• Ways to Celebrate Valentine's Day as a Family
    Holidays,  Valentine's Day

    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…

  • Elf Themed Dinner Night
    Christmas,  Dinner and Movie Nights (Non-Disney),  Holidays

    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…

  • Goofy Movie Dinner Night
    Disney Themed Dinners

    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…