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2016 Cookie Exchange

One of the things that comes to mind when I think about the holidays is all of the delicious fresh baked sweets that everyone makes. I remember growing up, my mom would always go to a neighborhood cookie exchange. My brother, dad and I would look forward to the party day- knowing she'd be coming home with some delicious treats! For the past four years, I've hosted my own cookie exchange. It's always held the first Sunday of December- making it the perfect way to kick off the holiday season. Nothing beats celebrating with fresh baked cookies, festive drinks and good friends. I always look ... read more

Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Cake Mix Cookies

Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Cake Mix Cookies One of my favorite things about the holiday season is baking. I bake more in the holiday months than throughout the entire year. There's just something about the cooler weather, fresh baked cookies or bread and a warm cup of coffee or hot chocolate. I also love delivering baked goodies to neighbors and friends. Each year, I start to make a list of things I plan on baking from during the holidays over the summer. Sounds crazy, but it saves me a lot of time during this busy time of year. I usually do this on Pinterest, pinning to a secret holiday ... read more

Acts of Kindness Advent Printables

Advent calendars are a Christmas tradition I did each year when I was little. My mom always got us the Advent calendars with little chocolates in them. I looked forward to opening the little box every night after dinner. It's a tradition I've been looking forward to continuing as a mom. Last year was the first year I did an Advent calendar with AG. She was three years old and started to really get into Christmas. Each day, we did something fun and festive. From making gingerbread houses to going to look at lights to visiting the big man himself. This year, I wasn't on top of my creative and ... read more

10 Free December Desktop Wallpapers

December is here!  December is here! My most favorite month of the year has arrived and I couldn't be more excited. This year, my number one goal is to soak up time with my littles, make memories and just enjoy the holiday season. Our month is already jam packed full of playdates, santa visits and festive events around town. The trees are up, waiting to be decorated and my annual cookie exchange is this weekend. Every night the kids ask to go look at the lights, of course I happily oblige. Since, the rest of the house is decorated, it's time to also dress up all of my devices. As usual, I ... read more

A Favorite Christmas Tradition

Something I look forward to every holiday season is sending and receiving Christmas cards. Getting the mail every day in December is exciting, seeing the beautiful pictures and sweet words from family and friends is even better. It's one thing that adds to the joy and magic to the Christmas season. It's a favorite Christmas tradition of mine. Last week, our cards arrived. I was so excited to get them from Tiny Prints again this year. Their cards are high quality and there are so many options to choose from. I couldn't begin to tell you how long it took me this year. I started by choosing 3-4 ... read more

Free Fall Printables

One of my favorite things to do with each holiday, is decorating the entryway to the house. I have a picture frame placed on a little display board that is the focus of the table. I used to search high and low for printables to put in the frame for the upcoming holidays. Lately, I've enjoyed playing around in Photoshop, creating different printables to use throughout the house. Today, I'm sharing three different printables with you. All three can be used over the fall months or for Thanksgiving. You can download your free prints by clicking the links below each image. I always print mine on ... read more

10 Free November Wallpapers

November is usually one of my favorite months of the year. This month I'll celebrate my 33rd birthday. Right after that, Thanksgiving will be here and then Christmas everything. There's been a lot of changes going on over the past few months, which is why I'm not as excited about November as I usually am. I know the month will fly by as usual and I'm going to do my best to make the most out of each day. One of my personal goals this month is to do something for ME each day. Something small, whether it's a workout alone, reading a book at night, taking a long bath or even just a Hallmark ... read more

Pumpkin Painting Fun with Wet Ones

I have partnered with Wet Ones® Hand Wipes for this post. One activity I love doing with the littles during fall is painting pumpkins. It's always on our fall bucket list and something we do more than once over the fall months. Yesterday, Target had these pumpkins for just $1.99! They're the perfect size. Not too small to where they're finished painting in two seconds and not too big either. The best thing about painting pumpkins is you probably already have most of the supplies at home! All you need are paint brushes, washable paint and of course, Wet Ones. I'm not going to lie, we have ... read more

Favorite Fall Posts

Fall posts are my favorite to create each year. That, along with Christmas. I start planning them over the summertime and usually am able to publish half of what I planned. You know how that goes. Over the past few years, I've really enjoyed creating printables. My printable library has been steadily growing, most of which relate to celebrations and holidays. Two of my favorite things. Today, I'm sharing some of my favorite fall posts with you. I have some of my go to recipes, printables and even some fun things to do with your littles. This upcoming weekend, we had grand plans of checking ... read more

Happy Halloween Bag Toppers

Halloween is just ONE week away!  Miss AG has been talking about it non stop lately. She's beyond excited to wear her costume, I don't think she realizes that candy comes with the fun. One of the things on my list to do this week is to gather up some goodies for her friends and teachers. While I'll be getting each of them different goodies, the one thing I'll be using for each of them are these bag toppers. I whipped them up a few weeks back when we started to BOO our neighbors. It's the second year we've done the BOO gifts. It's been a lot of fun in our neighborhood, something the kids look ... read more

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