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Gift Ideas for Kids
Here are our ideas for our kiddos this year. We all joke that we might give Emma a barbie for Christmas just to see her reaction…… Bounce house. We are looking to upgrade/upsize our bounce house. I’ve said it a million times, but it truly the best investment we’ve made as parents. Use it indoors and outside all year round; I promise you won’t regret it. Which one should we get? Build your own fort kit. Build your own fort kit. Are your kids as obsessed with forts as ours are? Time to get them something so they don’t use all of our throw blankets and nice pillows. Swurfer Tree…
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Give Cheer Early
I recently came across the idea of giving cheer early and I love it. Why not give a Christmas gift early to help a friend get holiday ready? Or buy something for your own home to get your family and visitors in the Christmas spirit? Because the time leading up to Christmas is the best part! Give one of these items and wish someone a joyful holiday season. Couldn’t the entire world use a little extra holiday cheer this year? (Plus, I’m sure you’ve heard the word on the street is that everything is going to be super delayed around the holidays early so might as well get ahead of…
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What’s in your BOO bags?
Long time no blog. We hope this finds you well! Things have been busy around here – but not too busy for Boo bags. We love Boo bags – there are so many fun festive things out there for them and they make for such a fun activity for the kids to put together and deliver. Especially when it’s raining for days on end like it is in Seattle right now. Ugh. The highlight of our Boo bags this year were Spooky Candy Kabobs. I discovered gummy candy kabobs in Nordstrom Children departments years ago and I’ve been wanting to make my own version ever since. Bartell Drugs had all…
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Suncadia Harvest Festival & Fall Maple Apple Cheddar Croissant Bake
I have the perfect breakfast for a festive fall weekend. My Maple Apple Cheddar bake combines buttery croissants, apples, maple ham, eggs, and cheddar cheese to create the most delicious fall breakfast. Prepare it the night before and just pop it in the oven for an easy overnight breakfast dish everyone will love! It was the perfect way to start our day before ALL of the fall activities. The harvest festival at Suncadia is on point: pumpkin patch, monster truck rides AND hay wagon rides, face painting, a live band and line dancing, balloon animals, hay maze, pony rides, bounce house, touch-a-truck, tasty treats, petting zoo, a bar for the…
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Let’s Bake Potatoes
First thing’s first: this is the best baked potato recipe from Gimme Some Oven — perfectly crispy on the outside, soft and fluffy on the inside. I didn’t use to eat the potato skins – but now I do! Although to be completely honest, I usually just use my hands to rub olive oil on them before putting them in the oven because I’m lazy and I don’t have to deal with piping hot potatoes mid way through baking. Anyways, it took me years to realize a baked potatoes full potential. So quit only topping your potatoes with butter or sour cream and turn them into an easy, healthy and…
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5 Seasonal Sips
According to my preschooler, Fall doesn’t technically start until Wednesday but it felt very much like Fall this last weekend. We spent the rainy weekend in a Suncadia cabin with friends and it was the perfect time to break out the fall cocktails. Other than when the ladies escaped to the winery for a quick happy hour, I wore these joggers, sweatshirt, running shoes (size down) and Zara vest/vest the entire weekend. I’ll be ordering another sweat set and will be living in them this fall – I highly recommend. Back to cocktails, here is what we will sipping this season – all perfectly aligned with our fall aesthetic, of…
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Soup-tember
It’s soup-tember! Megan and I whipped up our first pots of soup for the season this past Sunday and I’m just finishing the last bowl of leftovers as I write this. Yum. We love soup season around here – they are easy to make, have a good of amount of veggies and leftovers make for easy healthy lunches all week. My first soup of the season was one I make all through the Fall and Winter, Mama Mia Minestrone (originally from a kids cookbook so you know it’s easy) and Megan’s was her mini meatball and veggie soup – a fool proof recipe she made up herself! We rounded up…
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Fall Wish List
We really can’t believe Summer is over and school is back in session. But here we are… Goodbye Labor day and hello Fall! While I can’t stand seeing Summer go, it doesn’t take much time before I’m excited for all things Fall: football on TV, apples and pumpkins everywhere and cozy soup and chili in the crock pot and allll the fun things that come out – from cozy shackets to pumpkin face masks. Megan and my Fall wish lists are a mile long – mine is closer to two miles so good thing my birthday is in a month. And thankfully my mother already knows that multiple batches of…
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Nothing Bundt Cakes And Bundlettes
Let me tell you about my favorite cake….Nothin’ Bundt Cakes. I swear I’m really not even a cake person BUT while living in Santa Monica in graduate school 10 years ago (woah)… It was love at first bite. This adorable little shop on Montana Street was always offering samples and I took full advantage of those tasty little samples. Naturally every guest that came into town I had to introduce to to Nothing Bundt Cakes and of course one of those guests was Megan. Megan was equally wow-ed but the best bundt cakes ever and even looked into franchising opportunities for a hot minute – not kidding! While our dreams…
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Products We Are Loving
We are pretty simple when it comes to products and our morning, nighttime and getting-ready routines. The easier and faster the better. Here are the products we have been using and loving the past few months – some new and some old favorites :). Elta MD AM Therapy – We have used and love the Elta MD Moisturizing Sunscreen for years and I decided to give the AM Therapy and PM Therapy a shot. And what do you know? I love them. I put the AM Therapy on under my sunscreen and feel like it gives my somewhat dry skin that extra moisture it needs. Elta MD PM Therapy –…
