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Give Your Kids a (Paper) Heart Attack

By: dmvollmer

Give Your Kids a (Paper) Heart Attack

Valentine’s Day Birthdays Any big day where your kids could use some extra love One fun and easy (cheap too!) thing I love to do to show a little extra love is to Heart Attack my son’s door. I’ve done it for Valentine’s Day and Birthdays but you can do it for any occasion when […]

9 Ways to Make Valentine’s Day Special for Your Tweens and Teens

By: dmvollmer

9 Ways to Make Valentine’s Day Special for Your Tweens and Teens

Valentine’s Day is more than just a holiday to celebrate with your significant other and your kids may have outgrown the classroom valentines. Your teens may be focused on picking a Valentine’s Day gift for their girlfriend/boyfriend and planning their special date especially if this is their first Valentine. It’s a day to show your […]

14 Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas For Teen Boys

By: dmvollmer

14 Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas For Teen Boys

Valentine’s Day is a perfect reminder to do something for our friends and family to show that we love them. I love to do something special for holidays for my son. I always do something for Valentine’s Day – I prefer to keep it simple and not go overboard. When kids are younger its very easy […]

Valentine’s Day Decor Home Tour

By: dmvollmer

Valentine’s Day Decor Home Tour

Valentine’s Day The next holiday that I decorate for following Christmas. One that I don’t go all out for but when I’m missing the Christmas decorations it’s fun to add a few touches. Reds, Pinks, Whites. Gold. Soft Textures. Usually, I keep a few red Christmas decorations out too – no Santas or anything like […]

14 Things I Love About You Valentine’s Day Countdown For Kids

By: dmvollmer

14 Things I Love About You Valentine’s Day Countdown For Kids

I like to do something for my son for many of the holidays. Something simple, inexpensive and if it’s easy, that’s a win too.  When he was in First Grade, I started doing a Valentine’s Day I do a ‘14 Things I Love About You‘ countdown. It’s good for kids to hear about all the […]

Easy Burlap Valentine’s Day Wreath Tutorial {I made it}

By: dmvollmer

Easy Burlap Valentine’s Day Wreath Tutorial {I made it}

   On blogs and sites like etsy.com I’ve seen a lot of burlap wreaths I liked – I was going to order one but couldn’t find one for sale that was exactly what I wanted so I thought, how hard can this be? Headed to the craft store and bought a foam wreath, burlap ribbon, […]

Valentine’s Day school bento lunches

By: dmvollmer

Valentine’s Day school bento lunches

I’ve always loved to make school lunches for my son fun while he’s still young enough to enjoy it (I’m sure in the teen years he will NOT want bento lunches anymore). I’m always looking for ways to make them themed for a holiday or something going on at school. You can simple or elaborate […]

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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 ❤️. I collect them. I read them like Cookbook ❤️. 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 😋

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. 

🍽: @eatdailyjam in Tempe, AZ

#dailyjampartner #tempe #tempearizona #tempeeats #bloodymary #cocktails #momlife #arizonamom #thisis50 #midlifemom
Hello Arizona ☀️🌵 I’ve been living in Ph Hello Arizona ☀️🌵

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! 😀

** 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 ❤️ 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.

🍃❤️ 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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