Kid Friendly Drinks That Will Rock Your Summer

Kid Friendly Drinks

The kids are almost out of school for the summer and will need some refreshing drinks to cool them off. These diverse, kid friendly drinks will certainly rock your summer. There's everything from citrus to berry flavors, using really fruit to make them healthier and special. 1. Cucumber Lemon Coolers - Anja's 4 For Thought - Cooling cucumber and citrus lemon combined with fresh mint leaves that will surely satisfy. What a great way to hide a vegetable (or is cucumber a fruit?)! 2. Frost Bite - Blissfully Domestic - Made with Blueberries and assorted fruit juices, this mocktail will please crowds and make your kids feel grown up, having a drink out of the cocktail shaker! 3. Pineapple Agua Fresca - Eclectic Recipes - So simple, yet amazingly delicious and refreshing for hot summer … [Read more...]

Strawberry Lemonade Made From Scratch

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When summer vacation begins, you're going to need a nice cold glass of strawberry lemonade to get relaxed. It's almost time to unwind and sip on a refreshing and fruit filled drink. Kick your feet up and celebrate the end of the school year! This strawberry lemonade is quick and easy to make. Simply put the gorgeous strawberries in with the lemons and some simple syrup and you've got a juice that is a-okay for your children to drink. Make it even more fun, but putting it in mason jars or milk bottles accessorized with pretty paper straws! Strawberry Lemonade Ingredients 1/4 cup sugar 1/4 cup water 2 lemons 1 pint strawberries, hulled How-To In a sauce pan, heat the sugar and water together until the sugar has dissolved. Remove from the heat, pour into a bowl … [Read more...]

Mother’s Day Desserts for Every Mother

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Most every woman enjoys desserts. This Mother's Day choose from this wide variety of desserts every mother will love! There's a dessert for every mother. Which one will your mother love most? First, we have the a wonderful variety of cakes, from fruity to chocolaty: 1/Ultimate Chocolate Cake by Drizzle & Dip 2/Coconut Cream Cake from Kiran Tarun 3/Pineapple Caramel Hummingbird Cake by Pidge's Pantry 4/Six Layer Chocolate Cake from Brown Eyed Baker Next up is for the strawberry lovers! Nothing says 'I love you' like fresh strawberries from the season: 5/Chocolate Covered Strawberries from Blissfully Domestic 6/ Strawberry Short Cup Cakes by Blissfully Domestic 7/Strawberry Pie from Chocolate & Carrots Finally, for the extra special women who will be amazed by these … [Read more...]

Mother’s Day from cardstore.com

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This is my family. My mother gave birth to us four girls. She stayed at home and raised us while my father provided for the family. Together, she and my father shaped us into well-rounded and independent young women. I'm so thankful. I'm not sure how my mother managed to be such a wonderful mother of four children, but she did it with such grace and love. She taught me so many great lessons of how to take care of people and to be responsible, that becoming a mother myself has come easy for me. You see, I was the first grandbaby in my parents' families and I'm sure I got my fair share of loving. Being the first grandbaby, Liam is getting oodles of loving too.   I'm so thankful to have such young and loving parents who are now amazing grandparents to my son. That's why this Mother's Day, … [Read more...]

Healthier Queso Dip

Healthier Queso for a Healthy Mexican Snack

Healthy isn't the first thing you think of when you hear queso, right? Well, in this case the queso is almost screaming healthy...except you can't hear it. You see, the queso doesn't taste healthy, but it's packed with veggies and has no heavy cream or butter! Just a little cheese and a secret ingredient. Drum roll, please. The secret to this healthier queso is cauliflower! With Cinco de Mayo just around the corner, we don't want to spoil our diets with queso. So my challenge to you is to give this queso a try and be sure not to reveal our little secret until everyone has tried it! Healthier Queso Dip adapted from Girl Makes Food Ingredients 1 head of cauliflower, chopped into florets 1 1/2 cups water 1 chicken or vegetable bouillon cube 8 ounces … [Read more...]

Ants on a Log {Earth Day}

Ants on a Log for Earth Day Snacks

I think almost every kid has had an Ants on a Log as a snack at one point or another (Well, I guess not the peanut allergy prone. Almond butter?). I can't even begin to count the number I had as a kid. Shoot, it's even a great mommy snack, now! This tasty snack is the perfect way to celebrate Earth Day! Completely inspired by all things living, you can make it a lesson about life and saving our planet. It's a great interactive snack, too. You can prep the celery with the peanut butter and have your kids put the raisins (ants) on the log! For the more adventurous, you can practice counting the ants as they hop on the log and hop off into those bellies! Ants on a Log Ingredients celery, cleaned and trimmed creamy peanut butter raisins How-To Make sure your celery … [Read more...]