Thanksgiving is normally known for big dinners and tons of sides (hello mashed potatoes and sausage stuffing), but I’m here to tell you not to skip the fun Thanksgiving snacks and desserts! Halloween and Christmas don’t get to have all the fun! There are so fun Thanksgiving snacks you can make that are also cute so print out a couple of these simple recipes and get to making your Thanksgiving time the most fun it can be!...
I was making this ambrosia salad the other day and my oldest son heard me say that I was making ambrosia salad, and he immediately had to know what was in it. They’ve been studying the Greek gods and Greek mythology all year and somehow knew that ambrosia was the food of the gods and was curious what type of salad I was making that would have the name ambrosia....
If you’ve read my blog before, you know I love cute food. From witch rice krispy treats to ghost brownies, Halloween is all about turning food into adorable monsters at our house. So far I’ve mostly been sharing sweet Halloween treats but today I’m bringing it full circle with this fun Halloween appetizer – one of my all time favorite Halloween party ideas! This one is super easy to make, even if you’re artistically or cooking challenged....
All growing up I had one favorite candy bar – Snickers. That’s changed a bit since then but I still love me a good classic Snickers bar. I mean there’s a reason I still make this Snickers poke cake at least every few months. There’s just something about the combination of chocolate, caramel, and nuts that has made Snickers bars so popular over the years. This Snickers pie is sure to please everyone at whatever gathering you have coming up!...
My family is a bit Harry Potter obsessed these days. I started reading the first book with my oldest son a couple of weeks before our trip to Universal Studios last year so he’d know what was going on. And now nine months later we just finished Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and moving right along. P.s., I’m a little bitter that they haven’t finished the illustrated versions of the last couple of books yet....
I’ll be honest, I wasn’t planning on doing a danger words game for New Year’s Eve this year. I’d planned New Year’s Eve outburst, New Year’s Eve bingo, and of course my New Year’s Eve trivia games. But danger words? They weren’t happening. Then I got an email last week telling me how much fun one of my readers had with my Christmas danger words. She asked if I was doing New Year’s Eve danger words and of course I said yes....
Romantic Comedy Movie Bingo Okay let’s be honest, how many movies have you watched in the past two weeks? If you’re anything like me, you’ve binge watched movies, had movie nights, and are already planning what to watch next. I’m a huge fan of romantic comedies (and books like romantic comedies). There’s just something about the cliches, the predictability, and the humor that makes for some of the best movie nights....
St. Patrick’s Day is just over a week away and in our house, we’re getting ready for a big out of town celebration! My husband’s family is part Irish so we always do a leprechaun hunt, enjoyed corned beef and cabbage with mashed potatoes, and of course wear green. This year I thought it would be fun to come up with some St. Patrick’s Day trivia questions that we can take with us on our flight next week to get in the spirit of the holiday!...
Combine them with these Valentine’s games for an event all your guests will love! One of my family’s traditions for Christmas Eve is to play bingo. Ever since my son has been old enough to really understand the game, he’s been absolutely hooked on bingo. I’m pretty sure he was the most excited one to play Super Bowl commercial bingo earlier this month, even more than the adults who actually cared about the game!...
For my son’s Walt Disney World party this year, I recreated some of our favorite experiences and rides from Disney World for the party. Like millions of other people, our two favorite things at Hollywood Studios are the Jedi Training Academy experience and the Toy Story Midway Mania ride. Since we obviously couldn’t do virtual carnival games at home, I decided to recreate four of the five Toy Story Mania games at home instead....
Since I got married almost 14 years ago, I’ve owned three different homes in three different states. This week was the first time I’ve ever put up family photos – ever. While I loved our time in the other places, it’s the first time I really feel settled and like we’re really putting down roots. Kids are playing on sports teams, we love our neighbors, we have tons of family here....
I received a complimentary Cricut EasyPress Mini for this post. All opinions 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. This spring my sister, sister-in-law, and I all had babies. Three babies within just over two months. It’s a lot of babies. It’s pretty much amazing since we all live within minutes of each other and can celebrate and commiserate about life with babies together....
I’m kind of obsessed with mini bite-sized foods. They’re just perfect for serving at parties, plus I feel like I can eat a bunch of them without feeling like I’m stuffing myself! Like these chocolate rolls. And these pizza pies. And these mini calzones. So instead of making a regular size cheesecake for 4th of July this year, I’m making these red, white, and blue mini cheesecakes instead! They’ll be a perfect treat to make after we do this 4th of July scavenger hunt and perfect to add to my 4th of July dessert table!...
I don’t know about you, but we’ve been celebrating the Christmas season for weeks in my house. Making Grinch cookies, creating a DIY advent calendar, and even listening to my playlist of the best Christmas songs ever! I’m totally in the celebrate Christmas for as long as possible camp – sorry if you’re not! One of the things that we do at the beginning of the holiday season is to put together a Christmas bucket list (kind of like our summer bucket list but with just Christmas activities)....
Pirate Party Ideas Whether you’re looking for fun ways to celebrate pirate night on a Disney cruise or planning a pirate themed birthday party, these pirate party ideas will have everyone saying arhhhhn’t you the best. With everything from food ideas to games, crafts and more – you’ll find everything you need for a treasure worthy party right here! Pirate Party Food This one was hard to narrow down because honestly there are just so many great ideas out there including ones that really don’t take much creativity at all, but these are my favorite pirate food ideas!...
You should know by now that I love to travel. I’m actually in the middle of probably my 20th trip of the year right now as I’m writing this post. Before I had kids, my husband and I used to go on a big trip once a year to everywhere from Hawaii to our last trip while I was pregnant to Greece. And now that our toddler joins us on most trips, we typically travel to places a little closer to home like Tampa and San Francisco....
I’ve talked about it before, maybe when I shared the best butterbeer recipe, or maybe when I shared some of our favorite Harry Potter games – but my family, we love Harry Potter! I first tried pumpkin juice at Harry Potter World at Universal Orlando (and then again at Universal Studios Hollywood) but since we’re not there as often as I’d like, I had to to try and recreate it at home!...
Easy Fall Party Theme When people think of fall they almost always jump straight to pumpkin. Not me. When I think of fall, I think of apples and then eventually get around to pumpkin. And pumpkin crunch cake, but that’s a whole different discussion. So I thought it would be fun to throw a party to celebrate fall with apples! And now it’s one of my favorite fall party ideas!...
One of the most popular themes each year is a game day party, and one of my all-time favorite game day party foods is buffalo chicken dip. It’s a party staple at our house. But for parties, this buffalo chicken dip recipe has one main problem – when it cools down, it’s kind of hard to dip. Reheating it is easy but still. I still make it all the time, but I like to make other things with buffalo chicken dip flavors as well!...
My husband is a caprese salad junkie, if that’s a thing. Any time there’s a caprese salad (or an insalata caprese as it’s actually called) on a menu, he orders it. There’s just something about the combination of the flavors that he loves. He’s not the only one. There’s a reason this combination is such a popular choice during summer months where you can find fresh grape tomatoes and basil growing like crazy....
