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Joe’s 5th Tailgate Party
We threw a tailgate birthday party for our football-loving 5 year old. Given it’s football season, we are sharing the details so you can pick up some inspiration for your next tailgate! Food & Drink We kept it very simple by having Dick’s Cheeseburgers delivered and all the snacks, chips and treats. My mom made her “crack mix” which is always a hit along with cheddar and caramel popcorn that we packaged in my favorite party Covid-friendly snack containers. Because who wants to stick their hand in a giant bowl of popcorn these days? No one. I found this fun inflatable football field cooler for the kids drinks (purple gatorade,…
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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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The Baby Buffalo Cocktail
Fun Friday fact: Did you all know our Dad’s name is Buff? Yes, you read that correctly. Not Buzz or Bud, its actually Buff. Can you imagine telling boys in high school that your Dad’s name is Buff? And the ensuing comments: “Does he sit out on the porch in a rocking chair with a shot gun too?” To which I would reply with an exaggerated eye roll, “No, but he does occasionally drive a very large tractor down Avondale Road.” To be clear, Avondale Road is a main thoroughfare in our hometown of Redmond, WA with a posted speed limit of 40mph. One lane in either direction at the…
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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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Corduroy: “You must be a friend…I’ve always wanted a friend.”
Favorite line, from one of our favorite children’s books that just happens to be named after my favorite fall fabric: Corduroy. And its everywhere this season! How much corduroy is too much corduroy? Asking for a friend. Here are our favorite fall corduroy items that have caught our eye this season: Everywhere I look, I see corduroy in the stores this fall (okay, lets be real, every retailer that sends me email advertisements features corduroy items…I haven’t set foot in a brick-and-mortar storefront in ages!). Corduroy jackets are in abundance. Match with your mini-me in these two cute sherpa and corduroy combinations. Corduroy baseball caps are also everywhere. Try this…
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Fall Fiesta
Its Friday and I am ready for a fiesta (or a siesta, but then again what mom isn’t?!?!). But really, we are in fact going to an outdoor Fall Fiesta party tonight (Mallory is my date) that I bought as an auction item from my children’s school fundraiser almost two years ago (thanks COVID). Mallory and I love a fiesta! Exhibits A, B and C below. Which really makes me wonder why we haven’t jumped on the Fall Fiesta-themed band wagon before?!?! Mums are the perfect fiesta-themed décor, pumpkins fit right into the color scheme, Trader Joe’s Fall Leaf Corn Tortilla Chips are the perfect seasonal appetizer, and there is…
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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…
