I can’t tell you how many Christmas’ I tried to make salt dough ornaments only to be left with crumbly dough or dough that just never got hard no matter how many hours in the oven I baked it, cough 7. So imagine my excitement when I came across this recipe for dough that actually worked. The older kids get, the harder it is to do handprint ornaments due to the size of their hands so I decided to do their fingerprints. You could also do shapes from cookie cutters, couple’s fingerprints if you don’t have kids yet, or a little doggy or kitty print if your pet is your kid. What…
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Friday, Friday
Two weeks until Christmas and less than 1 week until we leave for DISNEY WOLRD!!! As excited as I am, we have a lot to get done this weekend including making sure every.last.gift. is bought and wrapped, getting outfits ready for Santa, Disney, and Christmas day, visiting the big man in red, and decorating our gingerbread houses. Not to mention tonight is my work Christmas Party so hopefully it won’t be too much fun and I’ll be able to drag myself out of bed in the morning. Speaking of the party, it leads me right into my 5 for this week so let’s get started. //one// My work’s Christmas party…
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Thanksgiving 2015
Our Thanksgiving was full of food and family, just the way we like it! The week of Thanksgiving Jack’s school had a feast complete with handmade hats and all. My mom is retired so she was able to join us for the lunch and Jack was so excited his Mimi was there. Jack’s top//Carters On Thanksgiving day we went over to my parent’s house for lunch along with my sister and her family. Jack took a rare nap in daddy’s lap while the other kids ran wild hence the lack of pictures of them. That evening we drove an hour to J’s aunts house for another round of Thanksgiving food.…
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Friday, Friday
Well it feels good to be back! I took some time off for Thanksgiving and then came all things Christmas-shopping, decorations, etc and it was hard to get back into the swing of blogging but here I am. I still need to recap our Thanksgiving, but until then, here’s my 5 random tidbits for this week as I link up with Karli, Amanda, Astleigh, and Christina. //one// Our Disney MagicBands came in the mail and man has Disney stepped up their game since the last time we were there in 2012. These bands are our room keys, park tickets, fast passes, and any reservations we have. How awesome is that! //two// I tend to easily lose…
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Weekend Recap
Who else is ready for Thanksgiving?!? A few days off work, time with family, and then let the Christmas decorating begin! This weekend wasn’t all that eventful. Ben finally got over his cold only to give it to Jack who seems to have now passed it on to me so I was feeling a little blah. Here’s our short and sweet recap… first snow of the season // naps you just can’t wake up from Gingerbread+cheesecake, so not healthy // Pirate’s booty, healthier made this for breakfast & added an egg // ornament from friends who went to Alaska Dollar Spot Target pillows-go now! // Family dance parties perfecting our whips &…