Ready for the easiest cookie recipe ever? It also happens to look very festive and is perfect for the holidays! What You Need: -1 box red velvet cake mix -8oz container cool whip, thawed -1 egg -1 cup powdered sugar What To Do: 1. Preheat your oven to 350F degrees. Mix the cake mix, cool whip, and egg together until well combined. The dough will be very sticky, but don’t worry, it’s supposed to be! 2. Place the powdered sugar in a bowl. 3. Scoop a small spoonful of dough and roll it in powdered sugar, coating it completely. Make sure to keep the balls of dough on the smaller…
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Weekend Recap
Friday night I started wrapping presents. I got a few wrapped before Ben woke up and came out in the living room. Thank goodness he’s at the age that if I tell them they’re for someone else he believes me. Saturday morning we were up and ready bright and early. Jack’s preschool had a Breakfast with Santa fundraiser at AppleBees. Ben told Santa that all he wanted was one small Lego (yeah right) and Jack screamed every time I made took a step towards Santa. He did finally utter ho, ho, ho on our way out the door. Saturday night J and I went to our annual no kids Christmas…
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5 on Friday
Did this week fly by for anyone else? I can’t believe it’s already Friday although I’m definitely not complaining. Let’s get to this week’s 5. One. Our Elf on the Shelf, Sparkle, was a few days late but finally arrived on Wednesday night. He usually brings a little gift with him when he comes and this year he brought matching Christmas pajamas for the boys. Ben LOVES pjs so he was thrilled and Jack was beyond himself with the elf. We let Jack touch him when he first arrived and now he doesn’t understand why he can’t play with Sparkle. The struggle is real. Two. Speaking of things Jack can’t…
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Christmas Tree Traditions
Growing up, our Christmas tree was beautiful. We had white lights, matching ornaments, ribbon, beads, you name it. It was the perfect looking tree with coordinating colors and a matching tree skirt. I’m sure I made hand-made ornaments throughout the years and although my mom always saved them, they rarely made it on to the tree. Fast forward several year to my family’s tree. She’d definitely be the ugly stepsister of my childhood tree. The “main” ornaments on our tree match and consist of reds, golds, and sparkles. I stuck with the tradition of white lights and have a traditional red velvet tree skirt. But our tree is also filled…
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Thanksgiving Recap 2014
We had a great Thanksgiving spent with family and lots of food. We even managed to get some things done around the house, in my pajamas of course. On Thursday we ate lunch at my parent’s house and then dinner at J’s aunt’s house. Raiding the fridge before lunch. He just couldn’t make it 5 more minutes until the food was ready. We hit up the grocery store on Friday morning and the boys shared the car cart for the first time. Jack LOVED it and kept saying, “beep, beep,” as they drove through the store. That night we got all the Christmas decorations out and put the tree up.…