Last year, on the night before Easter, the kids dyed all of our five dozen easter eggs in approximately seven minutes. This made a gigantic mess (so much splashing dye!), and also made my heart so sad (not kidding- even as a small child, I took FOREVER to make my easter eggs look “just right,” […]
celebration pancakes (“crazy cakes”)
Once upon a time, when we lived in Saipan and popped over to Seoul a couple times a year for long weekend in the city, Burke and Pi (ok, and also their mama) were super into Crazy Shakes. There was an O Shakes in Seoul near several of our go-to restaurants and we loved trying […]
cotton candy bar
I have a confession to make- I love cotton candy. Like love it. I know it is kind of considered a treat for kids (or “fair food”), but it is pretty much my favorite. My girl loves cotton candy too, and requests it for every birthday party. This year, we took it up a notch and […]
homemade tomatillo ranch (like cafe rio, but no cilantro!)
We love Cafe Rio so much around here. So much. And best of all, their tomatillo ranch. But since there are no Cafe Rios near me, I have to make my own. And in January, we usually do a “reset” where we pray about the year to come, and fast both processed carbs and sugar […]
christmas gift wrap idea- picture wrap!
I’ve mentioned in the past that we had a ton of Christmas Eve traditions growing up, and we are trying to continue most of them with our little family. Which means Christmas Jammies on Christmas Eve! This year, I made personalized gift wrap for the kiddos and thought I’d pass the idea along. To create […]
edible christmas gift idea- gourmet cookie dough
I may or may not have been *slightly* late to the game in figuring out that I need gifts for all of the wonderful people that work at Adam’s office. And then I may or may not have spent an afternoon weekend perusing pinterest and all sorts of old blog recipes trying to figure out the […]
easy snow ice cream recipe!
Today’s post is a total surprise, thanks to an unexpected snow storm that gave us a Snow Delay AND a surprise chance to make snow ice cream for breakfast (so ironic to be writing this from south texas and not colorado- haha!). I can’t actually remember who gave us the tip that Half & Half […]
gift wrap ideas- the prettiest packages
So I’ve always loved pink Christmas trees and white Christmas trees with sweet pink decorations, but am fully committed to a “family tree” (aka- a place to pile on all of our eclectic, homemade, and souvenir ornaments). However, last year Adam got me a rose gold tree when artificial trees went on sale. Pair that […]
crispy spicy sweet potatoes
Even though these sort-of-crunchy and just-a-little-kick-spicy sweet potatoes aren’t necessarily a Christmas-y side dish (in fact, I made them the first time for Easter brunch), they fit right in with a fall-ish, winter-ish holiday menu, making them perfection for this time of the year. Plus easy. And did I mention YUMMY? INGREDIENTS 3 large sweet […]
DIY wooden mountains
I pulled these DIY wooden mountains down from Bohden’s nursery to use as décor for his bear birthday party. And then we used them for a sweet friend’s mountain-y bridal shower. And then we put them up as décor on the mantel for a Woodlands-y baby shower. At all three of these parties, people kept […]