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Among Us DIY Halloween Pumpkin

By: dmvollmercomment

Among Us DIY Halloween Pumpkin

Among Us is the latest popular video game for tweens and teens. Are your kids playing yet?  If you haven’t heard, it’s a multiplayer online game involving social deduction. In a space setting, players are either Crewmates or Imposters. The game was released in 2018 but has really picked up in popularity in the last […]

No-Carve Nerf Blaster Target Halloween Pumpkin

By: dmvollmer

No-Carve Nerf Blaster Target Halloween Pumpkin

Nerf dart guns, Nerf vortex, and the newest Nerf Rival. Nerf. Nerf is a big deal in our home. My son has been into Nerf blasters for a few years now with his collection growing. By growing I mean it’s hit almost 100. So many that we had to build a huge Nerf wall in our playroom […]

Easy No-carve Fortnite Xbox Pumpkin For Your Gamer Kids

By: dmvollmer

Easy No-carve Fortnite Xbox Pumpkin For Your Gamer Kids

Flossing, Battle Pass, Season 6…is this all your kids are talking about? Fornite is the biggest obsession for kids right now. We’re excited to see all the Fortnite Halloween costumes this year. Skull Trooper Fornite Halloween costume Drift Fornite Halloween costume Dark Voyager Fornite Halloween costume We love to create pumpkins that really fit our family’s interests. […]

No-carve Halloween Football Pumpkin

By: dmvollmer

No-carve Halloween Football Pumpkin

Are you a football family? hometown NFL team? College alma mater? or are your weekends spent cheering at your kid’s football games? Show your football spirit with these easy football pumpkins this Halloween. Also, a baseball fan, check out our DIY no-carve Baseball Pumpkin Easy Football Pumpkins supplies needed: Oval shaped craft pumpkin round shaped […]

No-carve Baseball Pumpkin

By: dmvollmer

No-carve Baseball Pumpkin

This Baseball Pumpkin is the perfect DIY for all baseball fans. Youth baseball players and MLB fans. DIY Baseball Pumpkin supplies needed: round craft pumpkin white craft paint (optional, alternatively select a white craft pumpkin) Red Sharpie oil-based paint pen, medium point Clear satin aerosol spray Paint the craft pumpkin paint. Several coats may be needed for […]

Happy Halloween

By: dmvollmer

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween from our family to yours. Hope you’re having a fabulous evening. Stay safe.

Spooky Fun Halloween Lunches

By: dmvollmer

Spooky Fun Halloween Lunches

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #SnackAndGo#CollectiveBias I love to make fun holiday themed food. Over the years I’ve collected cutters, cupcake liners, napkins, skewers and picks, and edible markers for making fun lunches. I love to use divided lunch boxes, also called bento […]

Zombie Baseball Player – Makeup and Costume Tutorial

By: dmvollmer

Zombie Baseball Player – Makeup and Costume Tutorial

Thinking about Halloween yet? Zombie has been one our favorite Halloween costumes that my son has worn over the years. We always try to come up with a DIY costume rather than store bought one that everyone else will have.   We love to make our own costumes. I like to create a costume using […]

Countdown to Halloween

By: dmvollmer

Countdown to Halloween

I love creating traditions for my son that make holidays extra special. A few years ago I crafted a Halloween countdown for him. I bought 31 small craft boxes from Michaels, painted them black, and then added paper, ribbons and stickers to make them fun. Each box has a number 1-31 for each day of […]

Happy Halloween

By: dmvollmer

Happy Halloween

We here at Sweet Shoppe Mom wish you a Happy Halloween. This year my son requested to be Harry Potter this year – I had bought the costume a few years ago on Halloween clearance for dress up play so since we already had the costume, I thought that sound like a great and easy […]

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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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