Christmas goodies

Reindeer Peanut Butter Cookies with Chocolate covered pretzels and  eyes made out of m&m's and the nose is a peanut m&m (:  How cute are they?

Sprite re-vamped for the holidays (:

The front of bottle

Made "Reindeer Chow" and put it in this adorable Reindeer tin container!

White chocolate covered Oreo's! So easy, and oh so good!!

Little bags of the Reindeer Chow all dressed up (:

North Pole Express and Santa!

We went to Parrish Train Station in FL, and took a ride on the "North Pole Express"

We left at 6pm and had a 35 min. ride until we arrived to the "North Pole" where there were toys, crafts, hot chocolate, cookies, storytime, bonfires, and most importantly...SANTA! The kids had a great time meeting Santa and playing with all the toys and train sets that were set up for the kids to play with.

Here are some photos I managed to take during all our fun (;

On the train

Carolers walking from train car to train car singing Christmas carols

The kids with Santa 

Santa gave each of them a little bell

Jeffrey loved playing with the trains!!

Story Time 

At one of the bonfires there (: The poor kids were really starting to not feel well at this point. ):

Jeffrey and his new train from Santa's workshop lol

Lily in awe of the lights (:

Reindeer Cookies

My Happy Family!

Letters from Santa

A family tradition I am starting this year is to have personalized letters from Santa sent to my kids. Here they are tied up in ribbon sent by the elves from the North Pole (:

And then Jeffrey opened his letter from Santa...

Then showed Mommy and I read it to him (:

And then here is Lily's letter from Santa (:

(She was too little to hold up and show her momma)

Here is the FREE printable download!

http://www.freelettersfromsantaclaus.com/free_printable_letters_from_santa.asp

Turkey Cake Pops

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

Giraffe Sandwich

Made this cute giraffe sandwich for Jeffrey today. Made with wheat bread, dried cherries, raisins and strawberry fruit leather.

Angry Bird Sandwich

  My 3 year old son is OBSESSED with the game Angry Birds! So, after a day of rain and being stuck in the house, I decided to make him a fun sandwich that he can help  me make! It was a lot of fun, and helped our boring, rainy day not be so boring (:

Here is our little creation...that he ended up NOT eating. Ugh, ya, did I mention he is a picky eater? Well, he is! lol So, I ate it and it was delicious. Enjoy! (:

ANGRY BIRD Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich

What you will need:

-2 pieces of whole wheat bread

-peanut butter

-strawberry jelly

-1 orange slice

-1 large marshmallow

-raisins

Directions:

Cut the 2 pieces of bread in a circle.

Spread peanut butter on one piece of bread and put the other slice on top.

Put the strawberry jelly on the outside.

Cut 2 feathers out of your scrap bread and spread jelly on it for the feathers.

Cut a orange slice to make his beak.

Cut a large marshmallow in half to make his eyes. We cut out a bit from the top and the bottom.

Add raisins for the eye brows, pupils, and tail.

First Day of Fall- YAY!

My favorite time of year, it makes me oh so happy! That is right, I am talking about Fall! (:
So in celebration for it (finally!) being Fall, my 3 year old and I made Owl S'mores. (:

YUM!

How cute is he!? (:

All you need is:

- Graham Crackers

- Marshmallows (large)

 - M'M's or chocolate chips

- Candy Corn

Directions:

1. Cut one marshmallow in half and place both pieces on a large graham cracker (2 stuck together).
2. Heat in the microwave for about 2-5 seconds, just enough to make the marshmallows puff up, but not get too hot.
3. Take out of microwave and add a chocolate chip/ M'Ms and the candy corn beak while the marshmallows are still warm. Everything should stick together nicely.
4. Let cool and serve! You can make these the night before a party and everything is still very tasty.

HAPPY FALL!

Lily Turns ONE!!

I can't believe a whole year went by already! My sweet baby girl's birthday was this month as well. It sure was not easy planning two birthday parties one week after the other! It was so much fun, and next year I will be even more prepared. 
For Lily's 1st Birthday Party I did a cupcake theme. Because who doesn't like cupcakes?! 
Here are the photos from her party! 

Loved her birthday princess dress with a cupcake on it

The birthday banner I made with scrapbook paper, colorful yarn, printable month stickers, and of course monthly photos of my little princess.

                                                           Thinking, "what is this!?"

                                                      Mmmm It's actually quite good!

NOM NOM NOM