I love this time of year. I love the Christmas lights, music, family time, and all of the baking. You know what I don’t like? Setting unrealistically high expectations for myself to do all of the Christmas Traditions. It’s stressful and takes the joy right out of the holiday season for me. More and more,…
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Keeping Pets Healthy During the Holidays
Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Royal Canin™ to help spread the word about their veterinary-exclusive gastrointestinal diet. All opinions and content are my own. The holidays are such a special time full of family, travel, parties, and food. We tend to be focused on our families and children and can forget about the other…
Healthy Christmas Tree Fruit Platter
This Christmas tree fruit platter is one of those healthy Christmas snacks you can feel good about feeding to your kids. It’s a nice break from all of the sweets we tend to eat during the holiday season. I made this healthy Christmas tree fruit platter for my kids and their cousins to snack on…
Friday Favorites – Weekend Edition
Friday Favorites is a place where I share what I’m reading and cooking this week along with anything else I have discovered that makes life easier or more fun! Since Friday was Christmas, this week’s Friday Favorites is here a day late. I hope you all had a wonderful holiday! This week has been pretty…
7 Stocking Stuffer ideas for Preschoolers
Buying stocking stuffers for preschoolers can be a challenge. My memory of stocking stuffers was candy, candy, and more candy! I don’t know about you, but I don’t want my 3 year old hopped up on sugar all day. I would rather use his stocking as an opportunity to give him some practical and fun…
Top 10 Christmas Movies
One of my favorite things about Christmas is the movies. I could seriously watch Christmas movies all year long, and there are a few that I will happily watch in the middle of summer. I love how heartwarming they are – they make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. It feels like I drank…