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January 27, 2025 Chinese New Year Crafts
Chinese New Year falls on January 29th this year, the year of the snake. It is said that people born in the year of the snake love with their entire hearts. White rabbit candy is very popular, a milk based candy with a soft, chewy texture and a vanilla flavor. Last year was the year […]
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January 14, 2025 Happy 2025!
Happy New Year!! What are you looking forward to as we start fresh? We are looking forward to more fun, more experiences, more living in the moment! We didnt even try to make it until midnight this year. It had been a long day. We pulled our confetti poppers early (and how cute are these […]
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January 3, 2025 New Year’s Crowns
Happy New Year! We kicked off 2025 with a bang! We decided to celebrate with some fun party gear made with found items! Grab some sun glasses (you know you have a billion of them hanging around from swag bags from birthday parties), headbands (or holiday headwear), pipe cleaners, beads, acrylic jewels, pom poms, and […]
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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 […]
Tags: baking, dessert, holiday, ice cream, kid friendly, kids, winter
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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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December 13, 2024 Holiday Pretzel Wreath
Looking for a fun and easy craft for the kids? Try making these cute holiday pretzel wreaths with the kids? They are no bake, and take less than 5 minutes to assemble! Cover your work surface with parchment paper and line up your circle of pretzels. Melt your melting chocolate in a microwave safe bowl […]
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November 27, 2024 Gingerbread Houses at The Langham Hotel
Last year, we had so much fun making gingerbread houses at the Langham Hotel in Boston. Led by pastry chef Kerry Levesque, children design their own houses while also indulging in a candy and hot chocolate bar and maybe even get a chance to see the big man himself! When you walk in you are […]
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November 20, 2024 Basketball Team Mom – Fleece Around and Find Out
This fall we started on a new basketball team and had loads of fun! The season went by quickly, and winter basketball is already in pre season, but to end the season, we picked up these cute sports fleece blankets on clearance at Target (can you believe they were only $3!!). A quick customization at […]
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November 15, 2024 Classroom Birthday Party
We decided not to do a big classroom birthday party this year. We opted for the big kids to come and read a story to the class and to give out these cute “party favors” instead. There is a small class, so we opted fot these Sun Squad chalk boxes with a cute home made […]
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