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We have three VERY active little boys running around our house almost all the time. Our older children were a bit more spaced out than these three who are 1 1/2, 2 1/2, and 3 1/2. I never really had a problem with running in the house or indoor voices with the older kids but these three boys are a…
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Hello All! I am Shaun, a 30-something year old mom to the 5 year old Peanut with a baby boy on the way. As I’m trying to soak up the last few months of Peanut being an only child, I decided to bring her down to Boston this past Saturday for US Weekly & Orville Redenbacher’s Popcorn Movies in the…
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Homemade Sausage Gravy is one of those warm, delicious dishes I remember my mama making in my childhood. Flavorful gravy over flaky, warm biscuits could get me moving even on chilly days. When I became an adult and learned how to do it myself I was amazed at how incredibly easy it was to make and now I regularly enjoy the…
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These chocolate covered crow cookies are fun to make. They are fun, simple, cute, and not super spooky! There’s just so many ways to have fun with your food- and playing with chocolate just makes it yummier. A few ingredients you can find almost anywhere, and a little imagination, and you can create just aboout anything with melted chocolate and…
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Do you eat the same thing for breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day? Do your children? I’m guessing that the answer is no. I can’t imagine having the exact same thing for every meal day after day. I’m thinking of how quickly everyone tires of leftover turkey, stuffing, and cranberries within a few days of Thanksgiving. My husband, the kids,…
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Oh, what’s that? You haven’t heard of an apple pie lasagna? Well, truthfully, I hadn’t either. The idea popped in my head two weeks ago and I was all “oh my gosh it’s going to be all layers of apple and yum and goo and IT HAS TO HAPPEN this weekend” but then it didn’t… until this past weekend. The inlaws…
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