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I’m no gourmet chef. I’ll be the first to admit that. But every once in awhile I make a meal that my hubby raves about for a couple of days. This Chicken Enchilada recipe is one of those meals. It’s by far one of his favourite meals in our rotation. If you were to ask him, he would likely say we don’t make them enough. He’s probably right.
My son wandered the store examining each item carefully. He held up a sweater and said “Maybe he will like this?” It came out more of a question than a statement. “Do you think he will like it?” I asked “You know more than me” He shook his head and kept looking. We were out shopping for a birthday gift to bring to the party he was invited to later in the day. You won’t ever find me shopping for birthday gifts by myself. It’s really important to me that my kids pick the birthday gifts that they bring to their friends party. They have become quite good at gift giving. They pay attention to what their friends enjoy and what they don’t enjoy. As we wander through the store I learn about their friends likes and dislikes; which one is into Minecraft, which one loves to read, which one…
As parents, we accumulate A LOT of stuff. Sometimes it feels like the house is being taken over by kid’s toys, clothes, shoes, backpacks, electronics, homework and in the case of our house…random socks. Most people apparently lose socks, but I keep finding socks all over our house. I found one the other day IN the couch AND in the middle of the bathroom floor. I didn’t even ask my son for an explanation. (Did he not realize he was missing a sock?!) I didn’t even ask WHICH son! We all have that ONE child, right?
The point is, kids have a lot of stuff, and we’re forever trying to find homes for everything. They get new stuff as birthday gifts, Christmas gifts, Easter gifts – you name it! So, when it comes to gifts for
The deep, dark days of winter are still upon us and most of us just want to curl up with a good book and something warm. But sadly, the kids still expect to be fed. And the snacks! Oh my goodness the never-ending snacks.
Fortunately, if you have a blender and you stock ice cubes (and if you don’t I’m questioning our friendship) you’re about a third of the way towards putting together a healthy and delicious snack.
If you’ve read pretty much ANY of my articles on The Mabelhood Blog, you know we’re all about family time in this house! To us, doing things as a family is super important. Our kids are only young for so long, and we want to make sure we make memories with them, spend time with them, and show them how important family really is. Plus, whatever we do always ends up being a whole lot of fun!
Earlier this month I spent a week in Mexico with my two kids. Like any adventure, it was full of precious moments, a few meltdowns and many life-lessons, including:
My husband and I don’t celebrate Valentine’s Day. There. I said it. We don’t plan a fancy, romantic dinner. We don’t buy each other flowers or chocolates. We just don’t do the typical lovey-dovey Valentine’s Day thing. We never have.
When people ask us if we have plans and we shrug and say no, sometimes they’ll ask why. We simply say…it’s just not for us. It’s not because we don’t love each other, we just think it’s a silly ‘holiday’. A day where you’re forced to show someone how much you love them? We just don’t get it. Honestly, I would rather my husband come home with candy on a random Tuesday in May because he
My kids have many strengths, but speed is not one of them. Particularly when it comes to putting on snow pants and boots, along with a jacket, hat and mittens. They… are… slow.
If I could pick one kitchen gadget that all the moms are talking about (and was an extremely popular Christmas gift, according to the Mom/Parenting groups I’m a member of), it would be the Instapot. For those of you that don’t know, the Instapot (or Instant Pot, as some call it), is a single appliance designed to perform the job of about six to nine kitchen tools (pressure cooker, slow cooker, rice cooker, yogurt maker, egg cooker, sauté-r, steamer, warmer, sterilizer and it makes cake too!). Sound like a dream come true? I thought so, too!
I don’t think I’m alone when I say that I love things that sparkle. I’ve love the glittery things so much that a VERY serious business decision was made by our team here at Mabel’s Labels, and yes, it involves glitter. But first, my favourite glittery things!