The kids are growing up so we tried some more activities geared toward teens this year! Campfire Fall Foods Hot Cocoa & Apple Cider Carmel Apples (red, green, yellow apples) with mini chocolate chips, chopped nuts, and sprinkles Roasted Hot Dogs S’mores Chili with cheese, crackers and corn chips Homemade Chili Recipe Ingredients: Directions: Pumpkin… Continue reading Family Teen Halloween Festivities
Category: Holiday Party
Valentine’s Affirmation Hearts
We don’t go over bored for Valentine’s Day, but we always get the kids these little heart cream filled chocolates and try to have dinner together. Affirmation Hearts I cut out hearts and wrote attributes, strengths, and affirmations on them for each child. Then I taped one to their door each day until Valentine’s Day.… Continue reading Valentine’s Affirmation Hearts
Christmas Day Kids Foods
We do all of our Christmas celebrations on Christmas Eve each year. So for Christmas day I decided to put out finger foods for the kids as they were coming and going throughout the day. This way I don’t have to be in the kitchen cooking, so I can enjoy Christmas day too. Hot Chocolate… Continue reading Christmas Day Kids Foods
May the Fourth (Star Wars Day)
This is the first time that we have celebrated Star Wars Day. We had tons of fun with our snacks while we watched the movies. Light Saber Popcycles I made these Light Saber handles from felt. I used hot glue to hold them together and glued buttons on as well. We go though a bag… Continue reading May the Fourth (Star Wars Day)
Thanksgiving Treats
This is the first Thanksgiving dinner that I have ever made. My family came for a visit from the west coast, so I had a lot of help 🙂 I also tried to make some fun Thanksgiving Treats to snack on during the beginning part of the day! Carmel Apple Turkey My boys LOVE carmel… Continue reading Thanksgiving Treats
Cousins Thanksgiving Fun
My Thanksgiving tradition is to make Gingerbread houses; so I decided to build them with my nieces and nephews this year. It was so much fun, now there are 11 cousins and J is the oldest! We used Graham Crackers and Waffle Cones for our Gingerbread Houses and Christmas Trees this year. I used a… Continue reading Cousins Thanksgiving Fun
Independence Day Party
For the 4th of July we grilled and had some fireworks. It’s been really hot this summer with record highs of over 100 degrees so we just had smaller fireworks this year. We grilled hot dogs and corn on the cob then we had watermelon and chips too. The boys love fireworks and have been… Continue reading Independence Day Party
Halloween Bonfire
We had a Halloween Bonfire again this year. This time we set up a table outside with all the pumpkin carving tools and told people to bring their own pumpkins to carve. The boys actually helped us gut the pumpkins this year… in the past they have said it was too slimy for them. T… Continue reading Halloween Bonfire
Easter Hunt
We always have an egg hunt and Easter baskets for the kids, but this year we decided to have one for the adults too with huge prize baskets. Everyone pitched in a few dollars to pay for the prizes and it ended up being tons of fun. The boys enjoyed dying and hunting eggs and… Continue reading Easter Hunt
Halloween Bonfire
We decided to have a bonfire for Halloween this year. First we went to a nearby pick-your-own pumpkin patch to choose two big pumpkins. We rode in a wagon pulled by a tractor to the pumpkin patch. After choosing our two pumpkins we placed them in the wagon with T and pulled them to the… Continue reading Halloween Bonfire