This post has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. As always, my words and opinions are my own. #CollectiveBias Did you know you can get chickenpox even if you've had the vaccine? A few weeks back the big kid went camping with Scouts and came home with an unexpected souvenir. The day we picked her up from camp we got an email from her Beaver leader … [Read more...]
PJs & Pancakes: Birthday Party Fun with Fisher Price Little People {plus Pumpkin Pancake Recipe}
Fisher-Price sent me on a mission to check out their new Little People First Birthday site. Now everyone in this family is well past their first birthday, but that didn't stop us from having some Fisher-Price style fun. My kids, yes even the seven year old, still love their Little People and play with them frequently. Browsing through the party planning suggestions I decided a … [Read more...]
Spread the Holiday Cheer with Black Diamond’s New Cheese Spreads {Recipes & Giveaway} #spreadyourflavour
Having a dairy allergy I am not exactly a big cheese connoisseur, but Black Diamond is the cheese of choice at our place. For brick, processed slices and now spreadable cheese, my husband has a strong preference towards Black Diamond. Over the years we've even gotten into a spat or two over cheese, because I grabbed whatever was on sale and it wasn't Black Diamond. Just in … [Read more...]
Super Simple Robot Birthday Cake {Recipe}
This cake didn't go exactly as planned. It was quite nearly a bit of a cake fail, truth be told. But the end result was cute enough, and tasty enough, that I thought I'd share the how-to with you all. Super Simple Robot Cake Ingredients: * 2 boxes of cake mix (I used Betty Crocker Super Moist Rainbow Bit Cake Mix. Most likely could be done with one box, … [Read more...]
Virtual Play Date: It’s a Tea Party!
My Aunt, who is a very awesome Aunt and a really rocking grandmother, has this giant plastic bin full of Tea Party goodies. There are dozens of beaded necklaces, and tons vintage gloves and wacky old hats. When I bring the girls over to her place to visit we have a blast. A few weeks back we borrowed the bin of dress up goodies and had a tea party at Mimi's … [Read more...]