yay! summer time is officially here! the weather is great, school is almost out, and we are ready for a fun-filled couple of months. we'll be needing this june calendar to jot everything in and keep ourselves organized - visiting family, splash pads, playgrounds and parks.... what kinds of things ...
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summer color activities for kids
*this post is sponsored by melissa & doug. it may contain affiliate links. all opinions are my own. * summer is one of my favorite seasons, mostly because the outdoors is filled with fabulous vivid colors - the grass is finally green, flowers are in bloom in all the colors of the rainbow, and ...
summer favorite :: 7-layer salad
with memorial day weekend quickly approaching, i've been pulling out all my salad recipes and am reminded of all the great ones i have! and while a 7-layer salad is something that most people have probably either made or eaten before, it's definitely one worth keeping around because a) it looks so ...
homemade applesauce recipe
i've been making my own homemade applesauce for years. even before i was married and had kids, i would make huge batches of it in my mom's kitchen. so, once my kids came along i was already in the habit of making it and would feed this to them instead of buying the overpriced baby food at the store ...
homemade chicken tortilla soup
there are a few holidays that i don't really "get into" - st. patrick's day is one of them, cinco de mayo is another. but my kids are starting to become more aware of all these holidays and want to do something to celebrate them all. so today, in honor of cinco de mayo, we had chicken tortilla ...