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I have always loved the idea of serving fun and festive food on Halloween before the kids go trick or treating. But every year, I settle for ordering a quick pizza because we are rushing to get costumes on and kids out of the door as soon as the sun goes down. This year, my kids helped put together a Fall Bucket List. One of the activities on our list was to have a Hocus Pocus movie night. My daughter has been asking about it all month! Because I can never do anything half-assed, I put together a great spread…

I’ll go ahead and admit it, I’m terrible at updating pictures in my home. I have five kids, but according to our picture frames, I only have three. To add to the confusion, I’m not in hardly any of the pictures either. Like most moms, I’m really good at capturing cute pictures of my kids. But fail to get pictures of me with my kids unless it is a cheesy selfie. So I try to update our family pictures at least every other year. Family pictures can feel a little overwhelming, especially with a big group of kids. Coordinating outfits,…

I was compensated with free product in exchange for my honest review. All thoughts and opinions expressed here are my own and not influenced by Nuby. I have a love-hate relationship with teething babies. After all, I love that big, toothy grin my kids give me after months of gummy smiles. But, I think breastfeeding teething babies is the worst form of torture. Just this week, I was jolted awake again after nursing my youngest back to sleep. It took everything I had to not scare everyone else awake with a loud shriek. Thankfully, my baby only has two teeth…

Our family has this odd tradition of passing around a gnome after we move into a new house. The idea is that our gnome, Charlie Gregorsen, will bring good luck to our new address. Weird, I know! But, Charlie, has traveled over a thousand miles between all of his stays. I already have a soft spot for all things gnomes and have loved how they quickly became so trendy. When I found these witch hat wreath forms at the Dollar Tree, I knew exactly what I was going to make with them. This fall gnome wreath was so much fun…