Well I hope everyone has a Happy New Year’s Eve….and for all – whether the past year has been riddled with trials or blessings, I hope this next year is nothing but happiness for you and your family.…
Every year I try to find a great idea for teacher gifts. Last year I gave Willowtree Ornaments for Christmas, but this year I wanted to do something a little different. So I rallied with the other parents (on 12 kids in Brooklyn’s class) and we each contributed $10 to purchase a gift card to the Keg and had a fantastic print made up, printed, and framed. A good friend of mine had done this last year for her daughter’s…
I’ve never once pulled the *if you aren’t good Santa won’t bring you presents* on my kids. I can’t do it….and have no interest in starting it. Though it doesn’t seem to matter – although apparently, Santa doesn’t listen to every request. And for my son’s sake, I’m glad….here is a note I found taped to my bedroom door frame early last week. *lol*…
Well I finally got our tree up last weekend…I know, only a week before Christmas. I am usually chomping at the bit to get the festive accessories up, but this year, as we are in the middle of a kitchen ceiling reno – the dust and furniture rearranging just didn’t make it possible. So last week I did some more rearranging and got the front room ready for the holiday!…
Every year around this time my sister in law {over}fills out tummies with her incredibly delicious Pumpkin Squares….of course the cream cheese icing doesn’t hurt either. It’s all so delicious. But since I’ve gotten my cake pop maker I’ve been trying to perfect them and have been making them like crazy! I had the great idea to try the pumpkin squares as cake balls….and guess what, it worked!!! So delicious 🙂 Here is the recipe: Beat Together: 4 eggs 1…
Well Christmas has finally come to our house….we are in the middle of some renos (kitchen ceiling) that have made for a pretty dusty experience so I was holding off. One week before Christmas and I couldn’t wait any longer! One of the things we did today was make sugar cookies. the kids had a blast cutting and decorating them – and I had fun watching them. Here is the recipe! 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened (I use margarine) 3…