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Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Family Movie Night with The Little Mermaid

Hi there friends!

What do you do to make family dinners special? Obviously dinner can't be an event every night, but sometimes it's nice to do something a little special. With a new baby coming soon, I really want to find great ways to spend time as a family before the newborn chaos kicks in!

We decided that family movie night was just what we needed!

First, Abbey and I went shopping for some Disney Princess goodies. We ended up with a new Ariel costume, since what little redhead doesn't want to dress up like Ariel?

At our house we do something we call "Snicky Snack Dinner". It's basically things like cheese, crackers, fruit...whatever we have on hand. This seemed like the perfect dinner for a movie night, but it needed a little bit of oomph. Bring on the Under The Sea themed Snicky Snacks!

Starfish quesadillas, goldfish crackers...

And, of course, fishy Jello!

We pulled out the couch and spread out some beach towels. Of course there was an Ariel in the mix.

And of course, that new costume just had to make an appearance!

Dinner is served!

We had a lot of fun snuggling up on the couch and watching The Little Mermaid. It's been one of my favorites since I was little, and I love that Abbey loves it too! I hope that we're creating memories in the process!

We certainly created a lot of smiles!

Don't own The Little Mermaid yet? The Collector's Edition BluRay/DVD is coming out on October 1st! Yippee!!

Thanks Disney!!

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Be blessed!

Heather

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Day 25: Ice Cream King

Hi friends!

I can't believe we're almost to the end of the month! I hope you have been having as much fun as we have!

Today's book is another library favorite, The Ice Cream King by Steve Metzger. It's a cute story about a little boy who get's to have his own ice cream world, but discovers that it's no fun without someone to share it with.

We have a tradition around here called Daddy Queen (like Dairy Queen, if you're not familiar). My dad started it when I was little, and now we're passing it on to Matt. Basically, instead of going out for fancy ice cream treats, you take a trip to the grocery store and stock up on all sorts of ice cream and goodies. Making your own fancy ice cream is so much more fun!

What could be better than seeing all of these goodies and knowing that you get to pick whatever you want for your ice cream. This is certainly not an every night dessert, but it's fun every once in a while.

Abbey chose Strawberry ice cream with pretzel M&Ms, brownie pieces, chocolate syrup and whipped cream.

Mommy went with strawberry ice cream, brownies, strawberries and whipped cream.

and Daddy doesn't believe that fruit and ice cream should go together (he's obviously wrong), so he went with vanilla ice cream, brownies, M&Ms, chocolate/caramel syrup and whipped cream.

Now, dig in!

Yum!

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Be blessed!

Heather

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Monday, October 3, 2011

A trip to the orchard

We went apple picking this weekend. That is one of the things I missed most while we were in Arizona! There is seriously nothing better than a ripe apple straight off the tree. We got to spend the day with friends. Matt has known them since he was little, and their daughter is just a few months younger than Abbey. We went to Kuiper's Family Farm and had a blast! This place is adorable! There is an apple side with an orchard and a store, and a pumpkin side that had all sorts of games and run-around stuff. Unfortunately, you have to pay separately for each side and that just didn't fit into our (very small) budget. Apples it is!

First we had to figure out which way to go...