I am not a big sandwich eater and as a result we tend to eat other foods for lunch at home. This tradition has continued since both girls have started school. They will go through short spurts of requesting sandwiches but most of the time they ask for alternatives. While cold meat and salad is […]
Cool Christmas Cupcakes: Rudolph the Reindeer Cupcakes
These Reindeer Christmas Cupcakes are just the cutest thing ever! Perfect as a take-a-plate option for any upcoming holiday celebrations that involve the kids, they are the perfect companion for our Snowman Christmas Cupcakes – and they are simple enough to make that you can easily get the kids to help! I don’t know about […]
The Best Chocolate Peppermint Bark Recipe Ever
This will be the fourth Christmas since my youngest sister moved to live overseas. If ever there is a time to miss those you love who you can’t be with, it’s Christmastime. My sister is a great cook and I remember the Christmas before she moved she shared some delicious peppermint bark she had made. […]
Create a Birthday Story Box + 10 Birthday Books We Love
I was reminded just how much I miss playing my little Miss 5 now that she is at school full time when she was home for a few days with a head cold recently. We had lots of fun revisiting lots of her favourite ways to play – playdough, drawing, painting and, of course, lots […]
Creating Edible Art: Making Matisse Cookies
Edible art is one of my favorite things. Combine food, art, and children’s literature and you have a triple treat. Today, we are combining the art of Henri Matisse with cookie decorating, and the book, Henri’s Scissors. Let’s get artsy. Let’s Read and Learn First, grab a copy of Henri’s Scissors by Jeanette Winter. It’s […]
