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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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 […]
Here is an easy and fun treat for the kids. They didn’t turn out as cool as I had hoped. I think it was because there was so many bubbles in our 7 Up. But the kids didn’t seem to mind. PrintGummy Bear Popsicles Ingredients7 Up Gummy BearsInstructionsLet your 7 Up sit out for […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
In keeping with our fun food theme we made these cute sloppy Joe cars. What do you think? (You didn’t miss our other fun food posts, did you? Octodogs and Shells, Aliens for dinner and our Squiddlers.) These were simple to make and will be a big hit with the kids. You will need: * […]
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 […]
I’ve decided I love my food markers. I mean seriously. Who ever came up with that idea is a genius. Because we’re having so much fun with them. Who wouldn’t love a cup of this hot chocolate in the morning?! My kids thought it was great. They thought I bought the marshmallows like this. […]