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Highlights from the Holidays
Let’s start by saying, our big kids new found love of American Ninja Warrior and Jack’s new found love of Blippi really just saved the Holiday Season. Haha, we are kidding, kind of. We are sitting here in Suncadia, on the 2nd day of 2021, enjoying a glass or two of champs and recapping our favorite moments, meals, and things since we posted a week and a half ago ;). Here they are: The Zara Padded Vest Since our mom gave us these matching vests just a week before Christmas, we have both worn them every.single.day. This vest is so comfortable, warm and works over everything. Mallory’s Lululemon Wunder Puff…
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2 Things You Should Really Make This Week: Antipasto Squares & Sparkling Raspberry Shrub Cocktails
Tis the season for festive cocktails and yummy appetizers! My Saturday night consisted of raspberry shrub cocktails and antipasto squares and I wouldn’t change a thing. We had a bring your own heavy appetizer night with the fam and there was way too much food and good bottles of wine so in my eyes it was a very successful night. These were both new recipes to me so I really didn’t know how they were going to turn out which is always a little concerning when you are serving something to other people. Thankfully, they were both so good and really made the night (along with the other apps like…
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Here’s whats going in our kids stockings!
Every year our mom stuffs our kids stockings (talked about it in our holiday traditions post here) but this year because of Covid we have to be big girls and buy our own stocking stuffers! We had some big Santa boots to fill but I think we did pretty well! My personal goal was to buy things the boys will actually use and not immediately end up at the bottom of one of our many toy bins. We shall see. All the things we have bought for Jack’s stocking (18 months), Joe’s stocking (4 years old), and Sam and Emma’s stockings (turn 8 on 1/3!) are listed below. All items…
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Gingerbread Houses
With many of the fun Christmas activities shut down this year, we are making the most out of festive activities at home… like gingerbread houses! It’s an easy activity the kids love and it takes relatively low effort on my part especially because I buy the houses pre-built. Just about every store carries some sort of gingerbread house kit these days so just keep your eyes open. This Gingerbread mansion that Costco carried is my personal fav but we tried to get a few more and they seem to be sold out everywhere now! Target also carries a cute prebuilt gingerbread house but be warned it does not come with…
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Favorite Holiday Trader Joe’s Buys
We love Trader Joe’s all year long but especially during the holidays. Its the best place to buy festive items for kids snacks and school lunches. A great place to pick up hostess or teacher thank you gifts. The only place we like to purchase greeting cards! And our favorite place to pick up items for a holiday cheese or charcuterie board back when communal serving was still a thing. In order to expedite your next shopping trip, below we have highlighted all of our favorite Trader Joe’s 2020 holiday purchases. Make sure to get to a Trader Joe’s location soon – the seasonal items have a tendency to sell…
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Holiday Traditions
The holidays are our favorite because of all of the fun traditions that come along with them! Our mom is the Queen of Christmas so we grew up doing all of the fun things and we have managed to keep a lot of it up for nearly 40 years. So if you by chance are looking for a fun tradition to add to your holiday itinerary, here are a few of our family favorites, including a pajama fashion show of Christmases past! Matching Pajamas on Christmas Eve One of my very favorite Christmas traditions is matching pajamas. I know matching family pjs are all the rage now, but our mother…
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Thanksgiving Recap & Baked Caramel Corn Recipe
Despite being in the middle of pandemic, we made the best of Thanksgiving and our mom hosted a lovely al fresco Covid-friendly afternoon. So, even though Thanksgiving has come and gone and it’s officially Christmas season (wahoo) we thought the details from my mom’s Thanksgiving lunch were worth mentioning because they would work well for any gathering these days! And given that we will still be dealing with this in a month at Christmas, uuuuugh, this could be helpful as everyone starts to think about their Covid Christmas plans. As Megan previously mentioned in this post about our alternative Thanksgiving plans, my mom made the YUMMIEST Turkey Potpie Soup and…
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Gifts for your Father-In-Law (and all the men in your life)
All dads and men are hard to shop for in my opinion but I think these are some great ideas! Take advantage of the Black Friday Deals today! I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! UW Freezer Beer Mug I would always drink my beer out of freezer beer mug if I could (or any drink for that matter!). Makes your drink icy cold and so much better. Tons of different college and professional teams to choose from but GO DAWGS :). Here is the Seahawks mug. Freezer Beer Mugs Or, if whomever you are gifting to isn’t a football fan, here is plain four pack too! Path Finder Lighted…
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Gift Guide for your MIL, Mom & You.
We don’t want to overwhelm (annoy) anyone with ALL the gift guides but we asked what type of holiday content everyone wanted to see and sure enough – it’s gift guides! Especially gift guides for the people who are tricky to shop for: read Mother-In-Laws! These are all gifts I personally love, and have gifted in the past or own myself. You will also notice, that just about ALL of them include the option to monogram. Clearly, I love monograms, but I also think they add a personal touch that shows who ever you are gifting to that you went that extra length, thought about them in advance and made…
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Thanksgiving Cocktails
Thanksgiving might look a little different than anticipated this year, but there is still one thing for sure, there will be cocktails! Because why not?! Let’s kick-off the most joyous time of the year with family and a festive cocktail or two. I scoured the Internet for the tastiest yet simple, aka made in a pitcher, festive Thanksgiving cocktails and then made and perfected them, just for you ;). I used to just be a champs and wine girl but these days I’m up for anything that makes life a little more fun. So, here are my three favorite Thanksgiving cocktails and I highly recommend you make one, two or…
