If you’re looking for an easy (yes, really easy) craft to do with your kids this year, try these tree branch stars. They’re fun, and inexpensive, and did I already say easy? There’s just something about Christmas that makes you want to haul out your craft supplies, gather your children around the table (wearing their adorable artist’s…
When I think of marshmallows, I think of S’Mores and camping or Peeps at Easter, both of which I love. I’m a firm believer that there are two kinds of people in the world: people who love Peeps and people who don’t. I am on team peeps but my love of marshmallows doesn’t stop there….
Have you ever drooled over your friends’ vacation pictures and wondered – maybe with a pinch of envy – how they were able to afford a spacious rental house with amenities like hot tubs, pools, fire pits, and more? If you’re tired of crowding your family into a cracker box-sized hotel room and calling it…
Enjoy the holiday spirit this season with a bit of sun instead of snow in Galveston, Texas. An easy drive from Houston and a few hours more from Central Texas, Galveston offers lots of activities to celebrate the season without the heavy coats and ice-glazed winds. Here are the top things to do for the…
One of our favorite Christmas traditions is making reindeer dust on Christmas Eve. I’m sharing my free reindeer dust printable. The printable bag topper is at the very end of this post if you want to scroll and jump straight to it. Fun, free reindeer dust printable Some of our holiday traditions are holdovers from…
If you’re looking for an easy cookie for Christmas or any other time of year, then make my sugar cookie bars. These are a lot easier – and just as delicious – as cutout sugar cookies. Sugar cookies are fun for Christmas or other holidays – just change out the color of the sprinkles to…
Your head just hit the pillow after a full, busy, day. Then you remember you forgot to place your kid’s Elf on the Shelf or forgot to move him or her from their previous day’s spot. One of the reasons families who don’t do Elf on the Shelf cite for not doing Elf on the…
Natural Bridge Caverns has brought Christmas at the Caverns back for the 2023 holiday season. If you’re in San Antonio, Austin, or the Texas Hill Country, come check out this unique holiday light experience. If you’re visiting south or central Texas during the holidays, this is a don’t-miss spot to put on your list. Related:…
Christmas is really the “most wonderful time of the year.” Christmas is also the most stressful, overscheduled, and expensive time of the year. That’s why you need to know how to make the perfect eggnog martini. I’m here for you. This, my friend, is the Perfect Christmas Martini AKA the eggnog martini. If you like…
Christmas markets merge the finest local merchants with exquisite international crafters in a mystical air offering handmade goods. Holiday markets bask in the wondrous, wintry spirit, stirring up cheer, what with homemade hot chocolate, handmade ornaments, fresh gingerbread cookies, and pales upon pales of mulled wine. This list of the best Christmas markets in the…