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Easter Peeps Fruit Kabobs, a Fun and Healthy Treat

By: dmvollmer

Easter Peeps Fruit Kabobs, a Fun and Healthy Treat

I love making fruit kabobs because they’re always with the kids and a super-easy healthier snack. For years, I’ve been making my Pinterest popular Baseball Fruit Kabobs. When we were invited to a neighborhood Easter block party a few years and trying to decide what to bring to share, I knew Easter fruit kabobs would […]

13 Ways to Make Easter Fun at Home During Coronavirus Quarantine

By: dmvollmer

13 Ways to Make Easter Fun at Home During Coronavirus Quarantine

Easter is coming up soon, April 12th, and many of us have been distracted by the Coronavirus pandemic and unsure how things would be as Easter approaches. At this point, it’s clear that social distancing and stay at home orders will still be in place. So, how do we still celebrate Easter to create a […]

Chocolate Dipped Peeps

By: dmvollmer

Chocolate Dipped Peeps

Everything tastes better dipped in chocolate 🙂 Making chocolate dipped Peeps is a fun and easy family activity and makes an easy Easter dessert. Make a batch and wrap them in a cellophane treat bag for the simple gift. Supplies needed to make chocolate-dipped Peeps Peeps dipping chocolate variety of sprinkles wax paper, parchment paper, […]

Easy Easter Decorated Cupcakes with Peeps

By: dmvollmer

Easy Easter Decorated Cupcakes with Peeps

Need an easy but fun Easter dessert that the kids will love? These Peeps chicks cupcakes are perfect. Working seasonal candies is a great way to come up with easy designs. When someone mentions Easter, Peeps are the first thing that comes to mind. Here’s what you need: baked cupcakes decorator icing (Wilton’s buttercream icing […]

Easter Fun! Taste Testing Peeps

By: dmvollmer

Easter Fun! Taste Testing Peeps

It’s April and Easter is only a few days away so we decided to have some Easter fun today by taste-testing some of the new flavored Peeps. People either seem to love or hate Peeps – we’re in the ‘love’ side of the controversy. Also, since I eat dairy-free due to food allergies, Peeps are […]

Make Your Teenagers an Easter Basket They Will Love

By: dmvollmer

Make Your Teenagers an Easter Basket They Will Love

I wrote this post last year and I’m updating for 2020 where we are faced with an unusual time with the Covid-19 Pandemic and the social distancing and shelter in place restrictions. This year we may need to be creative and order everything online or for drive-up pickup. Because shipping is taking longer than usual […]

15 Ways to Make Easter Fun for Teens

By: dmvollmer

15 Ways to Make Easter Fun for Teens

Kids are growing up but I still like to find ways to make Easter fun for teens. A mix of continuing traditions that we’ve always done and a few new things that will keep their interest (and not to go hide in their room playing video games). I wrote this post in 2018, and this year […]

30 Easter Egg Ideas for Tween and Teen Boys

By: dmvollmer

30 Easter Egg Ideas for Tween and Teen Boys

As kids reach their tween and teen years, we still want to make holidays fun but things that interest them change. For Easter, they may not be as interested in the jelly beans, sticker, temporary tattoos and matchbox cars. So what to put in the eggs? Traditional plastic eggs are small. But there are larger sized eggs and even some fun […]

Hi there and welcome to Sweet Shoppe Mom. My name is Dana and my son is Brendan, also known as B. Welcome to our blog where we chat about every day life with tweens and teens.

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#chucksandpearls Were you wearing them yesterday? #chucksandpearls Were you wearing them yesterday?

I’m still taking in all that happened yesterday. Hopeful for what lies ahead. Breathing easier with an administration focused on unity and equality.  One that is making dealing with this pandemic a top priority. One that is making science a priority.

No matter what side you’re on, history was made. This is election will be really be the first one my son remembers. First female Vice President, first black and first South-Asian VP.

#madamevicepresident #kamalaharris #bidenharris2020 #inauguration2021 #wediditjoe
#nationalbagelday has me thinking about NYC ✈️ #nationalbagelday has me thinking about NYC ✈️🚕

Rainbow bagels at @chelseamarketny from my trip a few years ago

#bagel #nyc #visitnyc #nycfoodie #nyceats #travellust #travelfoodie #instayum #rainbow #nycbagels #foodholiday #
Kicking off New Years day with festive 2021 pancak Kicking off New Years day with festive 2021 pancakes.

