I’ve always been a huge fan of game shows. Like I was that girl who watched Game Show Network when I was home sick from school. I’ve already created a bunch of television game show inspired shows like Christmas Jeopardy, Christmas Price is Right, and of course tons and tons of minute to win it games. But I’ve always wanted to recreate one of my favorite game shows – Let’s Make A Deal!...
The Best Coconut Rice Recipe I’ll let you in on a little secret, I almost always prefer the sides of a meal to the main dish. When we went to get barbecue for dinner last week everyone else ordered meat, meat, and more meat. And I ordered a three side dish – brussels sprouts, sweet potato fries, and mac and cheese. If I could, I would really eat just sides for every meal because they are my favorite part of the meal, well other than dessert of course....
I don’t know about you but I love gift baskets. I just think it’s really fun to pick a theme and find creative ways to stick with it like in the good luck gift basket I made for my friend before her marathon last year. There’s just something more fun about putting together a bunch of little gifts in a basket than picking out one big gift. And it’s a really fun way to personalize your gift without spending too much money....
Renting a Car at Disney World Over the past few years my family has been to Walt Disney World over ten times. And every single time we’ve rented a car and never once regretted it! For other theme parks, I don’t recommend renting a car but having a car at Disney World made an already incredible vacation even better, and I didn’t think that would be possible. Having a car really gave us the chance to plan the Disney vacation that we wanted....
I read something today that said that they could process that this year had actually happened. As I sit down to write yet another pumpkin recipe because it’s almost November, I feel that so much. I have no idea where the year went. But I do know that these pumpkin cake mix cookies are the perfect way to bring in November and the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday! This is actually the second pumpkin chocolate chip cookies I’ve shared but this one is totally different than the first....
One of my favorite parts of the holiday season is Christmas morning, so I thought it would be fun to throw an old-fashioned Christmas morning party for my toddler and all of his little friends inspired by my favorite parts of Christmas morning. The majority of the amazing photos from the party were taken by TC from Big Bash Photo with a couple of my own sprinkled in. It was so nice to be able to just sit back and enjoy the party for once rather than being the photographer as well, and this is the first of my party posts that I’m actually in a party photo!...
While this post is sponsored by Cricut, all opinions and ideas are 100% honest and my own. This post also contains affiliate links, if you purchase via these links, I may receive a small commission at no additional cost to you. Fun Family Christmas Gifts As my siblings and I were getting older, my parents started giving us joint family Christmas gifts instead of individual gifts. We’d still get a few gifts each but the big gift for the year would be a Christmas gift for the entire family instead....
I am a total side person. I’d eat just sides and skip the meat all day long if I could. Pretty sure I did that exact thing at a barbecue restaurant a few days ago. Oops. So I think it’s fun to come up with different side dishes, gourmet ones even, for fancier meals like Easter, Christmas, and Thanksgiving! These bacon wrapped green bean bundles are just that – a perfect fancier side dish that’s still super easy....
It’s Girl Scout season time, which means I have boxes of cookies just sitting on my counter waiting to be enjoyed. I always try to order at least one box of each flavor (or at least the flavors we like) and then two of my favorites – Thin Mints, Tagalongs (if they’ll still called that) and Samoas. Or Caramel Delites, whatever they’re called where you lived. When I was growing up they were called Samoa cookies, so they’re still Samoas in my head even though in Kansas they’re called Caramel Delites....
As my youngest son gets older, he’s getting way more into arts and crafts. Last week he was on on a coloring kick (thank goodness I have all sorts of coloring pages for him to choose from). And this week he’s on a painting kick, so I thought it would be fun to let him paint leftover egg cartons I had after making breakfast muffins this week. This little garden craft is super fun because kids can paint their egg carton gardens and then can also make the tissue paper butterflies to stick into the garden – making it like a real little garden!...
Printable Halloween Activities With many things still up in the air and looking a little different for Halloween this year, my guess is there will be lots of printable Halloween activities that kids can do at their desks instead of Halloween minute to win it games. Going on a Halloween scavenger hunt instead of traditional trick or treating. And more changes. That’s why I’ve come up with tons of fun Halloween ideas you can still do this year whether kids are together or not!...
It’s reindeer season, and I’m here for it! We’ve made our reindeer food, made some reindeer brownie balls, and even made ourselves some reindeer chow for a little Rudolph movie night. So last but not least are these fun free printable reindeer treat bags! Four different free printable reindeer snack bag toppers – reindeer noses, reindeer poop, reindeer horns, and even reindeer snacks. There’s an option for all occasions and all taste buds depending on if you want something a little healthier or just funny....
A couple of years ago I had the chance to go visit one of my old college roommates in Chicago. Before my trip I asked one of my other good friends who is from Chicago for recommendations on things to do and places to eat. She gave us plenty of different options for real food but as soon as she mentioned that Portillo’s served a chocolate cake milkshake (along with their famous hot dogs), I knew we would be eating there....
Mini Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls (adapted from here and here) Printable Recipe Instructions:
This post contains affiliate links. If you purchase via these links, I may receive a small commission at no additional cost to you. Monster Halloween Games for Adults A couple of weeks ago I had my family come over to brainstorm ideas for Halloween games. They came up with all sorts of ideas but one theme that kept running through the suggestions was Halloween monsters. My dad kept mentioning the original Halloween monsters – Frankenstein, Werewolf, etc....
Thanks to DICK’s Sporting Goods® and Vocalpoint for sponsoring this post. While this post is sponsored, all opinions are 100% honest and my own. I can’t believe I’m talking about summer when it’s not even May yet, well not quite. I’ve got about two hours left in April, but I can already feel the summer creeping around the corner. This is the first year since becoming a mom that summer really matters to me since my son’s preschool ends the middle of June and won’t start up again until September....
One of my all-time favorite shows is Friends. It’s one of those shows I can turn on and sort of watch while doing other things and still know every word they’re saying and exactly what’s going on. Kind of like Gilmore Girls, The Office, and Schitt’s Creek. I’ve always wanted to host a Friends themed party but instead of doing a party, I decided it’d be fun to do a Friends themed Friendsgiving because well you know, friends and all....
This year has been a weird one to say the least. With the beginning of school just around the corner for most of the country, I thought it would be fun to share some ideas to celebrate the big milestone! I put together ideas that work for anyone – whether you’re homeschooling, in person schooling, virtual schooling, or a combination of both. They’re great ways to celebrate the return to school at home with your kids right now!...
Top Boy Baby Shower Themes I’ve planned quite a few baby showers in the past few years. There’s something about owning a party blog that makes everyone think you’ll be great at coming up with a fun way to celebrate a new parent to be! I’ve already shared girl baby shower themes, Halloween baby shower themes, and tons of baby shower games, so I thought it was about time to share some of the best baby shower themes for boys!...
Black Friday and Cyber Monday are two of the biggest shopping days of the year and I personally love that all of my favorite online stores do big sales too, so I can spend the holiday with my family instead of fighting people in stores! I’ve put together a list of my absolute favorite Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales – these are things that my family uses personally, things that I love, and things that I hope you will love!...
