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Somedays I feel like all I do is laundry. It's like that meme I see around the internet: "Don't you just love those 12 seconds all the laundry is done?" LOL. Story of my life! With four littles in the house and everyone in some type of activity - gymnastics, tumbling, basketball, swimming, tennis, and on and on and on - … Continue Reading...
This post brought to you by The Hershey Company. The content and opinions expressed below are that of Smashed Peas and Carrots. Every year my family sits down together and decides which recipes we are going to make over the holidays. The list starts off long and seems to grow every year because we are always finding new … Continue Reading...
You guys!!! I am so excited to be a part of the annual Bake Craft Sew & Decorate series at Skip to My Lou today sharing my sewing tutorial for how to make your very own Yoga Mat Strap! It's the perfect handmade gift for the yogis in your life! And to top it off I get to be part of an amazing sewing giveaway as well … Continue Reading...
With Thanksgiving coming up in just a couple of weeks I thought it would be fun to put together a little gift for our teachers, something to let them know we are thankful for them (because we are)! I know I say this a lot, and I probably sound like a broken record, but we love our schools and our teachers. Each end every … Continue Reading...
Hi friends! With the holiday season coming up, I thought I would share with you one of our favorite ways to connect with our children and bond as a family. We try to savor time with our family during the busy and often rushed holidays by picking out one night a week on our calendar and designating it a Family Movie Night … Continue Reading...
Every year around this time my littles and I participate in Operation Christmas Child, which is the world’s largest Christmas project of its kind, it uses gift-filled shoeboxes to demonstrate God’s love in a tangible way to children in need around the world. It is awesome. We have been participating since Noah was 1…so for … Continue Reading...
Hey lovely friends!! I just wanted to share with you that I am over at the Riley Blake Blog as part of the Riley Blake Design Team where I am sharing my tutorial for making these adorable and oh-so-easy to make Fabric Utensil Baskets! … Continue Reading...
Hi friends!!! I feel like so many people get stressed out this time of year especially when it revolves around the kitchen and baking and prepping for Thanksgiving and Christmas (and yes, even Halloween!) that I wanted to share how I keep myself sane. A little checklist I run through in my head around this time every year. … Continue Reading...
Oh man, it has been cold and wet here this week. No fun for someone who hates being cold. I thought I would go for a run this morning when it seemed there would be a lull in the rain and a half mile in it started pouring, for reals man! And it kept up for the rest of my run. Gah. I kept telling myself, "When I'm done I'm … Continue Reading...
It's that time of year again! That time where we love to create fun, holiday-themed dinner and snack ideas! It's part of why I love the last 3 months of the year so much. There is just so much to celebrate and so many memories to make! One of our favorite quick and easy dinner ideas around the weeks leading up to Halloween … Continue Reading...
This weekend my kids and I ran to Target (I mean, hello where else would we run to?) and we searched the Halloween aisles looking for what they wanted to give away to their classes during their Halloween parties. Since our school does not allow the kids to bring candy or food items they decided on these fun plastic fangs! … Continue Reading...
Every year around this time my littles love, love, love watching the Peanuts movies, in fact we have just added the movie, It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, into our rotation in our car! And we couldn't be more excited for November 6th when The Peanuts Movie debuts in theaters nationwide. To help celebrate this movie … Continue Reading...
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