Food, Crafts and Fun
My kids and I were going through all the fun back to school teacher gift ideas and were about to pick out our favorite when we spied this fun and easy idea over on The Taylor House blog (who found it over on Craft Junkie Too). Tracy even made the printable for me to steal use. I […]
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I can’t believe it’s the end of summer! Here in Oregon we don’t go back to school until September 4th. So we have a little time left to come up with the perfect back to school teacher gift. I’m a firm believer in showing teachers how important they are! And why not start the year […]
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I love, love, love desserts. I know. Surprise! Here’s another shocker. I don’t love any desserts. I love good desserts. Here’s where FantasiCakes comes in. FantasiCakes is a mail order handcrafted (aka homemade) pastry and bakery shop. Did you read that? Mail order! Bakery! Pastry! All of my favorite things! And check out what they […]
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I’m a coupon shopper. MyBlogSPark sent me these coupon links and I thought I would pass them along to all of you. Click here to print off an $0.80 coupon for one box of Fiber One Chewy Bars. Click here to print off a $0.75 coupon for Pillsbury Bagette Chips. Click here to print off […]
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What word is synonymous with back to school? No, not headache. Crayola! Am I right? I don’t care if you’re 8 or 108, live in Oregon or New York, you know the name Crayola. Buying back to school supplies can be a pain in the rear. I know! Last year I don’t know what I […]
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I get the idea of why this is called pillow pizza but it’s not really pizza is it? It has spaghetti sauce and hamburger in it. I don’t eat spaghetti sauce and hamburger with my pizza. Hmmm… So maybe Pillow Spaghetti? Nah, that doesn’t sound as good. I’ll have to think about this for awhile. […]
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I love summer time. All the fresh veggies! (I can do without the fruit, but the veggies I’m thrilled about.) And tomatoes? Fresh off the vine? Pure heaven! This Greek Salad is something I could eat everyday of the summer. It’s light and crisp and totally delicious! Greek Salad Source: Better Holmes and Garden New […]
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This is one of those recipes that you will look at and think “nah, I’ll just buy them.” But let me tell you – you are missing out! These are truly the BEST PICKLES OF ALL TIME!!! I made a batch and loved them so much I asked my Mom to buy me some more […]
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It shouldn’t be news to anyone that we love to do science experiments in my house. We make all sorts of concoctions and see what happens. (I’m not sure who loves it more, me or my kids.) So when I found SmartLab Toys I was pretty excited. Because seriously, this Mom sometimes runs out of […]
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My daughter just loves everything “girlie”. She loves to play dress up and wear tons of jewelry. She loves lipstick (which Mom doesn’t so much love that she loves, but that’s a whole different post!) She loves sparkly things and her newest obsession? Writing in a diary. I think it’s a hoot because she write […]
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Our last Halloween post for the season (sniff, sniff) is a simple but fun one – Mummy Pretzels! Cute, right?!?! We found two different versions on the internet, here and here – both adorable. The girls loved making them. I’m pretty sure they ate about 20 eyes a piece before I realized where they all went. […]
I had all these grand plans to do great things this Easter. Some of them got done but a lot of them are still in my “to do” pile. Crud. At 6am when I was getting ready to pack my kid’s lunch for school I remembered I wanted to pack their lunch a little differently. […]
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 […]
One of the best things I’ve done with my kids is taking them camping. I was a little afraid the first time we went. It was just me and my two, very young, children. We had so much fun. Now, 5 years later, it’s the highlight of our summer when we go camping. We load […]
Magic banana? Yep, magic banana. Well, magic banana trick maybe. I guess the banana itself isn’t magic. Or maybe it is. Either way, your kids will think you are magic! Are you ready??? Your going to give your kids bananas and say “abracadabra” and then poof – their banana will be already sliced inside the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]