UP Family Movie Night Tickets!

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Feel free to save this to your computer and use for your own family movie night. If you post any of your own pictures of the tickets in your blog please link back to me. Thank you! :)

 

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I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

Teacher Appreciation Cake Pops!

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My kids are not school-age yet but I did get a fun cake pop order for Teacher Appreciation Week! I had a lot of fun making them and I think they turned out super cute!

Father's Day Gift (A Tradition)

Pin It now! I started this little tradition back in 2009. It's fun to watch the kids grow and I don't have to stress every year about what we're going to get daddy! And, of course, daddy adores the pictures!!!

I haven't taken this year's pictures yet but I'm excited to!! Do you have any fun gift traditions? I'd love to hear about them!

Easy DIY Bow Holder

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Ashlynn has a lot of bows and until recently they were all just thrown in a bucket in the bathroom, so anytime I needed one I would have to dig through them all to find the color/one that I wanted. I've seen so many cute DIY bow holders on pinterest but the one that caught my eye the most was one that was made out of a picture frame (that's not the exact pin that I saw but I couldn't find it so it will do). It seriously took me MONTHS to find the perfect frame. I'm picky like that. Hubby actually found it at Target and when he showed it to me I knew that was the one that I wanted. If you already have a frame on hand that you love, you can make this project even more thrifty!

Here's what I used: (sorry for the crappy pic, I took it with my phone!)

picture frame, hooks, glue gun, and ribbon

Here's what it looked like when I was finished. I used different sized ribbon and tried to space them out evenly (I just eyeballed it, I'm too impatient to do that much measuring... I did measure for the hooks, though)

I love the way it looks with bows on it.

I think it makes cute decor for Ashlynn's room, too! :)  (Can you tell which pic was taken with my phone and which one was taken with our camera? haha)

Muffin Tin Monday - Spring/Easter

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Happy Monday, everyone!! I had a lot more fun with this week's theme and already have some great ideas for next week, too, so that should be fun as well. :) The kids LOVED their lunches, it was fun to see them so excited as they were looking at everything.

Top row: jelly beans, hard-boiled egg made to look like a chick, carrot sticks w/ranch

Bottom row: blueberry Greek yogurt with bunny cookies, pb&j sandwich shaped like a bunny, and an apple with a mini butterfly cutout

Both kids ate everything except the egg (I made Dawson try a bite and he almost threw up... have I mentioned I have picky eaters?) and they each had a carrot stick or two leftover. Not too bad!

To see more muffin tin lunches head on over to another lunch.

Muffin Tin Monday - St. Patrick's Day

Pin It now! Hello! It's been awhile since I've participated in MTM! It's been awhile since I've posted regularly in this blog, too, but I've recently decided I want to try to be more active in here. I've always loved Muffin Tin Monday so I knew that I'd definitely want to jump into that again.

When I started thinking about what I was going to put in our St. Patrick's Day tin I imagined our tins turning out to be a lot more fun. I didn't really "plan" it and I think that was my problem, I'll try harder next week. The kids were happy with their tins so that's really all that matters, right? Right!

On the top row we've got a rainbow of fruits and veggies, with ranch for dipping. I put some pesto in the ranch to turn it green! Veggies include green and red pepper slices, cucumber slices, and carrot sticks. And blueberries and red grapes for fruit.

On the bottom row we have some lucky charms and a mini pizza on a whole wheat muffin. I toasted the muffin then put some alfredo sauce on it, then some mozzarella cheese, and a couple pieces of chopped spinach and then stuck it under the broiler for a minute or so to melt the cheese.

Ashlynn ate everything except the pizza, Dawson ate everything except the veggies! Next week's theme is Spring is Sprung! I should probably start planning that now so I can make their tins a little more fun next time. :)

Visit Another Lunch to see more Muffin Tin Monday meals. :)



For those of you who may not know us, let me introduce my little family to you!

I'm Jamie (the mommy), Dawson is my very energetic and smart 4 year old, and Ashlynn is my sweet and smart 2 year old. Dave (not pictured) is my wonderful husband and the best daddy in the world. :)

Thank you for stopping by!

(Happy) St. Patrick's Day Cookies!

Pin It now! Me and the kids made these cookies a couple of weeks ago. It was my first time decorating with royal icing! (I got the cookie and royal icing recipes from Bake at 350) I definitely need more practice but I think the cookies turned out pretty cute. And they were definitely yummy!

Here are the ones that the kids decorated. They both love to help in the kitchen!

Ashlynn got to try out her new Snow White apron that Dave's mom made for her. It's so cute!!

Happy St. Patrick's Day, everyone! :)