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Halloween Cocktails
Help us decide what Halloween cocktails to serve! As Megan mentioned before in this post about our COVID Halloween plans, we always serve something orange or pumpkin-based for dinner on Halloween. This year, we are going to try Freutcake’s pumpkin chicken enchiladas , so naturally, we are going to have a little Mexican Halloween Fiesta/Day of the Dead party. I plan to make some very naughty nachos to accompany the enchiladas, and might even go crazy with a little queso. Now that we have our food menu established, next comes the Boo-ooze. Given it’s a Fiesta and we love a theme, we will likely serve some sort of margarita, but we…
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Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew + Review of Trader Joe’s New Instant Cold Brew Coffee
‘Tis the season of pumpkin spice and admittedly while not PSL fans, we have been curious about Starbucks’ Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew. With Trader Joe’s recent release of its Instant Cold Brew Coffee and the fact that we made it to Friday and therefore deserve a treat, we decided to make Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew at home. While we love the Magical Cold Brew Coffee recipe we published here, we were intrigued by the concept of Trader Joe’s new reverse engineered instant cold brew that is freeze dried into crystals designed to be rehydrated. Cold brew that does not require 12+ hours of prep time?!?! I.e., cold brew on demand,…
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FORE! Joe turns FOUR
FORE! We had the best time celebrating our big boy turning FOUR this weekend at Willows Run Golf Course in Redmond. We ate treats, sipped draft beer, and played putt putt golf of course. If you haven’t been, it’s a great golf complex with a fun eighteen-hole themed putting course in addition to two regular courses and a par three family nine-hole course. I grew up playing putt putt golf here and it was fun to bring our boys back! As for treats, I served an assortment of mini Trophy Cupcakes with golf ball ring toppers, small bags of the best Chex Mix in cellophane bags, and various appetizers and…
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COVID Halloween Plans
Unfortunately we will not be trick-or-treating this year due to COVID, but we promised Sam, Emma and Joe that we would come up with something for Halloween that is equally fun and candy-filled. Have you already made your Halloween plans? If not, check out our ideas below for some fun, safe and hopefully germ-free ways to celebrate Halloween this year. As an alternative to trick-or-treating, Sam, Emma and Joe (with Jack probably toddling along behind) will be hunting inside for treat-filled pumpkins with the lights dimmed and using flashlights to guide them. Mallory and I used Sharpies to draw jack-o-lantern faces on orange plastic Easter eggs in which to hide…
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Shopbop Fall Sale
The Shopbop Fall sale is here and you can get up to 25% with code FALL20! It’s the best time to invest in some bigger ticket items that you’ve been lusting after. I tagged items below that I own and love and items that I really WISH were in my closet. Happy Shopping! Things I own and love: Frame Balloon Sleeve Top // APL Sneakers // Stuart Weitzman 5050 Flat Boot // Veja Sneakers // AGOLDE Straight Jeans // Levi’s Wedgie Icon Jeans // New Balance Sneakers // Rag & Bone Classic Cashmere Poncho // Rebecca Minkoff Sweatshirt Frame Balloon Sleeve Top – I love an elevated tee – I…
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Fall-Themed School Lunch Ideas
Its Monday! And with Sam and Emma having gone back to in-person school last week, Monday means I have a whole week of school-lunch making ahead of me. At this point, you have probably figured out that we love a theme here at Lets Wine About It Sister and school lunches are no exception! Let me start by saying this post is in no way intended to inspire any sort of Mom-guilt. No person should feel any obligation to make elaborate-themed lunches. Getting you kids to school with a lunch everyday should in and of itself be applauded. So yes, I am sure many people will roll their eyes (my…
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Surprise! We got a puppy!
On Monday afternoon, we surprised Sam and Emma with an 8-week-old, male English bulldog puppy! Name remains TBD. We want to let the kids choose (while retaining ultimate veto power) and since the puppy’s arrival was a complete surprise, we are giving Sam and Emma a few days to try out some names and see what sticks. After spending the past weekend in Suncadia, Ryan stayed over an extra night feigning a work trip to visit Boeing airplanes in Moses Lake. In truth, he was picking up the English bulldog puppy we found via an ad in the newspaper and I spent the better part of a week checking references…
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Jack-O-Lantern Pizza Making in Suncadia Resort
This past weekend, we had a wonderful time in Suncadia enjoying the beginning of leaf peeping season in almost EIGHTY DEGREE WEATHER. When in Washington State have we ever put sunscreen on our kids in October? Weekend highlights included the Rope Rider Golf Park (free Par-3 course adjacent to Swiftwater Cellars Winery); the small-scale lazy river and whirlpool in the Nelson Farm Pool; making s’mores around our firepit using Reese’s Thins; the amazing pumpkin varietals for purchase at the Suncadia Harvest Festival; and watching the Seahawks win at Dru Bru Brewery in Cle Elum. We kicked off our Suncadia weekend with Jack-O-Lantern pizza making for a fun, seasonally appropriate, festive…
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Birthday Wish List
It’s almost October which means it’s almost my birthday so naturally I have a wish list going :). Apparently I’m very into neutrals right now.. Who knew? AND YOU CAN NOW SHOP MY POSTS! We were accepted to rewardStyle and LIKEtoKNOW.it after being denied the first time – haha. I didn’t even know that was possible! This blog has been such a learning curve! If you are new to LIKEtoKNOW.it like I was… here is a quick explanation: One of the main ways bloggers make money from lifestyle blogging is through affiliate links. Now that we have LIKEtoKNOWit, I can use affiliate links to link to the products I’m wearing or…
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Apple Picking, Apple Cider Mimosas & Apple Sauce
We took the kids apple picking at Swan Trail Farm in Snohomish this weekend. Can someone tell apple orchards they need to serve apple cider mimosas? They would make a killing! I’m sure they can’t serve booze but really… a killing. If you haven’t tried an apple cider mimosa yet I highly recommend it. All you need is some yummy fresh apple cider (we picked some up at Swan Trail) and champagne or Prosecco. So after a few hours of wrangling children and masks at the apple orchard we came home and a mimosa had never tasted so good. But really, the apple picking process at Swan Trail is super…
