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Kid-Friendly Charcuterie Board
First off…did you see our new YouTube channel yet?? If not, you SHOULD!! We have TONS of new content planned for the summer, so don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss it!! This week has brought us temps over 100, and my desire to cook (and will to live) have both left the building. It is just TOO DANG HOT!! At the grocery store, I was at a TOTAL loss. What the heck could I make for dinner that was A. simple enough for my 5 month quarantine self to pull off and B. didn’t require turning on the oven?!?! As I wandered through the cool aisles of the…
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Friday Favorites: new games for family game night
Some of the links in this post are affiliate links. This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, I will receive an affiliate commission at no extra cost to you. All opinions remain my own. In my opinion, there are only two types of people in this world…those who like board games…and weirdos. Haha. I LOVE GAMES!! And when people tell me they DON’T love to play games, it is basically like they are speaking Latin to me…I DO NOT understand. Since March (when life as we know it changed and this crazy thing we call social distancing started to rock my mommin’ world), I have pretty…
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Summer boredom buster activities
Some of the links in this post are affiliate links. This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, I will receive an affiliate commission at no extra cost to you. All opinions remain my own. Are your kids killing you with the I’M bored and What should we do?? Covid has not helped and my kids are needing something to do. SO I set out searching for some boredom busters for those summer afternoons. First off, perler beads. We got our first beads for Easter, and they are STILL a favorite for killing boredom. When Ethan has watched ONE too many youtube videos about Minecraft and I…
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Glitch by Laura Martin
Some of the links in this post are affiliate links. This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, I will receive an affiliate commission at no extra cost to you. All opinions remain my own. We recently took a LONGGG road-trip to Yellowstone, and I was SUPER worried about the hours and hours we would be spending in the car. We ended up driving almost 2 thousand miles in 4 days, so all of the worry was NOT wasted…it was A LOT OF DRIVING TIME!! Luckily I downloaded a few books to try out on Audible before we left…and HANDS DOWN our favorite was GLITCH by Laura…
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The Dino Files…perfect for my reluctant reader
Some of the links in this post are affiliate links. This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, I will receive an affiliate commission at no extra cost to you. All opinions remain my own. Being the mom of a reluctant reader can be tough. Being a READER mom to a reluctant reader can be ALMOST heart wrenching. WHY oh WHY would anyone NOT want to read books??? It is also hard not to feel guilt, anger, denial…well let’s just say ALL emotions are pretty fair game. Did I read to him enough as a baby?? Did I let him watch too many cartoons. Should I have…
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Butterflies from Insect Lore and our Arthropod Unit
Some of the links in this post are affiliate links. This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, I will receive an affiliate commission at no extra cost to you. All opinions remain my own. When I was growing up, I tried EVERYTHING within my power to NOT BE A NERD. But now that I am over 40 (ahem…just barely, so don’t get excited), I pretty much just embrace my inner nerd-bomber LIKE A BOSS!! So that means when we are learning about ants in our arthropod unit…I am the FIRST one to get excited about the ant farm. And when we are learning about crustaceans, I…
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Fruit Pizza Flag Recipe
Well things are gonna be different this summer, but that doesn’t mean we cannot enjoy some good BBQ food…and for ME, that means fruit pizza. My mom makes a super yummy version of strawberry pizza that has been a family staple since I was a kid, BUT it takes more time in the kitchen and LESS time…well NOT in the kitchen. So I have adopted this super simple cheater version that has become a fun tradition for MY family. And the best part is that it doesn’t have to be a flag, OR a full sized sheet. I have included some tips in the recipe for how to adapt this…
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When life hands you lemons…
You guys!!! Life is just flat crazy right now. I almost cannot wrap my mind around all of the changes EVERY SINGLE DAY. I have been VERY quiet lately because there are SO DARN MANY THINGS happening and honestly I just cannot keep up…mentally. Just when I think I have mastered running a business from home, home-schooling, AND eating 176 snacks a day, another curve ball arrives and BOOM I end up binge watching Netflix with my kiddos and making homemade playdoh. And then playing with playdoh by myself because my kids are just EHHH about playing with playdoh, but I think it is super fun after 5,000 days of…
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Salishan Resort Aerial Park
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The Salishan Resort–Oregon Coast
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