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Nothing says fall like cozying up on the couch on a fall afternoon and sipping something warm. I created this Hot Coconut Pumpkin drink for when you want something a little different from the usual hot chocolate. I’m not a huge fan of pumpkin. I know, what!? But when it’s mixed with holiday spices and lightened up with a little coconut milk, I really enjoy it. You can find the
You guys. If you read my post about our family camping adventure, inspired by the movie, THE WILD LIFE, you’ll know that our family got to eat crickets. I can’t say that I am an adventurous eater. My youngest son, however, is. He didn’t hesitate when the zoologist offered him one. My oldest son wanted to be as far from the edible bugs as possible. So what is a good
I always forget to take photos of my kids on Halloween. Total mom fail. Maybe it’s because I’m too busy figuring out how to take my bottle of wine to go (mom’s need treats too!). So this year, we did a little photo shoot, a few days prior to make sure we got some fun memories.
I’m not that in to Halloween but I do like to try to decorate a little for the kids. I don’t do horror instead I tend to go for cute Halloween decorations. These easy homemade Halloween candles are a little creepy, a little cute and a whole lot of simple. But really, there is nothing more horrifying than ants, amIright? To me ants are the devil so these oversized plastic bugs
You guys! I’m so excited to announce that I am a new contributor over at Minted’s UH-MAZING blog, Julep! My first post is this fantastically creepy crawly DIY tablecloth for all your Halloween entertaining. What I love about it is that you can reuse it year after year, it was SUPER easy to make and it looks pretty dang cool. Pop on over to Julep for the full Halloween tablecloth
Bugs are not awesome. But I can totally tolerate these fabric bugs. These bugs are even kind of cute. I like to imagine that if one of these bugs bit you, you would end up with a cute little heart-shaped scar and be filled with happiness venom. Supplies: cute fabric(with a small print or pattern) Styrofoam Craft Balls and Styrofoam piecesto help form the bugs head and body parts Mod Podge
Where my party people at?! Wave your hands in the air like you just don’t care! Whoa, sorry. I got a little carried away there. But guess what?! Halloween is on a Saturday this year which means you can throw an epic Halloween party. I’ve teamed up with a fab group of bloggers to bring you tons of awesome ideas to help you plan a wicked fun night. I’m sharing
Happy Halloween! Wishing you a day of treats and a night of sweets! My husband and I both like to take the kids out trick or treating. We make sure to leave a big bucket of candy out so that people can still trick-or-treat at our house. The first year we did this, my husband was out-of-town and I tried to take both kids (one was 2 at the time)
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