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Welcome fall with pumpkin spice French toast

December 12, 2018 By Laura Leave a Comment

Welcome fall with pumpkin spice French toast

I was compensated by Bays English Muffins for this post. All opinions are mine alone. I feel like our weekend family breakfasts are even more special in the Fall. This is a busy season for us. It seems like after the lull of summer, school starts off with a bang…and so do all the after-school […]

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The Most Delicious Candy Cane Hot Chocolate Recipe You’ll Ever Try

November 8, 2018 By Laura 4 Comments

The Most Delicious Candy Cane Hot Chocolate Recipe You’ll Ever Try

**I first shared this post almost 3 years ago, but I wanted to share it at the beginning of the holiday season this year so you can get a jump on your cocoa-drinking** We still have a ton of candy canes around here. The kids got a bunch at every party and concert and in the […]

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Make Apple Cider Martinis For a Delicious Fall Cocktail

September 26, 2018 By Laura Leave a Comment

Make Apple Cider Martinis For a Delicious Fall Cocktail

We’re a special drink family. Adults…kids…we all love celebrating events with sparkling cider or special drinks. The first snow (which we might actually be ready for…it’s been sweltering here lately) deserves some homemade hot cocoa (maybe even pumpkin spice hot chocolate? Yes. That.) So it’s no surprise that we have our fair share of cocktails and […]

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Cooking with Kids – Making Musubi

September 5, 2018 By Laura Leave a Comment

Cooking with Kids – Making Musubi

Although we’re mostly a road-trip family, we took the vacation of a lifetime a few years earlier and went to Hawaii with my family. It was magical. And while my kids came back with a love for palm trees and surfing, they also came back with a new appreciation for musubi. You can pick it […]

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Delicious Posole Rice Bowls Your Family Will Love

August 16, 2018 By Laura Leave a Comment

Delicious Posole Rice Bowls Your Family Will Love

This post was sponsored by The School Nutrition Association. All opinions are my own. About a month ago, I was invited to attend the School Lunch Nutrition Association’s annual conference to learn about what goes into our children’s lunches. It was really an eye-opening experience – I had no idea of the scope of the conference, and […]

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31 Non Sandwich School Lunch Ideas

August 12, 2018 By Laura Leave a Comment

31 Non Sandwich School Lunch Ideas

Are your kids back to school yet? We just finished our first day. I always have mixed emotions – the freedom of summer is wonderful and we love getting out and exploring. But in reality, we don’t do that every day…and the days we don’t often have plenty of bickering and too much screen time […]

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This banana nutella milkshake recipe makes the perfect summer treat

July 24, 2018 By Laura Leave a Comment

This banana nutella milkshake recipe makes the perfect summer treat

We’re milkshake maniacs around here. We do plenty of healthy smoothies for snacks and breakfast, but let’s face it. Summer deserves some bona fide, ice-creamy milkshakes. We’ve even been known to make them for birthdays (my husband’s not much of a cake guy). My kids love making milkshakes (and messes) so much that my brother and […]

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Delicious Chicken Taco Bowls For Your Family

July 20, 2018 By Laura Leave a Comment

Delicious Chicken Taco Bowls For Your Family

When my kids refuse to eat something, I’ve found it’s for one of two reasons. One is because it really, truly tastes horrible and disgusting to them. Then we do things like trying it different ways, or trying it several times over a long period to see if they’ll eat it. Sometimes this works, sometimes […]

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Try this peach lemonade recipe for a refreshing twist

July 13, 2018 By Laura 94 Comments

Try this peach lemonade recipe for a refreshing twist

It’s been warm here. Ok. Hot. It’s been hot here. At least…hot by Colorado standards. Anytime it gets above 85° here, my children start wailing about how they’re melting. I shudder to imagine them transplanted somewhere like Nevada…they’d think they were dying. 🙄 So along with playing in the hose and finding splash parks and fielding […]

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Delicious Orange Chicken Spring Rolls Are a Fun Snack to Make With Kids

June 18, 2018 By Laura Leave a Comment

Delicious Orange Chicken Spring Rolls Are a Fun Snack to Make With Kids

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of  Tai Pei Food. All opinions are my own and are truthful.  I have a hard time planning meals and snacks during the summer. It seems like the opposite should be true. During the school year, we’re running every which way – to scouts and sports […]

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