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hosting a kid-friendly holiday meal

  I love hosting. I’m not sure why since I do typically get stressed out at some point when something inevitably goes array leaving Mike or the nearest sane adult to pick up the pieces of my frazzled mental state and calm me down. Where was I going with this? Oh yeah… so with Halloween […]

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Flowers

cliché valentines that aren’t so cliché

  If you’ve been a reader for awhile than you know I love any holiday and excuse to celebrate! Valentine’s Day has always been a fun one, no matter how many people want to claim it’s a holiday created by greeting card companies. Don’t be haters y’all. I’m not gonna lie though, some gifts are […]

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Shamrock trifle

shamrock trifle

  As I mentioned in last week’s post, there are certain foods that should not be green. However, I still like to get in the St. Patrick’s Day spirit with some festive (and delicious) foods, and these individual-sized shamrock trifles are just the thing (you know how much I love desserts in mason jars).   […]

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Leprechaun punch

leprechaun punch

  St. Patrick’s Day is less than a week away. Okay, seriously, how did that happen? This year is already like, a quarter of the way through! Anyway, I digress. Like pretty much every other holiday, I love St. Patrick’s Day. We don’t drink, so we celebrate by embracing the color green in dress and […]

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"write" stuff valentines

“write” stuff valentines

I love Valentine’s Day even more now that I have kids. It is so much fun planning valentines for my little man’s class, but it’s so hard to narrow it down! The Dollar Spot at Target this year had a lot of cute contenders, and for only $3 I could have bought all the valentines […]

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