During the Christmas season, comes baking - lots and lots of baking. Who loves to bake during the holidays? What are some of your favorite desserts to bake? I love baking cookies, pumpkin pie, and pumpkin cheesecake. I found a peppermint sugar cookie recipe on Pinterest and thought it looked really good. I made a few… Continue reading Peppermint White Chocolate Chip Sugar Cookies
Category: Holidays
Hot Chocolate Station Area
Who loves hot chocolate? What kind is your favorite - regular, peppermint, etc? I've been surfing Pinterest and I saw several ideas for hot chocolate station areas. I saw one idea for a station with a three-tier round stand. After seeing the stand and the other ideas, I was inspired to create my own hot chocolate… Continue reading Hot Chocolate Station Area
New Tradition – Christmas Star from Afar
I mentioned in my Christmas traditions post about my family's new tradition for this year. It's the Christmas Star from Afar activity. We found this activity at Barnes and Noble. We wanted an activity where our girls could celebrate the birth of Jesus. We thought our girls would enjoy this and that it would be fun.… Continue reading New Tradition – Christmas Star from Afar
Christmas Traditions
What are your Christmas traditions this time of year? Do you try to do new traditions with your family? My girls and I love to do many traditions together during the Christmas season. We have several traditions we do every year and this year we started a new tradition. Below are several Christmas traditions we… Continue reading Christmas Traditions
Christmas Decorations 2017
Now that you have seen my Christmas trees from the past 7 years (plus this year's), it's time to check out my Christmas decorations in my house. Are you excited? Let's begin! Let's start in my front entryway. Welcome to my home. I bought the lighted tree at Kirkland's last year. I bought the snowman… Continue reading Christmas Decorations 2017
Christmas Trees – Past 7 Years
November has come and gone. Now we are in the month of December and it's officially the Christmas season. Raise your hand if your house was already (mostly or in the process) decorated for Christmas before December? Me! I started around the middle of November and finished my final touches on my house after Thanksgiving.… Continue reading Christmas Trees – Past 7 Years
I am Thankful
Today is Thanksgiving. Happy Thanksgiving to all of my readers! Today is a day to be thankful and to spend time with your family. What are you thankful for? I'm thankful for my husband and girls. I am thankful for the time that I get to spend with them. It is easy for days, weeks,… Continue reading I am Thankful
Lemon Garlic Rosemary Whole Chicken with Cauliflower Stuffing
Can you believe that it's the middle of November already? Next week, Thanksgiving will be here. I bet you are looking for Thanksgiving meal ideas for the holiday. I know I am. I love to eat all those Thanksgiving comfort food though out the next couple months. Last week I made my family a lemon… Continue reading Lemon Garlic Rosemary Whole Chicken with Cauliflower Stuffing
Halloween Movie Night with SkinnyPop Popcorn
Halloween will be soon here. What are some of your traditions in your family for Halloween? When it is Halloween time, my three girls love to watch Halloween movies. Two of their favorites are Curious George, A Halloween Boo Fest and Mickey Mouse House of Villains. They have already watched the Curious George movie couple times… Continue reading Halloween Movie Night with SkinnyPop Popcorn
Paper Flower Craft
Words on Parenting Wednesday is a weekly post series on the subject of parenting. I’ll talk about any adventures we have with our girls to motherhood experiences to fun and games for children to featuring mommy bloggers. Do you need a perfect DIY craft idea for your kids to make for Mother's Day? I have… Continue reading Paper Flower Craft
