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My name is Donna Schuster. I live in good old Ohio. I am mom to a 9 year old girl in 4rd grade and a 5 year old boy, who just started full day Kindergarten! I am now a stay at home mom with no kids at home=) My husband of 9 years owns a company and works on slate & tile roofs, so I stay busy being his secretary, accountant, paper pusher and anything else he may need. We were able to buy our…
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If you celebrate Easter and have kids I am sure you do some Easter Egg coloring! My kids still enjoy it at ages 10 and 6. I saw these tips in a email newsletter from Juicy Juice (in 2010) and thought it be great to share. I know half my eggs always come out cracked and unable to be colored. Do you have any egg boiling tips?? 1. Instead of putting your eggs in the pot and then carrying the pot to the sink to…
Breakfast is always a challenge here before school, so I thought I’d start the day out with a little Valentine’s Day surprise! I used regular pancake mix and mixed in a few drops of NEON food coloring. (McCormick) I then poured the batter into a ziplock bag and cut off a corner so I could squeeze out the batter into a heart shape. You could just make round pancakes and use a cookie cutter as well. I was happy with colored heart pancakes, but then…
A friend’s sister made these for us when we stayed over night at a local indoor water park. I knew I had to remember this recipe for our summer camping trips…and pass it on to all of you as well! Super easy to make, super easy to clean up, and super enjoyable!! Cook up a batch of taco meat*. Bring along a container of sour cream, a bag of shredded cheese and cut up lettuce, onion and tomato if desired. Buy and bring desired #…
Just as we need to fill our gas tanks often we need to fill our love tanks often as well. I first heard of this analogy in the book The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman. I absolutely love this analogy, it is simple and makes so much sense! Let me share with you and example. Last week my son was giving me a hard time the whole day, I was super exasperated with him and quickly started hating that is was Summer break. Lo…
First you need to thaw 1lb of frozen bread dough. Then you divide/roll into 16 balls of dough, like so… Melt some butter in a bowl…mix some parmesan cheese and some yummy seasonings (I used italian, dill, basil, garlic, rosemary) in another bowl…dip each ball into the melted butter and then into the seasonings and put them in a loaf pan like so….(not too much butter)…
Amy Bellgardt is a wife and mom of two boys, as well as founder and lead blogger at Mom Spark. Amy also manages Mom Spark Media, a social media and marketing firm.
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