I'll take any excuse to celebrate. Any reason to make treats with the kids and holidays are the perfect opportunity. In one of my last posts, I talked about the baking classes I was doing a few times a month. I had a few last weekend and we made the Rice Krispie Heart Pops (pic below) as the "no-bake" item for the class, along with oreo bark (recipe coming soon.) Did the heart pops come out cute?!? Since we had almond bark left over along with rice krispie cereal, we did a little experimenting. All we did was lay about a cup of rice krispie cereal onto parchement paper. We poured about ... read more
Valentine’s Pretzel M&M Bites
Pretzel M&M bites are a favorite treat to make in my house. They're so easy for the kids to help with and can be done for any occasion. Holidays are usually when we make them, thanks to all of the festive M&M's in the stores. Plus, they're bite sized which makes the perfect treat and also the perfect combination of sweet & salty. They are great to put out at a party, playdate or can be bagged up for a little thinking of you gift with a cute gift tag. Think teachers, nurses, counselors, neighbors.... Over the years, I've made many different varieties of these bites. ... read more
Christmas Tree Brownie Bites
Mini brownies + green icing + M&M = Christmas Tree Brownie Bites How cute are these little brownie Christmas trees?!? I have a slight obsession with my Pampered Chef mini muffin pans. Over the years, some of my favorite recipes have been made in these pans. One of the most popular being the snickerdoodle bites. My personal favorite are the s'mores brownie bites. I also use this pan for mini muffins for my littles. If you need to add a mini muffin pan to your kitchen, here's one with great reviews. *affiliate link* Over the weekend, I had a group of kiddos for a holiday ... read more
{Printable} Easter Lunch Box Notes
The next holiday is quickly approaching, which means it's time for a new set of lunch box notes. These lunch box notes have become something the kids have started looking for each day. They now expect them as we move onto another holiday and call me out when I don't have them in there. I'm thinking this is the last holiday set I'll have to create this year. And next year, they should be good to go for each holiday. I've mentioned in past posts that I print these at the beginning of the month before the holiday (I'm a little late getting this post up.) I print 2 pages on card stock ... read more
Red Velvet Brookies
Last weekend, my littles and I baked away. Two of their favorite pre-teen friends came over to join in the fun. Our plan was Valentine's goodies, a whole bunch of them! One of the first recipes we started with were these red velvet brookies. I first made pumpkin brookies a few years back. You can see that post here. They were pretty easy and so so good. So, for Valentine's Day this year- I decided to make them again but with red velvet cake mix. And instead of making the cookie mix from scratch this time, I went with store bought cookie dough. The prep time for this recipe is less than ... read more
Valentine’s Day Lunch Box Notes
Valentine's Day is just around the corner. I'm not sure about you but I maaayyy have started decorating the minute my Christmas decorations came down. On to the next holiday, right? Over the past few years, one of my favorite things to do for my littles is put notes in their lunches. I've been creating notes for a little over a year and try to design them with themes in mind. One of my goals last month was to create Valentine's Day Lunch Box notes. Below you'll see the notes along with links to print them. After I created the notes with the cute clip art images, I started thinking about ... read more
Thanksgiving Lunch Box Notes & Turkey Cookies
I cannot believe Thanksgiving is just over a week away. I feel like Halloween was just yesterday, I'm sure I'll be saying the same about Thanksgiving in a few short weeks. Last week, I was reminded by my oldest little that I hadn't made any new lunch box notes for Thanksgiving. Honestly, I hadn't thought much about it. I was just planning on using the school themed ones I had left from the beginning of the year. But, seeing her excitement for all things holidays brings me so much joy. So that night, I got to work creating new lunch box notes. We only have a few days left until Thanksgiving ... read more
Halloween Lunch Box Notes
One thing I love doing for holidays, well really all year long is putting little lunch notes in the kids lunches. I print them out in bulk at the beginning of each month and have them in a drawer ready to go when I pack lunches on Sunday afternoons. The kids love seeing them in there, or so they tell me... A few weeks ago, I ran out of the back to school themed lunch notes I've been packing. I figured since Halloween was just around the corner, it would be fun to design a few new ones. Since things take me a lot longer to cross of my to do list these days, the new lunch notes were ready about ... read more
DIY Date Night In Jar
When it comes to Valentine's ideas for the men in your life, it can be tricky! Valentine's Day is all about love and the gift should be a representation of your love. A few years back, I created a date night in jar for my Simply Made with Love Blog. I came up with a lot of date night in ideas to place in the jar. I thought about ideas that would be planned all week long and others that could be last minute. The ideas available for printing range from watching his favorite movie to playing her favorite game to having a themed dinner night at home. This is definitely a gift that will keep on ... read more
Moana Birthday Party
A few months ago, my biggest little turned five years old. Her birthday was on the first day of Kindergarten. I was all sorts of emotional that day. These past five years since she's been born have flown by. So much has changed in life, it's hard to even remember what the newborn days of her life were like. She's such a sweet and beautiful girl, I sure do love watching her grow up. Now that she's older, she's the one that makes the birthday party decisions. I think she chose the Moana theme a few weeks after her fourth birthday party. I thought for sure she'd change her mind over the next ... read more
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