We hosted a ridiculously fun Girl Boss book party...I'm sorry, did I say party? I clearly meant par-tea, because bad puns are better when used in excess. Our Girl Boss Book par-tea was held to celebrate some pretty amazing books penned by girl bosses that have dominated in their field. Originally I wanted to work with a hot pink color palette, but weirdly enough, hot pink tea ...
Movie night nostalgia and yogurt parfaits
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #anepicmovienight #spiderverse #CollectiveBias Mondays are well...Mondays, which is why our family likes to break up the mundane by settling down with a movie night. This week our movie of choice is Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Aliceana has been begging to watch ...
Simple Minions Marshmallow Crispie Bar Layer Cake
We made a Minions Cake to celebrate the launch of The Minions Movie. At this point, you've probably encountered photos of every kind of minion decorated dessert that you can dream up. Unfortunately, I'm the worst ever at decorating. So I had to come up with my own minion dessert that had almost no effort required. I took my standard Marshmallow Crispie Bar Layer Cake, and ...
Keeping your pets warm and busy on snow days!
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #proplanprobiotic #CollectiveBias This week was so cold that almost every business in our state was closed for at least a day and a half, schools were closed, libraries were closed, and mail wasn't delivered. It ended up being in the negative 20's for almost 2 days, and ...
The cure for being hangry on a frozen roadtrip.
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser, MARS Wrigley Confectionery. All opinions are mine alone. #CreamySNICKERS #CollectiveBias Normally I love hitting the road and spending a day traveling, it's a great time to take in some scenery, have some great discussions, and sing those favorite songs at obnoxious volumes. When you go on a road ...
Our new favorite snack for our homeschool routine
This shop has been compensated by Chobani. All opinions are mine alone. #GimmiesFun As a homeschooling family we're home a lot of the time, and I'm always hearing a certain 6 year-old begging for snacks to get through to lunch or dinner. I'm always looking for healthy new snack options. I was super excited to hear about Chobani® Gimmies™ yogurts for kids they're new and ...
Homeschoolers Guide to Scholastic Book Club
Recently we joined the Scholastic Book Club, I'm not affiliated with the Scholastic Book Club, I just love the nostalgia it brings and it definitely takes me right back to the elementary classroom in the 90's. I think that might be where I became a frugal shopper. I can almost hear 8 year old me saying, "Look at all these books for under $3, if I get a few of those books I'll ...
Snow Day Bucket List DIY
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc., Abreva, Breathe Right, Clorox, Robitussin and Theraflu. All opinions are mine alone. #SoothesOfTheSeason #CollectiveBias It has already been pretty snowy here in Wisconsin, and we’ll probably have plenty of snow days this Winter. In fact, as I’m typing this I glanced out the window to see little snowflakes flying ...
Last Minute Christmas Gift Idea – Fauxligraphy notebooks
Disclosure: This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #PilotYourHoliday #CollectiveBias The holidays are the best time of year to spread a little cheer. Personally, I absolutely love making handmade gifts for the holidays, it's a little extra special and so easy to personalize. So I decided that the teens in ...
Can I have cheat meals and keep losing weight?
In the last 7 months I've lost 45 pounds. I went from size 20 (even though I refused to ever buy size 20 jeans so I lived in the 2 pairs of size 18 jeans that had stretched to oblivion with my growing body) to a size 14. I also have a pair of size 12 jeans that I live in because they're size 12 and it makes me feel confident, but in reality they're really stretchy and probably ...
Hands on learning with PLAYMOBIL toys
Disclosure: This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #PlayWithPlaymobil #CollectiveBias As a homeschooling family we love learning hands on, and at Aliceana's age a lot of our learning is through playing. Which is why we were so excited to head to Walmart and pick out some PLAYMOBIL toy sets. There were so many ...