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the week in lunches

By: dmvollmer

the week in lunches

Only a 4 day week because of MLK day Tuesday’s lunch – banana honey peanut butter sandwich with pretzels, carrots, freeze dried mango and bananas, yogurt covered raisins and Pirate’s Booty      Wednesday – baseball themed home-made lunchables with carrots, mango and Trader Joes Peppermint Jo Joes      Thursday – and some days […]

The week in photos {instagram}

By: dmvollmer

The week in photos {instagram}

Its COLD here – I don’t think its ever been this cold in the 7 years I’ve lived here The boys (my husband and son) decided to see what would happen if they kept the fountain on overnight during our freeze:    I’ve been working on organizing and made a trip to Dollar Tree – […]

The Week in Lunches

By: dmvollmer

The Week in Lunches

The biggest hit for the week was the baseball themed lunch – practice is one Wednesday so I usually do something baseball for Sweet Shoppe Boy’s lunch. I’ve done the baseball before (circle sandwich punch plus red edible marker) but he loved that I added the baseball bat (made with a cookie cutter). I also […]

‘Sweet’ Stuff – Valentine’s Day

By: dmvollmer

‘Sweet’ Stuff – Valentine’s Day

When Valentine’s Day decorations hit the stores, there is always some super cute cupcake (and other sweets) themed things. At Target (one of my favorite places to buy home goods and holiday decorations) the other day I spotted a few cute things I had to share. Which things did I buy??? the super cute cupcake post it […]

The week in photos {instagram}

By: dmvollmer

The week in photos {instagram}

my own personal heating blanket – our cat Sara keeps me toasty warm    while shopping at Joann Craft Stores, I spotted this sign which made me laugh:      Studio Calico Project Life kit arrived so I got 2013 Project Life started – hoping to keep up better this year      Friday night […]

The Week in Photos – Happy New Year! {instagram)

By: dmvollmer

The Week in Photos – Happy New Year! {instagram)

Happy New Year! We’re not ‘new years’ people and don’t usually do much. We hung out at home and did some fireworks in the street with the neighbors. I think my son was in bed by 9 and me around midnight the super long sparklers: fireworks dancing to the music video 2012 countdown

December lunches wrap up

By: dmvollmer

December lunches wrap up

I decided to have fun with December lunches and go a little more themed than I usually do. And I wanted to try out the cupcake picks that I got in at the shop. wintery ‘homemade lunchables’ Christmas ‘homemade lunches’ Candy cane themed lunch – this one was the biggest hit with my son! snowman […]

Thanksgiving Lunches

By: dmvollmer

Thanksgiving Lunches

November means Thanksgiving, leaves, pumpkins and scarecrows and I tried to simply incorporate these themes into my son’s lunches sources  lunchboxes – ziploc divided containers and Easy Lunch boxes cupcake picks – Simply Sweets  cookie cutters (leaf) – Simply Sweets   cupcake liners – Simply Sweets Maple leaf cookies – Trader Joe’s Paper party picks – […]

A Special Space Themed Lunch for a Museum Field Trip

By: dmvollmer

A Special Space Themed Lunch for a Museum Field Trip

My son’s 1st grade class recently took a field trip to the Arizona Science Center after finishing up studying the planets so I decided to pack him a themed lunch for the trip. It was a big hit and he talked about it for days – he especially loves the star skewers. Space ship and […]

New find – reusable napkins for kid’s lunches

By: dmvollmer

New find – reusable napkins for kid’s lunches

   I attended a local holiday boutique yesterday organized by two of my favorite businesses, Two Sisters Jewelry Boutique and My Strawbabies, and was excited to pick up these great napkins for my son’s lunches. We use cloth napkins in our house but most of our napkins are just plain white or black. These are […]

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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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#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
Starry nights ✨ @scottsdalequarter has a few fu Starry nights ✨

@scottsdalequarter has a few fun photo backdrops and B let me capture a few photos of him (when teens let you take photos of them, you go with it 🤣). Bs a pretty good sport about it #momaratzzi  #bloggerkids 

#scottsdalequarter #teenagersareawesome #teenlife #momofteenagers #momofteens #boymom #momofboys #arozonamom #scottsdale #momlife #arizonablogger
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