If you are looking for a quick and easy meal for tonight’s pre-trick-or-treat dinner (or any time), you’ve come to the right place. This meal is low prep and portable, plus it will be ready in 25 minutes or less. Read on to find out how to make these delicious BBQ pork and sweet potato sliders for your meal plan.
Month: October 2014
Mum + Bub Bath Products for the Whole Family from Aden + Anais ~ Festive Family Holiday Gift Guide Review
I am so stinking excited about what the next few weeks have in store on this little old blog. I’ve teamed up with fabulous brands and amazing bloggers to create the Festive Family Holiday Hop and Gift Guide Giveaway. We’ll be giving away over $1800 in prizes plus bringing you creative ideas for the upcoming holiday season and reviews of our favorite gift ideas. Today I’m kicking off the review series with a product line from one of my favorite baby companies, Aden + Anais. We have long loved their burpy bibs and muslin blankets, but had yet to try their Mum + Bub line. We reviewed them as a family and fell in love.
Our 2014 Family Halloween Costumes: Knights and Princesses
Never take family photos when your 3 year old has a pumpkin bucket full of candy. It won’t go well for you, amigo. As I’ve shared before, we love dressing up in family Halloween costumes. Well, the kids and I love it. Jed tolerates it with style. This year we went medieval with DIY knight and princess costumes.
Meal Plan: Pan Seared Pork Tenderloin with Cheesy Garlic Whipped Potatoes and Lemon Roasted Broccoli
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Preparing a meal plan each week saves my sanity as well as time and money. One of our favorite meals is pan seared pork tenderloin with cheesy garlic whipped potatoes and lemon roasted broccoli. Today I’m sharing our simple meal idea with you using a pre-marinated peppercorn and garlic pork tenderloin from Smithfield to make life even easier.
Ten {Not Spooky} Ideas for Halloween Family Fun
Around our house, Halloween is not about scary or spooky but more about family fun. We’ve started several special traditions as a family and hope to add to the holiday each year. Today I’m sharing 10 ideas for Halloween family fun from our home and other great bloggers so you can find new traditions to start at your house.
Simple Fall Leaf Wreath Tutorial with Felt and Burlap
My old faithful burlap interchangeable wreath is back in business for the fall. I created a strand of colorful fall leaves from felt scraps and added a wool letter to make a simple fall leaf wreath for our front door. Who knew a pool noodle covered in burlap could be so useful? Here is the super cute Easter version of my burlap interchangeable wreath, a summer version with pinwheels, and a 4th of July version with fun tulle fireworks. If you love to change out decorations every season, a burlap wreath is the way to go. As you’ll see below, it is super easy to change it up often.
Best of DFW: Must Follow Dallas Fort Worth Bloggers #DFW
Living in a huge metroplex like DFW has its perks, one of which is an awesome blogging community. I love connecting with other folks who understand this weird job I do and understand making a living in the digital space. They each have a unique voice and website with fabulous content and resources applicable to life in DFW and beyond. I hope my favorite Dallas Fort Worth bloggers will become your’s, too. Check them out and follow along.
Make Simple Sangria & Perfect {Alcohol Free} Party Punch
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With football season in full swing, you might be on the look out for a fun new recipe for your tailgate party. This sangria recipe is the world’s easiest refreshing adult beverage and {BONUS!} I’m also sharing an alchohol free party punch for all of your non-drinker/pregnant lady/nursing mama friends. Even better, both recipes use 7Up TEN with only 10 calories to make them a much lighter alternative to most cocktails and mocktails.
Create DIY Fall Felt Leaf Headbands for Girls {& Mamas} #GoodyGorgeous
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My sweet girl officially has hair long enough to style, and it is a daily challenge for this mama. She may look cute and innocent, but my little peanut turns in to a MMA fighter when I try to style her hair. Thankfully I’ve learned a few tricks that are making it easier on both of us. Sorting out her tangles with the Goody TangleFix brush and then throwing on a cute headband is our new daily hair routine. I created a fun fall felt leaf headband for a mother/daughter style that is easy to throw together. Read on for the full tutorial and more of our toddler hair tips.
Preschool Fun: L is for Light Letter Activities & Free Printable
We are a few months in to our home preschool adventure, and loving our letter of the week learning. I’ve joined 30 other bloggers for 31 Days of ABC hosted by All Done Monkey, with daily alphabet learning activities for each letter and much more. Today I’m sharing fun activities for the letter L and the word Light. We had a blast creating a DIY lightbox and exploring the letter L.