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Christmas with the First Ladies: No Bake Cinnamon Ornaments Holiday inspiration hit me in book form with Christmas with the First Ladies. Michelle Obama’s Gingerbread Ornaments brought back memories of making apple cinnamon ornaments with my mom when I was younger. So, Grambo and I set out to do it again! We used to bake ours but [...]
Coffee Mate Makes Indulgence Affordable During the holiday season, I enjoy a little indulgence when it comes to food and drink. There are some things that just make it feel like the holidays around here. My mother-in-law’s homemade candy is definitely one of those things. Hot chocolate and holiday coffee drinks from a certain coffee [...]
Double Candy Cane Oreos Recipe I love holiday sweets. They are my kryptonite. But I’ve been so busy this year that we haven’t made many of our own. We used to have a baking weekend and I also love making holiday cake balls. But none of that has happened this year. Grambo and I also [...]
Personalized Gifts: Thumbprint Reindeer Holiday Ornaments One of my most favorite things to do during this time of year is give. Whether it’s making extra donations to the food bank, picking an extra gift up for a needy child, or making tons of fun homemade goodies to pass out to friends and families. Giving a [...]
Easy Holiday Handprint Ornament Kit As you know, I’m all about making holiday memories. But they also need to be easy to do. With a toddler, all of our holiday projects have to be fairly straightforward. And W has to be able to be involved as much as possible. Which is why I was thrilled [...]
Christmas with the First Ladies Now that December is here it’s time to start decorating, planning crafts for W, and most of all, it’s time to think about what to buy. I was sent this great book, Christmas with the First Ladies: The White House Decorating Traditions from Jacqueline Kennedy to Michelle Obama. Let’s face [...]
Making Holiday Traditions There is something about traditions that I crave. When I found out I was pregnant with W, I started imagining all of the family holiday traditions we would have. The holiday season makes me what to start more and more traditions. We do have a few but W isn’t quite old enough [...]
Holidays Made Easy #HolidayGuide Now that we’re in November I can easily say that the holiday season is upon us. Back when the Christmas decorations were already crowding out the Halloween decorations, I didn’t feel so great about it. And this is from someone who loves this time of year. It just felt too early. [...]
Cherry Cordial Hot Chocolate Recipe Although it’s not too cold here in Texas, when the calendar flips to November and December I have a few things I love. Hot chocolate is definitely one of them. Usually I buy instant hot chocolate and make it in the microwave. But then Krista from Everyday Mom’s Meals shared [...]
10 Easy Christmas Crafts The holidays are right around the corner and I’m already on the hunt for easy christmas crafts to do with W and my kids at school! I prefer crafts that kids can do mostly on their own. They can be messy but I also like the supply list to be fairly [...]
