You can find your free printable Elf on the Shelf planning Calendar for 2020 right here! Good news! Thanksgiving is EARLY this year which means EVEN MORE days to find things for your Elf on the Shelf to do. Of course that’s if he appears around Thanksgiving. Hopefully, your Elf on the Shelf comes sometime […]
Easy Halloween Treat Jars with Cut up Balloons & Mason Jars!
Quite frankly I wasn’t quite ready to tackle a Halloween craft yet, but let’s face it, Halloween candy has been out since August. So this year I’ve decided: I’m not going to fight it! We have four kids ages 2-7 and holidays are a lot of fun to celebrate with them, so why not start […]
Super Simple Construction Themed Birthday Cake
Construction Themed Birthday Cake–> Around our house, the kids start talking about what they would like on their birthday cakes MONTHS before their birthday arrives. For our older daughters the discussion usually involves princesses, Sophia the First, and My Little Pony. But for the boys, its all about trucks, tractors and dump trucks. And when […]
Simple Triple Fudge Oreo Bundt Cake Recipe
Our youngest turned two this past weekend, and since it would be mostly adults celebrating, I decided to forgo the traditional birthday cake with too-sweet frosting for a decadent Triple Fudge Oreo Bundt Cake. I have been on a Bundt cake kick for a little while now (My mom and grandma find it amusing and […]
Dawn’s Secret Ingredient Chili Recipe (using all Aldi ingredients!)
Sometimes you just stumble across a great recipe alteration. One time when I was making chili I was out of tomato paste, tomato sauce and crushed tomatoes, so basically nothing to make a base out of. I thought about abandoning the chili recipe when a jar of salsa caught my attention in the pantry. At […]
Why You Should Give MORE Gift Cards this Christmas! + creative gift card ideas
I think you should give more gift cards for this simple reason: So YOU can enjoy the holidays more. Christmas shopping is stressful and time-consuming. It is fun to find the perfect gift for someone close to us, but we simply can’t put that much energy into every gift that we buy (and keep our sanity). […]