As you know, I like to bake with my girls, especially around the holidays. So far we’ve made chocolate chip cookie pie and soon we’ll be baking our cookies for Santa. Since there’s so much to do around the holidays, I’m always looking for recipes that are not only yummy, but easy!  Last year, my [...]

Our Thanksgiving Days usually go about the same way. We wake up, turn on the parade and begin preparing for Thanksgiving dinner. Around noon, our guests arrive and we eat mid-afternoon. By late afternoon, I’m full, sleepy and just want to relax on the couch. My kids, not so much. They’re always looking for activities [...]

If you’ve been following along at home, you know I’ve already posted about how to make a paper bag turkey. BUT! This is another way to make a paper bag turkey! You never can have too many you know. You could even start a collection of paper bag turkeys. Okay, maybe not. But this paper [...]

While Thanksgiving is definitely about the turkey, it’s also about the side dishes. And while we do like to experiment making various veggies, we always make sure to have at least one side dish our kids will love. This side dish is the super easy corn casserole. Not only do my kids love eating this [...]

It’s no secret that I love crafts that can be made from items I have around the house already, like these coffee filter snowflakes and sock puppets. Maybe it’s because I’m lazy, cheap, interested in keeping things simple. Yeah, that’s it! Anyway, here’s a Thanksgiving craft you can make with items you likely have around [...]

My youngest daughter is obsessed with hats. She wears a different one around the house each day. Some days it’s her winter hat, some days it’s her baseball hat and on some days it’s even her bike helmet! Since she loves wearing things on her head so much, I decided to make a turkey hat [...]