When I was a kid, a stuffed stocking was like the icing on the Christmas cake! I loved rushing over to my stocking after all the presents were opened to see what final surprises were hiding in there. Now that I’m a mom, I love finding just the right items to fill my family’s stockings, but I don’t always have the time to shop around. The solution this year came as kind of a surprise. While I was in Payless shoe shopping with my girls, it dawned on me what a perfect store it was to get the stocking stuffers I needed for everyone on my list.
OREO Cookie Ball Pops – With Christmas Tree Embellishment
There is nothing I love more than baking treats during the holidays. Not only do I love baking treats, I love giving these homemade treats to our neighbors and friends. I know it’s not always easy to find the time to make homemade, so I try to find simple, but delicious recipes that I know everyone will love. That’s why these Christmas Tree OREO Cookie ball pops are such a great treat to make for gifting.
Melting Snowmen OREO Cookie Balls
These Melting Snowmen OREO Cookie Balls are the perfect treat to make this winter! They are adorable, simple enough to make with “helpers,” and they taste amazing! They are rich and delicious, but you also have built-in portion control. Does it get any better? (No. No, it doesn’t.)
3 Fun Family Shoe Traditions Your Kids Will Love!
I love a good tradition, especially ones that are unique to our family. Over the years, we’ve adapted a few traditions to fit our family. And funny enough, they all involve shoes!
Tradition #1: Saint Nicholas Shoe Gifts
I spent 18 months in the Netherlands as a missionary for my church, and I learned to love so many things about the Dutch people and their traditions!
Father-Son Star Wars Date
My husband and I try really hard to regularly spend one-on-one time with each of our four children. However, life gets crazy busy sometimes, so we’ve found it’s important to schedule monthly date nights with our kids. With the upcoming release of the new Star Wars movie, this month’s date night is a no-brainer!
I like Star Wars, but my husband REALLY likes Star Wars! He can’t bear the thought of his oldest son not being an avid Star Wars fan too.
Roasted Garlic Cheese and Turkey Blender Quiche
With the holidays right around the corner I’ve already been thinking of ways I can make things easier on myself and family, so we can spend more time doing what really matters most. I want to focus my holiday on spending quality time with my family and less time worry about the hustle and bustle of the holiday season. Eating good food is always a huge part of our family get-togethers. But I don’t want that to mean slaving for hours and hours over a tasty homemade meal, and that’s where this yummy, simple quiche comes in. It’s chock full of flavor and is sure to please your family and company this holiday season.
Hot Chocolate Bar – So Fun for Christmas Parties!
Hi there! Sierra here from The Blue Robin Cottage! Brrrrrrrr! Winter just got real in Idaho! We’ve already had our first snow which can only mean one thing … hot chocolate time! Sometimes cozying up with a mug of hot chocolate is the perfect way to warm up.
We decided to kick off the winter weather season with a super fun hot chocolate bar! We used NEW International Delight Milk Chocolate Hot Chocolate. It was super rich and creamy and all I had to do was heat it up in the microwave! No hot chocolate powder clumps! Super easy and yummy!
Snoopy Dog House Craft for Kids ~ Using Airheads Candy! (she: Liz)
Crafting with candy is a sure fire way to get kids wanting to get creative. When candy is involved, I know my kids will be up for anything. 🙂 My son is a builder. He tells me that all he wants to do is build. Knowing his love for building (and candy) we used some Airheads candy to make a Snoopy Dog house.
7 Fashion Tips from the Schoolyard
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Payless. All opinions are 100% mine. I think most girls must be born with a love of shoes. I know my 8 and 6-year-old girls can’t seem to get enough of them. We were talking the other day on the way to the shoe […]
How to Support Adoption
If you’re a long-time ‘Or so she says …’ reader, then you know we’re passionate about adoption! We love working with any organization that also supports adoption, and it would be hard to find a company that does more to help foster kids find their forever families than Wendy’s. We’re thrilled at how much they support adoption!
How to Prevent Hungry-Kid Car Meltdowns
I spent the first seven years of parenthood in a small town where everything was at least 30 minutes away. It sometimes felt like we lived in our car. I learned very quickly to have snacks on hand when hunger pains struck. My second oldest can go from fine to starving in 60 seconds flat, […]
Chucktober Sweepstakes ~ Win a $250 Visa Gift Card!
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Chuck E. Cheese. All opinions are 100% mine. Whenever I ask my kids where they want to go for a special family outing, birthday trip, etc., their answer is always Chuck E. Cheese’s (My little guy calls it “Chunkin’ Cheese,” which is adorable!). We’ve spent his […]