Tuesday Tip- Check It Twice!

Make your list and check it twice....I have been buying presents, here and there, and storing them in our hallway closet up stairs. Don't get me wrong, I take time and effort into gift giving, but I have found that purchasing things in advance helps the stress level (and wallet) when the Holidays come rolling around! So today, I went through my closet and made my list....I list the gift, the recipient and the cost of the gift. If I have shopping...

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Monday Madness- Christmas Tree Decorating

Christmas Decorating MADNESS (the type of MADNESS I love)...Playing a favorite Christmas CD always helps!Every year, our kids get to decorate their own trees in their rooms...Finished...(Graham needed a little help from Mommy and Daddy this year)Our BIG tree usually takes a couple of days to finish. We put it up and light it in one day and we take another day to decorate it. I was pleasantly surprised when we opened the Christmas boxes to find things...

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Tuesday Tip- Rapunzel Party

I had so much fun throwing this Tangled birthday party...The Cake:I made chocolate cupcakes and adheared them to a cake base with icing. I iced half of the cupcakes with blue icing, to represent the water, and then sprinkled crushed vanilla wafers on the cupcakes with white icing, to resemble sand.  (I used toothpicks to hold up the dolls hair out of the icing.)Make a wish!The Door:Nothing says "Welcome to our Tangled party"...

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Monday Madness- Traveling with kids

Calming the MADNESS while you travel with kids...1. Pack snacks! When in crisis (slow moving traffic, the next exit is still 5 miles away, or someone is just ready to get out of their car seat), pull out a fun snack and you have instant content children. 2. Pack games/toys/DVDs -especially if you are planning a long road trip.3. We often pack a meal (breakfast or lunch) in a cooler when we have many hours to travel. If you don't need to stop to eat,...

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Friday Fun- Turkey Cups

Turkey cups will be a fun addition to any Thanksgiving table!I combined a few ideas I recently saw and here's what fun the kids and I came up with on this Fun Friday...What You'll Need:Scissors (the Mommy and the kid kind)PencilGoogly EyesDisposable CupsGlueScrap paperHere's How:1.Trace2. CutIn addition to cutting the turkey hand feathers, you will need a yellow beak, a red gizzard, and a brown circle just big enough to hold the turkey face.3. Glue(Oh...

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Thanksgiving is on Thursday- Thankful Tree

Thanksgiving is one week away!I'm sure you are hearing all about what people are thankful for. Why not diplay what you are thankful for as a table center piece or entry decor?Thankful TreeI simply stuck twigs in a glass candle holder and used artifical pumpkins as filler. My twigs were bought but if you have trees, which we don't, real twigs would be nice too! Then I cut out leaves in various colors and inked the edges.My empty leaves...

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Wednesday Weekly- Cinnamon Bread Breakfast

To help your mornings run smoother, try baking and freezing individual breakfasts.I've been feeling a little guilty about just feeding my kids cereal every morning. So, I decided to make some breakfast items to freeze. Cinnamon Bread was one of them....What You'll Need:4 cups flour2 cups sugar, divided2 teaspoons baking soda1 teaspoon salt2 eggs2 cups buttermilk1/2 cup vegetable oil3 teaspoons ground cinnamonHere's How:1. In a large bowl, combine...

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