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Make These Gem Magnets for Lockers or Fridges

August 24, 2019 By Laura Leave a Comment

Make These Gem Magnets for Lockers or Fridges

(Update: We first made these a few years ago, but they’re still a favorite with the kids!)  My daughter just started middle school. She’s loving it so far (okay…it’s only Day 2), and one of the things she’s excited about is that now she gets a locker. A locker to cram full of stuff that […]

Filed Under: crafting, Kids' activities Tagged With: autumn, back to school, craft, fall, indoor activities for kids, kids, kids activities

How we get outdoors and enjoy fall in Colorado

October 4, 2018 By Laura Leave a Comment

How we get outdoors and enjoy fall in Colorado

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. I love getting outdoors this time of year! The leaves are starting to turn, and the air is crisp and a little chilly. The kids are in school all week, so when we can go for a hike […]

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These Luminaria Make Great Halloween Decorations

September 27, 2018 By Laura Leave a Comment

These Luminaria Make Great Halloween Decorations

For a long time, we didn’t really decorate out front for Halloween. By the time I figured out everyone’s costumes, and got all the candy, and helped with school parties — Halloween decorations sort of got lost in the shuffle. But these luminaria are something I can set the kids making, and end up with some […]

Filed Under: crafting, Kids' activities, seasonal Tagged With: autumn, fall, halloween, kids, kids activities

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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Make These Autumn Suncatchers With Kids This Fall

August 22, 2018 By Laura Leave a Comment

Make These Autumn Suncatchers With Kids This Fall

I don’t want to brag or anything, but we’re about a week or so away from this: I love this time of year. I never get tired of watching the leaves turn all these different colors. And the aspens! They’re my favorite. This time of year is also so much fun with kids. We read […]

Filed Under: crafting, Kids' activities, seasonal Tagged With: autumn, fall, kid, kids, kids activities, kids and nature, kids play

12 Fall Books for Kids

August 14, 2018 By Laura 15 Comments

12 Fall Books for Kids

Fall might be my favorite season for kids’ books. There’s so much to read about! There are animals getting ready to hibernate. There are different colored leaves to investigate and learn about. There are apples and pumpkins. There are holidays (and reading about holidays with kids is just about the best thing ever). Now that […]

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The Best Christmas Tea Cocktail in The History of Ever

November 9, 2017 By Laura Leave a Comment

The Best Christmas Tea Cocktail in The History of Ever

So it is cold outside which means chunky hats and knitted things and fuzzy socks and all that is comfy and hygge. It means warm soups and hot cups of tea. And sometimes…it means spiking those cups of tea with a wee bit o’ somethin’ to really warm yourself up from the inside out. This tea cocktail recipe is […]

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3 Things to Do With Leftover Halloween Candy

November 3, 2017 By Laura Leave a Comment

3 Things to Do With Leftover Halloween Candy

Halloween is over. This always inspires quite a few dilemmas around here. -Dilemma #1: how early does one begin playing Christmas music? (the correct answer is 9pm on October 31, when trick-or-treating is finished) -Dilemma #2: what do we do with all this candy??? My favorite solution is, of course, to eat most of it. But when […]

Filed Under: seasonal Tagged With: autumn, fall, halloween, kids activities

A Chai Latte Recipe so You Can Make Your Own at Home

November 1, 2017 By Laura 2 Comments

A Chai Latte Recipe so You Can Make Your Own at Home

Chai lattes happening up in here! Like, CONSTANTLY. Despite the desperate pleas of my children, usually they have to WALK HOME from school because I refuse to pick them up because when I was their age I walked home uphill both ways carting a French horn of all things and why are they so complainy about all […]

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Try This Tasty Sparkling Bourbon Cocktail

October 27, 2016 By Laura 2 Comments

Try This Tasty Sparkling Bourbon Cocktail

Today’s bourbon cocktail recipe is brought to you by a guest contributor, the Resident Bartender of this humble house — my husband. He’s a bourbon guy. He can appreciate all the different kinds of bourbon, and can sip it straight, and can actually tell the difference between brands and the way their made and…other bourbon […]

Filed Under: recipes, seasonal Tagged With: autumn, drink, drink recipe, fall, Laura Falin, recipe, recipes

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