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December 16, 2024 Sometimes You Have To Take Shortcuts: Gingerbread Houses and Cookies

I think that when I had my first child I had these holiday visions of the perfect gingerbread house – beautiful icing, rainbow colors, gumdrop roof, peppermint walkway. And then I had my third child and reality set in that frosting ends up EVERYWHERE, its a sticky mess, there are globs and blobs, someone ends […]

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October 4, 2024 Halloween: Crafts for Kids, Boo Baskets and Decorations

Putting together Boo Baskets is one of my favorite fall activities. I love these baskets from Target, they came in cute shapes like this cat, a ghost and a pumpkin. They remind me of those jelly shoes I used to have as a kid. I filled this one with a bunch of fun things – […]

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October 2, 2024 Fun Halloween Ideas for Kids

Halloween is my favorite holiday, minus the dressing up part – so here are so fun ideas to make the holiday fun for kids. Boo baskets: big or small, make more significant ones for your own kids and make smaller ones for friends or children in your neighborhood. I put this one together for my […]

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August 14, 2024 It’s Me, Hi, I’m The Birthday Girl

“It’s Me, Hi, I’m The Birthday Girl!”. We are in our Taylor Swift era. So naturally, for her birthday, my daughter wanted all things Taylor. Sarah came through as usual, she does all of our cake toppers (isn’t she amazing?!?!). All I said was, Taylor Swift, sparkles, and FUN! Needless to say, this cake was […]

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August 9, 2024 Summer Nights: Gifting with Polarbox

With summer in full swing, and summer birthdays or bbq’s every other weekend, I love the idea of bringing a retro cooler filled with fun beverages as a gift. I picked up this fun Polarbox cooler and filled it with all kinds of fun drinks for the summer. You could do alcoholic or non alcoholic […]

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August 8, 2024 Berry Good Picking at Autumn Hills Orchard

Summer time is my favorite. I love picking berries with my kids. Well, maybe the idea of picking berries with my kids. They usually get tired after picking three berries and I end up picking the rest of the tray while they run off into the field and I sweat off 800lbs in the 900 […]

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August 1, 2024 Kindergarten Survival Kit

Have a child that is heading to Kindergarten this fall? Check out these cute gifts that are sure to keep the kids prepared for anything! Backpacks: Dollar Tree. Supplies, Target and Staples: Crayola crayons, glue sticks (because, you can never have enough glue sticks), composition note book, Crayola markers inside the green pencil case and […]

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October 4, 2021 Cider Donut Palooza

Welcome to the first annual Cider Donut Palooza! A few friends of mine got together and we hit up 10 local orchards for a battle of the cider donuts. Which one came out on top? You’ll just have to keep reading! Who were the contenders? Honey Pot Hill Orchards, Berlin Orchards, Davidian Farm (not an […]

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April 27, 2021 You Know You’re a Mom When…You Pick Up Your Own Birthday Cake

Finish this sentence: “You know you’re a mom when…” Mine is when you pick up your own birthday cake. Since this was a big birthday for me, I decided to go big or go home. That means, not just one cake, but three. And my husband came through with a cake as well, even if […]

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March 28, 2021 Random Acts of Kindness: Easter with Cubze

With Easter less than a week away, I thought I would share some fun ideas of what we are doing in our house. We usually have a neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt, but this will be the second year that we will have to cancel it due to the pandemic. And while we are not having […]

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