Merry Christmas friends! Today I’m sharing Christmas pictures. So pictures don’t tell the whole story. They put their best foot forward and hide the chaos beyond the lens. On the periphery of these photos are laundry piles, dirty dishes, dog hair, sticky counters, messy little hands, smeared fingerprints on stainless appliances and unmade beds. Yep….
Christmas Sugar Cookies
Gorgeous frosted Christmas Sugar Cookies all season long without stress? Yaaaasss! With a little planning and these handy tips, you can too! I’ve made these light buttery roll-out cookies for decades. These are hands down the best Christmas Sugar Cookies I’ve tasted. They’re light and delicate, crunchy and pair perfectly with buttery frosting. Divine with coffee! (Warning:…
King John Was Not A Good Man
Well hello friends, hope you had a very Merry Christmas. (Did you?) I did, thank you very much. Relaxing because I stayed in my pj’s ’til about 4 p.m. on Christmas Day. Yep, I did that. Just because I could. And I wanted to. And so did my boys. Love a laid back, relaxed Christmas…
Off Beat Musical Chairs
Today I want to tell you about a crazy new game Hudson devised: Off Beat Musical Chairs. But first, it’s been a little bit of a crazy time at our house recently with all the busyness of Thanksgiving and Christmas. Then one of the kids ordered basketball shoes on the web. The highly anticipated shoes…
Nuts about her…
This is a true story that happened at Christmas several years ago. I don’t think of it without chuckling out loud. This is my early Christmas gift to you, friend. A genuine laugh. In this world of stressful bad news, give yourself this five minute oasis. Truth is stranger than fiction. Always. For true flavor,…
Clay Elephant Christmas Ornaments
I know what you’re thinking. “Why elephants?” And I would say to you, “Why not?” Elephants are cute. And they don’t really have pink ears that I know of. And that’s ok. Because when you hold the paintbrush, you can live in your own pink-eared elephant world if you so choose. And I do. (Better…
Advent Wreaths and Little Pyros Don’t Mix
He adores fire. Most little boys do. “Can I light the candles tonight? Please please, pretty please with sugar on top????” (More fun – listen to the audio below!) Advent Wreaths and Little Pyros Don’t Mix… by Allie Taylor Around the campfire, rest assured he’s millimeters away, poker in hand, waiting for that unsupervised nanosecond to…
DIY Clementine Wreath
Let’s face it, the Christmas season can be unhealthy. From the edibles we gift to the chocolates we receive. And I do love my chocolate. Dark, very dark. Yes, dark chocolate is an essential in my life. But I recently came across this DIY Clementine Wreath. I think it’s genius. It’s quick. Healthy. Colorful. Festive. It’s…
