St Patty's Day Kid Friendly Treats!

 Celebrating holiday's with kids is fun especially when you get to get creative in the kitchen. Plus what kid doesn't love when their food looks like something else? My kids favorite is when I turn the pancake batter a different color. They love taking turns choosing which color they will be. We tend to have more pink and purple then any other color.

Oreo Layer Dessert

I found this beauty on Pinterest and I had to try it.

Let me just say OH MY.......

And my family loved it. I couldn't keep my kids out of it. If you like Oreo cookies then you will love this! 

Oreo Layer Dessert

1 pkg of regular Oreos

1/2 c. of butter

1 lg box of instant chocolate pudding

2-8 oz cool whips

8 oz. of cream cheese, softened

1 c. powdered sugar

Crush the whole package of cookies either with a food processor, or in a bag and a rolling pin.  Save a 1/2 c. to sprinkle on top of dessert when it's done.  Pour remaining crumbs in a 13x9 pan.  Melt butter and pour into crumb mix.  Stir it up good and press crumbs in bottom of pan to make a crust.  Make chocolate pudding according to package directions and let it setup in the fridge.  In a mixing bowl blend cream cheese until nice and smooth and then add powdered sugar, mix.  Then fold in 1-8 oz thing of cool whip.  Top oreolayer with cream cheese mix, then pudding, then your last 8 oz thing of cool whip, and then sprinkle remaining Oreo's on top.  Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve. 

Food Storage Basics: Getting Started Is This Easy!

Have you had that nagging feeling before that you need to get started on your food storage? Or have you started building a small supply, but you don't feel like you really know what you are doing or you wish that someone would help you out just a little bit when it comes to getting started? Point you in the right direction?

Favorite Finds Friday - 1

I am going to start something that I think will be fun. Every Friday I am going to do a post on my favorite finds from that week. I am going to call it my "Favorite Finds Friday". This is how I get a lot of inspiration for my projects and decorating. Hopefully you will find some inspiration as well.

Menu Planner for Simple Meal Planning

Make planning your meals a lot easier and simpler by using this planner. You can find it in my etsy shop here.

Weekly Cleaning Schedule: Free Printable

Well it is that time of the year again and we are all making new goals and trying to better ourselves. What better way to improve then to start a daily cleaning routine that will help to keep your home clean and clutter free.

I know that keeping a clean house can be hard especially with kids, believe me that can be hard. However if you do just a little bit everyday it won't be hard to keep it clean! Here is an example of something that I would have.

Easy Home Remedies For Dealing With Croup

* I AM NOT A PROFESSIONAL OR A DOCTOR. IF YOU ARE UNSURE ABOUT YOUR CHILD'S HEALTH CALL YOUR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER*

That being said I am a mother of five kids one of which has had croup more times than I can even count or remember. He isn't the first of my kids to ever get croup, he is however my child that gets it all of the time. He has even been hospitalized because of it. So I would say that I know a lot about croup and how to treat and deal with it.