mom called me the other day and asked if I would bring a fruit tray to the family gathering we were having. To me, this was an open invitation for some fruit creativity. I mean, I could have just sliced up some fruit and plopped it on a plate. But really??? That’s not how […]
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 can’t believe it’s the middle of October and I haven’t even posted a Halloween recipe or crafts yet. Ugh. Life is a little overwhelming right now but I’ve decided to kick it into gear and get my Halloween on. So the first Halloween recipe for this year is for Candy Corn Cookies. Aren’t they […]