This post contains affiliate links. If you purchase via these links, I may receive a small commission at no additional cost to you. Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup When it’s cold outside or I’m having a bad day, I crave two things – hot chocolate and hot soup. I’ve been downing mugs full of this healthy hot chocolate on every cold day and at least once a week, I’ve been making this chicken noodle soup with egg noodles for dinner....
I mentioned it earlier this week but things have finally warmed up enough that I feel like it’s finally spring. So this past week I invited some of my favorite girlfriends who all have kids my son’s age over for an “It’s a spring thing party.” Or basically an excuse to play outside, put together gorgeous flower arrangements, and eat yummy spring treats. The beauty of the generic spring party theme is that you can have one at the beginning of the season to welcome spring, have one in the middle of May when all of the blossoms are in full bloom, or even in June as a goodbye, we’ll miss you spring party!...
There’s something magical about the combination of sweetened cereal and colorful marshmallows that taste like straight sugar – something magical that my kids absolutely love. Lucky Charms really has the secret formula – a cute, fun, colorful, and delicious cereal that keeps people coming back for more. These Lucky Charms cookies will do the exact same thing. Not are are they fun and colorful with the addition of rainbow sprinkles, they’re also really yummy too....
Back when I was in college, I had a good friend named whose family lived close enough to actually visit during the holidays unlike my own. During our freshman year he invited me to join his family for some of their holiday celebrations since I was missing my own family. One of his family’s traditions has stuck with me since then – eating Asian takeout and watching The Christmas Story the week before Christmas....
I’ve talked about it a little bit before, but I’m big sucker for a good mocktail or fancy non-alcoholic drink. I’ve shared my favorite strawberry mocktail, holiday punch, and even a homemade fruit punch before. Today is more of a Thanksgiving or fall drink – a caramel apple drink to be exact because what’s more fall than caramel apples. It’s fun for the kids but delicious enough that adults will enjoy it as well....
The best gifts for grandparents no matter their age or likes! Just stick to this grandparent gift guide and you’re sure to find something that they absolutely love!Office Depot sponsored this post, but all thoughts and opinions are my own. I’m one of those lucky people. I have still have three sets of living grandparents and one set of living great-grandparents, all that I’m fairly close to. And that means that my son has two sets of grandparents, three sets of great-grandparents, and one set of great-great-grandparents....
Instant Pot Basmati Rice I’m calling this instant pot basmati rice because we normally have basmati rice on hand and that’s what we use. But you could totally use jasmine rice or any other long-grain white rice to make this exact same recipe. Whether you’re making it to enjoy with teriyaki chicken bowls or a day later for this ham fried rice, this Instant Pot white rice recipe is the best we’ve ever tried....
While we lived in Texas, my family visited the Great Wolf Lodge Texas more times than I can even count including once during the first weekend of their Howloween celebration. There’s a lot to know before you go to Great Wolf Lodge and before my first time, I had no idea what to expect. All I really knew about Great Wolf Lodge was that it has an indoor waterpark and really fun themed suites....
There’s a little bit of something for everyone in Ocala from the Ocala National Forest to glass bottom boat rides and even world renowned horses that you can check out. Ocala is often forgotten amongst all of the other amazing Florida cities, but it’s definitely worth planning a trip to visit if you’re ever in North Central Florida! I did a solo trip a bit ago and loved getting to eat at all of the amazing Ocala Florida restaurants, checking out all of the outdoor activities, and more!...
Creative Easter Egg Hunt Ideas One of my favorite things about Easter is the Easter morning egg hunt. Every year my parents would make us kids go upstairs while they hid plastic eggs all over the house filled with candy and sometimes even money. While the Easter egg hunt is definitely not the purpose of Easter, it’s still a fun tradition that I’ll be continuing with my sons this year and something I’ll be doing for my husband as well!...
I can still remember when we got the email that our school year was ending in March of 2020. Cue breakdown for this working from home mom! Momentarily breakdown at least – then I got it in gear and started figuring out what we’d be doing inside for school instead. One of my son’s favorite things is math but he gets really bored doing just math facts, flash cards, and workbooks....
I’m a Disney fanatic, like I sing Disney songs pretty much daily and I’ve already introduced my almost two-year-old to pretty much every Disney movie I can think of kind of fanatic. And that includes the newest Disney release, Big Hero 6. My toddler sat and watched the entire thing on my lap. You guys, it was a miracle. I don’t know what it is with him and being fascinated with friendly white things, but he just loves Baymax....
I’m a big fan of gift baskets, especially when those gifts baskets are personalized to the people you’re gifting them to. It’s just a fun way to give people a lot of little things in one cute way. I’ve already shared gift baskets for out of the blue gift ideas, orange gifts, college care packages, get well soon gifts, and even chick flick gift baskets. So it’s about time that I share some fun Valentine’s gift basket ideas – complete with a free printable gift tag of course!...
Okay so I admit it, I’m normally a box brownie mix girl. There’s just something magical about brownies from a box. But you know what – homemade brownies are way easier to make than you’d imagine. And they’re delicious too! These brownies are especially good for cutting into shapes, something I sometimes struggle with when it comes to boxed brownies. Cutting things into shapes works really well for things like ice cream sundaes, Mickey brownies, and more!...
Who’s ready for the fall and apple season? I know some people just skip apples and go for pumpkins, but I really do love a good crisp apple. And a good apple crumble but that’s another recipe entirely. I really love apples when they’re paired with some sort of caramel whether it be caramel apple nachos or this homemade caramel apple dip! Or just traditional caramel apples – I mean there are tons of caramel apple toppings options out there!...
If you’ve ever had a thumbprint cookie, a classic Christmas cookie, you’ll know how delicious they are! Some sort of sweet filling that contrasts the rest of the cookies gets placed in the center of the cookies for a delicious treat that everyone loves! These strawberry jam thumbprint cookies are one of my favorite treats to make all year round, not just at the holidays! They’re especially good during the summer when you can use fresh strawberry jam or strawberry preserves!...
I’ll be the first to admit that I can’t draw to save my life. I tried drawing Pokemon pictures for my son once and he declared me the worst. He even went so far as to tell me that it was so painful to watch me try to draw. Luckily in Pictionary you don’t have to really know how to draw. You can chicken scratch and stick figure your way to victory!...
One of my favorite things about our cruise on the Disney Dream in August was pirate night, or really pirate day. Pirate night on Disney Dream is just one of the things that made it so magical! Where else can you see thousands of people dressed up like pirates, go to a pirate and princess party, and even learn how to be part of a Mickey’s pirate crew yourself? I’ve been on a lot of cruises on different cruise lines, but Disney cruises definitely do entertainment best....
The Ultimate Game Day Party Guide Every year I send out an annual survey to my email subscribers to see what kind of posts I can write that will best help them. This year on the survey, one of the questions I asked was “what is the thing you find the hardest or need most help with for planning a party?” I received a whole variety of answer but within those answers, it seemed like people needed help with the same handful of things....
2022 Oscar Ballot Okay I’ll be the first to admit that the past year has been strange and this year’s Academy Awards honestly slipped my mind. I’m so used to it being in February near Super Bowl that it almost snuck up on me without having time to update this post for 2022! But with only a few weeks until the biggest night in Hollywood, this Academy Awards ballot is updated for 2022 and ready for your Oscars party!...
