Need a little DIY fake blood for the walking dead in your house? This recipe is cheap and easy with only 3 ingredients. Your kids can make this gruesome blood for themselves. Your little zombies will have a great time making and eating it! We created this video so you can follow along and…
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Fun Holiday Drink Recipe Spicy Pumpkin Kombucha Recipe
This easy holiday drink recipe is as simple as boiling water. Simple to make an fun to flavor kumbucha help the digestive system deal with all the rich foods served during the holiday season. Fun Holiday Drink Recipe With Many Flavor Options I admit my kumbucha habit is out of control. At almost $4…
Spicy Pumpkin Recipes You Will Love ( Even if you Hate Pumpkin Pie)
I do not like pumpkin pie. There I said it out loud. Does that make me un-American? No wait, that is apple pie. I don’t like that either. The fact is I don’t really care for pie. Wait! Don’t stop reading yet! Here are 10 tasty spicy pumpkin dishes besides pie. Pumpkin Spiced Granola is a yummy…
Mistakes to Avoid When Painting Pumpkins
We are pumpkin carvers. Painting pumpkins is a new adventure for the Joyous Family. Elijah, age 9, wanted to enter the elementary school’s storybook pumpkin contest this year. The pumpkins were displayed from Oct 15-31 too long for a carved pumpkin to serve–more on this in Painted Pumpkins Your Favorite Book. Plus the…
10 Inspiring Pumpkin Painting Top Video Tutorials
So much more than just carving! I picked YouTube’s Top Video Tutorials just for you! These are amazing “not carved pumpkins” that can last -maybe until the New Year. Painted, puffed, jeweled and sparkled pumpkins that are the super hero’s of Halloween and beyond. Leave a picture of your amazing creation in the comments…
Halloween Pumpkins Based on Your Favorite Book
Is there anything better on a brisk fall day than cozying up with your child and a favorite book? Reading to your child is such a gift of your time. As I tell my son, books can take you around the world, deep into space, and off into other dimensions in just one afternoon. Every…
5 Tips for Vacations With Extended Family
I fully admit I don’t have a clue on how to travel well with extended family. Some days go well and some days not so well. Today I took some time to compile a few articles giving tips on planning and enjoying time with those you love. I pulled out a selection of great tips…
Unlikely Location For Your Bucket List
I love how children adore facts. My son informed me this spring that the world’s largest aquariums were in Okinawan, Japan and Atlanta, Georgia. Japan is not even on my radar let alone my bucket list, but Atlanta, Georgia now that is a place I love! Elijah loves sharks, “great whites” in particular. Unfortunately great…
Vacationing with Family: A Blast or A Drag
My husband and I worked at a smallish dude ranch in Northern Colorado for many years. Several times during our tenure, a family reunion booked the whole ranch for the entire week. Maybe Grandma and Grandpa were treating the family to a vacation or the whole family pulled together and decide instead of a cruise,…
Before Buying A Vintage Travel Trailer As a Family Project
Sunset Magazine published an article a House Crush on Wheels with a 1968 Serro Scotty Vintage Travel Trailer in it. I was in love. I started searching online for one. What a big wake up call! $800-$1800 for just a shell! Shell means the trailer is striped inside of all appliances often all the wood…