National Holidays
A bit of Mother’s Day History – Julia Ward Howe
Mother’s Day is celebrated on the second Sunday in May and this is a day for lavishing your Mom with flowers, presents and luxurious treatment. In history those who were more spiritual were more apt to celebrate and worship goddesses rather than mothers. Egyptians used to celebrate once a year by worshiping the Goddess Isis, [...]
Happy National Train Day
Honk honk readers! I was reminded by Chuggington that today is National Train Day! How can you celebrate train day with your trainee? Well for starters if it’s a rainy day you can settle in the house to watch Chuggington DVD’s or pre-order the May 15th release DVD called Wilson and the Ice Cream Fair [...]
Easter Day at the Happily Blended Household
I don’t know what type of traditions you all have on Easter, but we have a tradition that involves a sneaky Easter Bunny hiding all of the kids baskets every Easter. The kids wake up and must find their baskets hidden in odd places around the house. This year, the big kids found their baskets [...]
Started Our Easter Weekend with Town Egg Hunt
Every year our local recreation department puts on an Easter egg hunt for preschool age children. I have to admit I haven’t gone every single year but when I remember to go, I do. This year I remembered only because I am on their email list so an email came through informing me that the [...]
Xia-Xia Pets Easter Party Fun and Giveaway
Over the weekend we hosted an Easter Egg hunt, but it wasn’t just any old Easter Egg hunt party; we hosted a Xia-Xia Pets Easter Egg hunt party! We had popcorn, jelly bean jello, island punch and some Xia-Xia hermit crabs as well as extra shells for the guests to take home in addition to [...]
Happy St. Paddy’s Day From Kermit
The Muppets is Available March 20th with the Wocka Wocka Value Pack, which contains the movie on Blu-ray high-definition, DVD and Digital Copy (3 discs) plus a download card for the film’s soundtrack from Walt Disney Records! “Like” THE MUPPETS on Facebook Disclosure: Yes I was provided this DVD for free, however, all opinions, fun facts and [...]
Easter Recipe Ideas from Jell-O
I just shared with you my favorite choice of Jell-O pudding snacks based on their new options of S’more and Strawberry Sundae but now I want to share some great Easter Snack ideas for your family to create using Jell-O. Tie-Dye Fruity Cupcakes Use Jell-O lime, strawberry and lemon gelatin to create a delicious snack [...]
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Though my husband and I have never been ones to celebrate Valentine’s Day much, it is a nice day to set aside to spend quality time together and to remember why you love each other. Personally, I prefer to celebrate the anniversary of our first date, our engagement {which was right before Valentine’s Day}, and [...]
