me • hobbies & me time • recipes • food
by Mom It Forward on December 15th, 2011 | 2 Comments »
'Tis totally the time of year for cookie exchanges. These fun little parties where, essentially, every guest brings a bunch of their favorite homemade cookies, and then exchanges cookies with everyone else so that every guest ends up with the same amount of cookies they brought, but in a…
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mom • parenting • recipes • food
by Jyl Johnson Pattee on December 3rd, 2011 | 3 Comments »
One of our favorite holiday family traditions is baking peanut butter reindeer cookies. We've enjoyed baking cookies to pass out as neighbor gifts, as well as to get our kids cooking.
How To Bake Peanut Butter Reindeer Cookies
Peanut butter reindeer cookies are the kind of dessert that…
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mom • meal time • recipes • food
by Jyl Johnson Pattee on September 9th, 2011 | 9 Comments »
Comfort Food—My grandma is my favorite person in the universe, so you can imagine how devastating it was to learn that she had suddenly died of a heart attack at the age of 76 when she was otherwise in perfect health.
When I got the news, I immediately…
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my world • raising giving children
by Jyl Johnson Pattee on November 29th, 2009 | 4 Comments »
When I think of favorite holiday activities, giving is the first one that comes to mind. I love seeing all the Angel Trees around town, collection bins for the Food Bank, boxes accepting winter coat donations, and much more. That so many organizations are centered on helping those in need…
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