We’ve attended or hosted a lot of New Year’s parties over the years, but I think this year may have been my favorite celebration yet! We really wanted to celebrate 2022 with our friends and family but also had zero desire to track down babysitters or keep our kids (and ourselves) up until midnight. So …
Holiday
Today I’m rounding up 8 of my favorite recipes that you absolutely must make before the holiday season is over! 1. Mini Cinnamon Bread Loaves These mini loaves of bread are my go-to Christmas gifts for teachers, neighbors, co-workers, bus driver, mailman, etc. It’s also a delicious bread to serve on Christmas morning! 2. Grinch …
For our Community Group holiday party we celebrated with another favorite things gift exchange this year! This party was so much fun last year that we knew we wanted to do it again this year. Last year the attire was pajamas so this year we decided to go fancy. We kicked off the night with …
Whether you’re hosting your loved ones or visiting family, I wanted to re-share some of my favorite tips plus a bunch of reader submissions for Thanksgiving traditions, time saving cooking hacks, hosting tips, family games, unique traditions or meaningful ideas for making this holiday a little extra special. Recipes & Cooking Tips Outsource the turkey …
The kids are really into Halloween this year. They have requested scary decorations, have made a decision on costumes and have been begging me to make some of our favorite spooky treats too. Here are a few of our favorite festive snacks we’ve got on deck for October… Spooky Spider Parfaits I served these delicious …
Easter is in less than 2 weeks! Can you believe it?! I love Easter so much and have been excitedly purchasing things here and there for the kids baskets. This weekend we are planning to dye eggs and make empty tomb resurrection rolls. I cannot wait! So today I’ve got some of our favorite Easter …
We had a lovely Valentine’s Day weekend and now we’re back to reality! Caroline has a full day of remote school ahead, Thomas is home for Teacher Work Day and Matt is slammed with arbitration today. Thankfully I have the day off so I don’t have to worry as much about work while both kids …
Valentine’s Day is in 2 weeks! Celebrating this holiday is going to look a little different this year due to the pandemic. Caroline is a little bummed that she wont have a class party or exchange cards and candy together with friends. So we’re getting creative…and a little extra. Thankfully, the holiday falls on a …
I wanted to get this post out a little early because a few of my favorite Valentine gift items are already on sale and typically sell out quickly (looking at you fondue pot!). So while you may not be thinking about Valentine’s Day just yet, it never hurts to knock it out early. Pre-kids we …
Thank you to Walmart for partnering with my family on this post and to my readers for supporting my blog. I have made all my product purchases and all reviews are my own. When we learned the Nutcracker was canceled this year, Caroline was devastated. It’s always been one of her favorite Christmas traditions (and …
We DID IT!!! We put ALL of our Christmas decoration boxes AWAY before Christmas this year!!! I am so proud of myself for finally getting them out of the middle of our garage so we no longer have to shimmy between them to get to the one unblocked car door for everyone to pile in …
I couldn’t think of a more perfect way to close out a wild year with my Community Group girls than with a Favorite Things Party! I was pumped we were able to pull off a socially distant gathering (for the girls who attended in person) to celebrate two years together. Each girl brought (or dropped …