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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 šŸ™‚ 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 […]

30+ Easter Basket Ideas for Teenagers [updated 2021]

By: dmvollmer

30+ Easter Basket Ideas for Teenagers [updated 2021]

I will always make my son an Easter basket even when he is grown and moved out on his own. When they’re little, they’re happy with anything – jelly beans, stickers or fake tattoos. But now that they’re teenagers, we need some new ideas that will interest them. Adding gifts to a basket that are […]

20 Ways to Celebrate Easter with Teens

By: dmvollmer

20 Ways to Celebrate Easter with Teens

Kids are growing up but I still like to find ways to make Easter fun for teenagers. 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).  Our favorite Easter fun activity last year was playing […]

Over 50 Easter Egg Ideas for Tween and Teen Boys

By: dmvollmer

Over 50 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, stickers, and temporary tattoos. What to do if you have several kids of different ages or interests?  Use a specific color egg for each […]

Easter Home Decor Tour

By: dmvollmer

Easter Home Decor Tour

Easter. Spring. Flowers. I always look forward to decorating the house for Easter and spring. The Easter decor is out for a few weeks and the Spring a few months. Easter Dining Room Table Centerpiece I love my dining room table centerpiece. A wood tray with milk glass vases and ceramic pitchers that I’ve picked […]

Easter Wreath { i made it! }

By: dmvollmer

Easter Wreath { i made it! }

After my success with my Valentine’s Day wreath, I decided I wanted to make an Easter wreath. Easter is one of my favorite holidays for house decorations (along with Christmas and Halloween). After searching the internet for ideas I fell in love with this wreath and was excited to find it was a project for […]

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New plant pot and I’m in love. As a self describ New plant pot and I’m in love. As a self described #plantmom (or maybe #crazyplantlady 🤣) my collection has been growing but I find it hard to find great pots.

I just got this one from Amazon. Its actually ceramic even though it looks woven. I just posted an Amazon planter roundup on the blog including this one (link in profile)

🌱: Mini Monstera, Rhaphidophora Tetrasperma

#houseplants #plant #plantlove #myhome #homedecor #plantsofinstagram #planters #plantcollection
Cookbook ā¤ļø. I collect them. I read them like Cookbook ā¤ļø. I collect them. I read them like novels. I learn about food, culture, and health. They bring me joy.

I’ve heard many people no longer have cookbooks because they just get recipes on the internet. But I will never give up collecting. I recently purged and am down to about 150. They fill an entire wall of my pantry (my odd 5-sided pantry). 

I recently shared my updated pantry organization project on stories which included a peak at my cookbook wall and so many of you shared your love of cookbooks too. This prompted me to write a post sharing My TOP TEN Favorite Cookbooks on the blog today. Check it out - I’d love to hear if you own any of my favorites and what are your favorites. 

#cookbooks #cookbooklove #mypantry #pantry #myhome #momlife #homecook #cookbooks #cookbookaddict #arizonamom
Reese’que Business, definitely high on our list Reese’que Business, definitely high on our list as one of our favorites šŸ˜‹

If you’ve followed us for awhile then you know one of our favorite traditions to going to the @hotelvalleyho for @eatatzuzu monthly Show Stopper Shake creation. We took a break when things got crazy but so excited to back dining at one of our favorites in Scottsdale. This month’s shake is full of Reese’s and Butterfinger goodness. So yummy and $1 of each shake goes to @azhelpinghands which provides essential needs to kids in foster care.

#hotelvalleyhopartner #hotelvalleyho #showstoppershake #milkshake #reeses #butterfinger #scottsdaleeats #scottsdaleresort #momofteens #boymom #momlife #arizonamom
Cheers to brunching on the patio. One of my favori Cheers to brunching on the patio. One of my favorite things to do is enjoy a meal from one of our local restaurants on the patio. We have a long patio season here (coming to an end soon as the Arizona heat kicks in). Even better with a cocktail. 

šŸ½: @eatdailyjam in Tempe, AZ

#dailyjampartner #tempe #tempearizona #tempeeats #bloodymary #cocktails #momlife #arizonamom #thisis50 #midlifemom
Hello Arizona ā˜€ļøšŸŒµ I’ve been living in Ph Hello Arizona ā˜€ļøšŸŒµ

I’ve been living in Phoenix for 15 years now. We moved from Carlsbad, CA to Phoenix in April of 2006 when B was just a few months old. The desert landscape continues to amaze me. I grew up on the East coast and it’s such a contrast with the all the open space, the mountains, the desert scrub and of course the cacti. Though the saguaros often look like they’re flipping you off 🤣

Hello (1/30) #everydayphotoaday #photoadaychallenge 

#arizona #phoenix #scottsdale #cacti #saguaro #saguarocactus #desertlandscape
Looking for ways to get your kids to eat more than Looking for ways to get your kids to eat more than just candy on Easter? PEEPS Kabobs are so fun and (mostly) healthy. Super easy too!

@peepsbrand #peeps #fruitkabobs #healthysnacks #boymom #momoftweens #momofteens #arizonamom #easter #easterfood #funfood
@butcher_box delivery day is always a good day! šŸ˜€

** DEAL ALERT ** When you subscribe to Butcher Box now through April 4th, you will receive 2 lbs of ground beef for FREE in every box for the life of your membership. This is the deal we signed up for last year and love it - perfect for #tacotuesday.

Why we ā¤ļø Butcher Box:

* the beef is 100% grass-fed, grass-finished beef

* delivered right to my door. No trip to the store and I have our meat for the month. Butcher Box has beef, pork, chicken and fish (I love the salmon)

* great for budgeting. My monthly subscription is what I put in our budget for meat each month. 

* arrives already individually wrapped and frozen. No prep work to get it ready for the freezer (Too often I’ve had to toss meat because I never got around to prepping it for the freezer).

To get the 2 pounds FREE ground beef for life deal, use the link in my profile (I’ll also link it in my stories).

#butcherboxpartner #homedelivery #meatdelivery #steaks #homecook #momofteens #boymom #arizonamom
Who else is munching on the Easter candy? Make sur Who else is munching on the Easter candy? Make sure to leave some for the 🐰 to hide.

What’s your favorite Easter candy? These @hersheys eggs are pretty taste. @reeses eggs are the BEST. I’m a huge @peepsbrand fan too.

šŸƒā¤ļø my Curly Spider is looking a bit crazy in the background 🤣

#eastercandy #spiderplant #curlyspiderplant #targetdollarspot #easterdecor #momlife #momofteens #arizonamom
#flashbackfriday to one of the Easter eggs we made #flashbackfriday to one of the Easter eggs we made last year. At the time this was all new to us and we were trying to figure how to navigate living through a pandemic. Now 1 year later the vaccine is rolling out. 

Arizona rolled back most restrictions this week but our family feels its too soon and we will continue to wear masks and only go to business that have safe practices in place. Schools are still requiring masks. 

While I am vaccinated it will be a few weeks until my immunity has built up. My son is not vaccinated and because he is 15 he has to wait until they are approved for his age. At this time we don’t have enough information on how effective the vaccine is (especially with the variants) if you’ve been vaccinated and what the possible transmission rate it. A vaccine is never 100% so precautions are always important. So for now, we will mask and distance.

#easteregg #momlife #boymom #momofteens #arizonamom #vaccine
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