Muffin Tin Monday

Today was our first attempt at a themed Muffin Tin Monday, and this week's theme was "Under the Sea." We had a hot dog octupus, blue "ocean" yogurt with fish graham crackers, "sea cucumbers" with ranch, an apple and bologna sailboat, starfish shaped cheese, and a string cheese jellyfish. The biggest hits were both of the shaped cheeses!...

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Banana Bundt Cake

After a big shopping trip to Costco we always seem to end up with a few extra bananas that don't get eaten quickly enough before they start to become overripe, so tonight I decided to try a new recipe for banana cake. I got the original recipe from allrecipes.com and then tweaked it to suit our tastes and ingredients we had on-hand. This cake is lighter and less dense than...

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Dollar Store Project: Birds Nest Wreath

We needed some more springtime decorations around this place, so I came up with this quick craft for my boys to make. Everything for this project came from the Dollar Tree, which is my new favorite place for coming up with inventive craft ideas. It was fast, easy, and the grand total for two wreaths was a whopping $4 (and we still have half a bag of moss left!).Here's what...

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