My Favorite Kitchen Tools That Cost Less Than $1.00. Running a household is expensive—especially when you have kids and/or pets. I’m always trying to find less expensive options for items that I routinely use. These are my favorite kitchen tools and cleaning items that cost under $1.00 (as of 2022). They are high-quality and do …
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21 Valentine’s Day Treats Kids Will Love Looking for Valentine’s Day Treats Kids Will Love? I’ve got you covered, here are 21 deliciously sweet Valentine’s Day treats to help you. 1. Valentine Fruit Wands – These are so cute and perfect for a healthy Valentine’s day treat! 2. Valentine’s Muddy Buddies – Easy Valentine’s day …
Quick Llama Birthday Party I throw a friend party for my children every other year and a family party for them every year. The friend parties are more time consuming, expensive, and thought out. The family parties are put together more on a whim and are less expensive. I try not to spend more than …
High Altitude German Bee Sting Sponge Cake (Bienenstich Kuchen). Many Germans love to eat Bienenstich Kuchen, the transalation of which is Bee Sting cake. It is a staple dessert in many parts of Germany. Bee Sting cake is a sponge almond cake that has a vanilla pudding filling with a crunchy almond honey glaze topping. …
Elf on the Shelf: Dollhouse Seek and Find. Our Elf on the Shelf Pepper Mint built my daughter’s IKEA dollhouse shelf that was sitting in a box in her room for the past half year. The day after I purchased the dollhouse for her room, I was put on a lot of restrictions due to …
Elf on the Shelf: Surprise Arrival Basket Our Elf on the Shelf, Pepper Mint arrived on our porch in this cute arrival basket. The kids were beyond excited! They could not believe how fast Santa sent him— especially considering that it was just the day before that I filled out the, “Elf on the Shelf …
Elf on the Shelf: Oh There’s No Place Like Home for the Holidays We were going to leave to Hawaii for a family vacation that we had planned for about a year. We hadn’t traveled for a long time together and the kids were very excited! Unfortunately a few days before we left, the kids …
This is my Christmas Nativity Mantel for 2021. Every Christmas I like to move around my decorations and create new mantel themes. This year, I placed most of my nativities on this Christmas Nativity Mantel. I enjoyed having the nativities front and center in our home this year. It helped remind us of the Reason …
This Winter Pomegranate Red Tablescape was very simple, easy, and inexpensive to put together. We recently had our family over for a post-Christmas dinner. It was a fun event. To celebrate, my daughter and I set up this winter pomegranate red tablescape, a snowman kids’ tablescape, and a hot cocoa bar. I loved the ambiance …
Elf on the Shelf: Do You Want to Build a Snowman? This darling little scene was left by our Elf on the Shelf, Pepper Mint. He brought the kids a snowman making kit and made us a snowman out of indoor snowballs. Inside the snowman making kit there was a plastic carrot and pipe, a …
Elf on the Shelf: Sledding on the Christmas Tree. We have a Santa-themed Christmas tree and most of the ornaments are red, white and green. Our Elf on the Shelf, Pepper, was on a sled in the branches of our Christmas Tree this particular day. So, he was camouflaged well and was hard to find. …