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December 20, 2024 Holiday Cheer is Here

How to gain ten pounds in a month 🙂 Give me all things peppermint! Trader Joe’s makes their Hold the Cone in a limited holiday peppermint flavor, Crescent Ridge offers their peppermint stick Holiday Cridgewich ice cream sandwiches, New City Micro Creamery offers holiday peppermint stick ice cream pies and Trombetta’s also offers a peppermint […]

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August 12, 2024 How to Make a Fairy Garden at Wilson Farm

This summer we signed up to make fairy gardens at Wilson Farms. For $35, you can spend an hour or so down in the greenhouse with your kids at this fun workshop. The kids painted their flowerpot “houses” and then added metal wire for their butterfly to attach on to the top. They were able […]

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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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July 20, 2021 The Cookie Monstah Truck: A Socially Distant Baby Shower

I first came across the Cookie Monstah truck in 2013 (!!), pre kids, when I was working downtown. These days, they have expanded to brick and mortar locations in Danvers, Swampscott, Burlington and (just recently) Needham. Aaaaannnnnd, their truck is back on the Greenway, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. They have over 20 flavors […]

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June 8, 2021 Any Reason to Celebrate: Keep it Normal For the Kids

This year it has been hard to “keep it normal” for the kids. For instance, we started this year off in a hybrid model for school, where they only met half the class in person and the other half they only saw on the computer. So between last year and this year, we, as a […]

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June 1, 2021 Jake and The Neverland Pirates: Treasure Hunt and Crafts

My kids love a good treasure hunt. What they don’t realize is that what takes them 15 minutes to complete, took me a week to plan! I have talked before about how we went from zero screen time before the pandemic to a few shows a day. One of our shows we like to watch […]

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May 27, 2021 TikTok Tortilla Trend: Is It The Best or a Bust?

Everyone is doing the TikTok Tortilla and I just had to see for myself: is it was one of the best ideas ever or is it going to be a total bust. I decided to make a Rachel with mine. A Reuben is made with corned beef and sauerkraut, and a Rachel is made with […]

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May 25, 2021 Making Home Made Gifts: Decoupage with Kids

My favorite way to decoupage is to use this product called Mod Podge. You can pick it up at Michael’s or even Target. It’s like glue, it goes on white and dries clear. I love the glossy but they also sell a matte finish. One of our favorite things to use is paper mache shapes […]

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May 20, 2021 Pretzel Kisses – Easy Ways to Use Up 30 Minutes

I have no idea what these are actually called, but we call them pretzel kisses in our house. Sometimes, you just need something to keep your kids occupied with while you do the dishes or get dinner ready, whatever. The most time consuming part about this is little hands unwrapping 40 Hershey Kisses, or however […]

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May 18, 2021 Are You Team Candy Corn? Yea or Nay?

I feel like you either love candy corn or you hate it. There is no in between… For me, I am totally NOT on team candy corn. But they are fun once in a while to use to make crafts. For these cupcakes, it was more about decorating them than what they tasted like. For […]

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