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Ways to Celebrate Valentine’s Day as a Family
Happy Valentine’s Day, readers! This week , I’m excited to share with you the different ways we celebrate Valentine’s Day as a family. Valentine’s Day has admittedly been my least favorite holiday I seldom looked forward to. I have always viewed the day as a mainly consumerist holiday, laced with expectations of flowers, chocolates, and obtaining busy restaurant reservations. It’s a lot of pressure! Not to mention EXPENSIVE as well! After working several years in the restaurant industry (and on VERY BUSY Valentine’s Days), I decided I wanted to celebrate this holiday a little differently – and that was at home with my family. Once we started to celebrate Valentine’s…
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ELF Dinner Night
Winter is in the air and the holidays are right around the corner. This truly is my favorite time of year: the music, lights, holiday movies, and FOOD! There is so much to look forward to on the days leading up to the holidays. To really get into the spirit, I decided we needed to enjoy a themed dinner to one of my favorite holiday movies, ELF! This week, I am excited to share with you our Christmas themed ELF Dinner Night. Download a printable version of our ELF Dinner Night Menu here: ELF is a cherished holiday classic in our household; we look forward to watching it every year…
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A Goofy Movie Dinner Night
One of our FAVORITE Disney movies to watch as a family (and seriously underrated, in my humble opinion) is the 1995 classic, A Goofy Movie. It has everything! Great music, tons of laughs, a road trip adventure, and a touching father/son storyline…what more could you ask for?! Plus sooo much delicious-looking food. I figured, what better way to enjoy this classic film than to create some of that magic at home, WITH FOOD! So for this week’s Disney Themed Dinner, we are taking a road trip across America with Goofy and Max, and enjoying some of those delicious snacks and treats along the way! I present to you, our Goofy…