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How to Make a Mater Costume from a Cardboard Box

October 24, 2016 By Laura 1 Comment

How to Make a Mater Costume from a Cardboard Box

I was going through old Halloween pictures today, and I stumbled on my favorite costume in the history of ever. It was the year my three-year old was obsessed with “Cars,” and especially Mater, so naturally I had to make a Mater costume that year. I’m terrible at sewing, and woodwork, and drawing, and painting…but this? […]

Filed Under: crafting, seasonal Tagged With: autumn, fall, halloween

The Hot Chocolate Bar

October 19, 2016 By Laura 2 Comments

The Hot Chocolate Bar

Usually, after school, we have a tight schedule. The kids have a snack and get to work on music lessons/homework/practice/whatever else is going on that afternoon. But every once in a while (usually on Fridays), it’s good to be The Fun Mom. The Non-Nagging Mom. The Homework Skipping Hot Chocolate Embellishing Mom. So we recently […]

Filed Under: 31 Days, Kids' activities, recipes Tagged With: autumn, drink, drink recipe, fall, sponsored

Stovetop Spiced Apple Cider Recipe

October 9, 2016 By Laura 17 Comments

Stovetop Spiced Apple Cider Recipe

Oh, goodness, I do love apple cider. It’s just so…fallish. And winterish. And when you make it on the stove it makes your entire house smell HEAVENLY, it really does. In a house where people still argue with me over showering and try to re-wear dirty clothes, good smells are not taken for granted. So […]

Filed Under: 31 Days, recipes Tagged With: autumn, drink recipe, fall, recipe

Spooky Halloween Popcorn

September 21, 2016 By Laura Leave a Comment

Spooky Halloween Popcorn

OK, so — y’all know me. I don’t do scary. No haunted houses or scary movies or ghost stories. I only made it through “Stranger Things” with all the lights on and my husband sitting next to me. But I do love funny and quirky, so that’s what we do for Halloween around here. Today, I’m over at See Vanessa Craft, […]

Filed Under: recipes Tagged With: dessert, fall, halloween, recipe, recipes

The Best Apps for Back to School Shopping

August 10, 2016 By Laura Leave a Comment

The Best Apps for Back to School Shopping

I just took the kids back to school shopping. Oh. My. Goodness. All four of our kids are in school now, and our school asks that we supply everything from 60 pencils per kid to markers and folders and reams of paper to Kleenex and paper towels. Times four. So I need to save money […]

Filed Under: frugal living, Kids' activities Tagged With: autumn, back to school, fall, kids, kids activities

How Meal Planning Saves Me Money and Saves My Sanity

August 8, 2016 By Laura Leave a Comment

How Meal Planning Saves Me Money and Saves My Sanity

I can’t believe the kids are already headed back to school! I’m pretty sure I say this every summer, but wow, that went fast. So I’m getting all our back to school stuff ready — clothes shopping, and school supply shopping, and grocery shopping for lunches and dinners and snacks. I’ve noticed that meal planning […]

Filed Under: frugal living, recipes Tagged With: autumn, back to school, dinner, fall, frugal living, slow cooker recipe

How to Make Sweetened Cranberries

January 13, 2016 By Laura Leave a Comment

How to Make Sweetened Cranberries

Why are cranberry recipes only for fall and winter? Is it tradition? Is that when they’re harvested? Are we afraid that if we have cranberries all the year long, by the time Thanksgiving comes around we’ll be burned out and just want some applesauce instead? Because, really, cranberries are pretty astounding. They’re one of the […]

Filed Under: recipes Tagged With: Christmas, drink recipe, fall, recipe, recipes, Thanksgiving, winter

Cozy Drinks for Chilly Days

December 15, 2015 By Laura 2 Comments

Cozy Drinks for Chilly Days

Is the weather where you are frightful? Here in Colorado, it’s downright terrifying right now. We had a snow day today (so actually inside my house was probably more terrifying). And on days like today — I like to drink. Not that kind of drinking (although after Hour 2 of our Snow Day, I wouldn’t rule it out…). Warm […]

Filed Under: recipes Tagged With: autumn, drink recipe, fall, recipe, winter

Simple Cranberry Sauce

November 24, 2015 By Laura Leave a Comment

Simple Cranberry Sauce

I have a meat and potatoes kid. Not as in “he has an affinity for meat and potatoes.” More like “he refuses to eat anything but meat and potatoes.” Including fruits and veggies. Especially fruits and veggies. He is so ardently, adamantly against produce that he once dug through a piece of Chocolate Cherry Cake […]

Filed Under: recipes Tagged With: autumn, dinner recipe, fall, recipe, Thanksgiving, winter

A Thanksgiving Scavenger Hunt

November 20, 2015 By Laura 4 Comments

A Thanksgiving Scavenger Hunt

Are you an early Thanksgiving feaster? Or a late one? It seems to me people fall into two camps — those who eat their Thanksgiving dinner around noon (this always reminds me of the Little House books, where Ma served dinner in the middle of the day), and those who eat their dinner around 6pm […]

Filed Under: Kids' activities Tagged With: autumn, fall, kids, kids activities, kids and nature, kids play, Thanksgiving

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