Happy New Year!! 🍾 We survived 2020 and I’m excited to see what 2021 brings. Looking forward to planning the year and setting goals (both personal and business).

#2021 #pancakes #breakfast #instayum #pancakeart #arizonamom #momofteens #momofteenagers #momlife #funfood #whatsforbreakfast
Merry Christmas 🎄 We skipped Santa photos thi Merry Christmas 🎄 

We skipped Santa photos this year (way past the believing in Santa years but its still a fun tradition...hopefully next year). #flashback Friday to Bs 1st Christmas (2006), and then 2017, 2018 and 2019.

#christmas #christmas2020 #teenlife #momofteenagers #teenagersareawesome #boymom #momofboys #thisis14 #highschooler
Merry Christmas Eve 🎄 How are you doing? Scram Merry Christmas Eve 🎄

How are you doing? Scrambling to get things ready for tomorrow or enjoying hot cocoa by the tree? We mommas take on so much of the holiday prep so I would expect most of us are still getting things ready.

I wanted to share MY two best tips for holiday prep and I’d love to hear YOURS

Tip 1 - Santa Sacks. We invested in these years ago. Pop in the gift and pull on the drawstring and you’re all set. We use these for gifts from Santa and wrap the others. Time saver and saves a ton of wrapping paper, thats a win!

Tip 2 - Put a lock on a closet and turn it into your gift closet. No worries about your kids discovering their gifts AND easy to find all your gifts. Who is still searching for gifts they can’t remember where they put them. A closet in a guest room or office is perfect.

#christmas #christmas2020 #momofteens #arizonamom #christmaseve #holidayprep
B and I had a blast playing with @superimpulse’s B and I had a blast playing with @superimpulse’s #tinyarcade Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and #microarcade Frogger. So fun and an awesome idea for stocking stuffers.

We put together a huge list (over 100 ideas) of stocking stuffers for teenage boys (link in bio). They can be so hard to shop for and not so helpful when you ask for ideas.

#superimpulsepartner #videogames #frogger #teenagemutantninjaturtles #boymom #momofboys #momofteenagers #momofteens #teenagersareawesome #arizonamom #stockingstuffers #christmas2020 #giftideas #giftlist #giftguide
What holiday item do you collect? Did you know # What holiday item do you collect? 

Did you know #nutcrackers are a German tradition thought to bring good luck and fight away evil spirits?

Having trouble finding spaces to display some of my holiday decor as many of my surfaces are covered with plants now 🌱❤️ and then I realized these wall shelves were perfect. I stashed away the art that is usually sits on these shelves (and hides the huge doorbell box and security system glass sensor) and replaced with our @traderjoes #adventcalendar and #nutcrackers 

#holidaydecor #nutcrackercollection #myhome #arizona #arizonamom #christmasdecor #momofteens #momsofteenagers #boymom #christmas2020
Do you know a super fan of The Office? We’ve put Do you know a super fan of The Office? We’ve put together a #holidaygiftguide with over 20 fabulous gift ideas (link in bio)

B is a super fan. He has watched the series at least 10 times on @netflix. He was super excited when his @pewpewlasercraft personalized name plate arrived.

#theoffice #giftguide #boymom #momofteens #momofteenagers #giftguideformen #giftguideforteens #teenagersareawesome #dundermifflin #dundermifflinpapercompany #thatswhatshesaid
This is freshman year, 2020. He’s on a zoom wit This is freshman year, 2020.  He’s on a zoom with his class. Chatting on a call with classmates who are also virtual. Also planning his run for class president. One thing 2020 has taught him is technical skills and multitasking.

Do your kids sit in unusual positions when studying/virtual schooling? For 2020, what ever works. He has a 4.0 and all caught up on assignments. He’s staying to connected to his classes and friends. School is still open for in-person but we decided to switch him to virtual after Thanksgiving because we thought numbers would rise (and they did). 

Oversized poofy chair from @costco It was going to be a Christmas gift but I decided to give it him early since he’s home now 🎁 

#coronalife #2020 #virtuallearning #highschooler #teenlife #momofhighschooler #boymom #momofteens #arizonamom #teenagersareawesome
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