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Are you getting ready for Valentine’s day? This recipe for Strawberry Shortcake Pie is just the thing! Ingredients 1 pkg dream whip and its ingredients 1 box strawberries-sliced 1 tub strawberry glaze 8oz soft cream cheese 8 sheets graham crackers crushed 4 T melted butter ½ C sugar Directions Preheat oven to 350. Combine butter…
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Visit Panama City Beach for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. Vacation season is just around the corner which has us thinking about all the fun things we want to do as a family this year! One of the top family destinations is naturally Panama City Beach. If you are headed on a trip, we invite you to plan your fun today and check out all the fun things Panama City Beach has to offer. One ...
Now that we have 2 babies it has become more difficult for my husband and I to have a night out together. Sometimes his mom will come watch both kids at our house when we need a night out, but it's just so much harder leaving two kids at home, especially while they are young. Date night and alone time takes so much more effort and planning than it did when we were just newlyweds without kiddos. It can be done though! When we can't have a ...
With so many fun things to do in and around Houston, the Downtown Houston Aquarium was something we always somehow missed out on doing. We were able to finally make it to our aquarium for the first time this month, and were wowed by how much there was to see and do at the Houston Aquarium! We will definitely be back! What to expect at the Houston Aquarium I had heard mixed reviews about the Aquarium, so I really wasn't sure what to expect. ...
One of our favorite ways to spend time together as a family, is playing board games. You don't have to wait until your kids are older to get started with this family night tradition, there are loads of great board games for toddlers that will keep everyone giggling and having fun together. We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by ...
As we work on learning to read this year, lowercase b and lowercase d continue to be one of the biggest challenges facing our little Kindergartner. We worked through different ways to tell the two letters apart, but right now, it's just coming down to needing practice so that he can quickly identify which is lowercase letter b and which is lowercase letter d as he reads words. To give him a bit of extra help at home, I made these printable ...
Bedtime can be a huge challenge for many families. Instead of a peaceful time slowly preparing for sleep together, it can mean toddler tantrums, tears and more than a little bit of chaos. When my kids were younger bedtime started out CRAZY - but then I figured out a few things that made everything a whole lot easier. How to prevent toddler tantrums at bedtime How to get your toddler to put on pajamas without a fight This is usually ...
Pizza Casserole was an immediate favorite recipe, from the very first time I cooked it! That's why I'm sharing this recipe with you today, as another installment in the Easy Family Favorites series! This recipe for Pizza Casserole was an instant family favorite! The two year old loves it, and my husband and I do as well! Ingredients: 8 oz Rigatoni or Macaroni noodles (cook & drain) 1 lbs Sausage 1 Clove Garlic, ...
Rich pins can be a great way to be seen on Pinterest more, but if you are recipe blogger, you may have noticed that rich pins are showing your full recipe ingredients list on the pin, oftentimes leaving NO reason for pinners to click through to your site to get the full recipe. Many food bloggers are removing Pinterest rich pins and seeing an uptick in traffic, but there is a better way! There are a few categories for rich pins; Product ...
This post has been sponsored by tripadvisor, all opinions are my own Over the past few years, TripAdvisor has become a household name. Every time we take trips, we check it out, even if just to find recommendations for local attractions so we don't miss anything awesome. I used it when we visited Daytona Beach, San Antonio and other trips that I haven't written about yet. Which is why I feel SO SILLY that I never, until this month, thought ...
