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Easter Ideas

Easter Ideas

Easter Basket Ideas

Here you will find inspiration for Easter baskets, crafts ideas, and themed snacks you can make with your kids

Easter Basket Ideas For Babies

Shark Themed Easter Basket

Rainbow Themed Easter Basket

Girls Easter Basket Fillers

Beach Themed Easter Basket for Girls

Unicorn Easter Basket Ideas

Easter Basket For Little Girls

Little Girl Easter Basket Ideas

Baby Girls First Easter Basket

Easter Snacks

Here you will find inspiration for Easter baskets, crafts ideas, and themed snacks you can make with your kids

Easter Activities

Here you will find inspiration for Easter baskets, crafts ideas, and themed snacks you can make with your kids

Glow In The Dark Easter Egg Hunt

Edible Peeps Playdoh

DIY Easter Egg Planters

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Halloween is less than a week away and I just orde

Halloween is less than a week away and I just ordered the items I need for our costumes.

I am known to be a procrastinator but this is a whole other level 😜

If you need me I’ll be the woman covered in glitter and hot glue.

Operation “I have no idea how I’m going to make this work” starts now 😅

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✨Who is The Switch Witch?✨ Every Halloween ni

✨Who is The Switch Witch?✨

Every Halloween night the switch witch comes to our house, once the girls are asleep, and takes the extra Halloween candy that they left for her outside their bedroom door.

In return she leaves them a little gift 🎁

It’s a win/win. The girls pick out their favorite pieces to keep (usually about 10-15 pieces which is still a lot of candy) and the switch witch gives them a gift for being so generous.

Plus I heard she donates that extra candy to treats for troops, local food banks, homeless shelters, and nursing homes 😉

Does the switch witch visit your home?

Grab this free printable on my blog.

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It only makes sense that you have Hocus Pocus them

It only makes sense that you have Hocus Pocus themed brownies while watching Hocus Pocus… right?!?
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#halloweensnacks #theblinkslovehalloween #hocuspocus #hocuspocusbrownies #disneysnacks #sandersonsisters #pinterestmom #pinterestinspired #kidapproved #snackideas #halloweentreats

Mornings are better with pancakes! Giveaway detail

Mornings are better with pancakes! Giveaway details below!

The girls and I had so much fun making these yummy breakfast skewers.
They are really easy to make too when you use @eathappygrub

Just add water directly in the Happy Grub bottle and shake!

Then squeeze some of the organic pancake mix into a circle shape (or whatever shape you would like). So easy and mess free!

Use skewers to add your favorite toppings. We used Nutella, bananas and strawberries.

Enjoy! My kids loved them!

Happy Grub will be launching on Kickstarter on November 2nd and here is how you can get your hands on an exclusive set before anyone else.

Follow @eathappygrub on Instagram
Tag three family members or friends
Repost their giveaway post to your story

Winner will be announced on Happy Grub's page on October 26th. Multiple entries are acceptable. USA only.

Good luck!
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“No one ever made a difference by being like eve

“No one ever made a difference by being like everyone else”
✨ The Greatest Showman ✨

I remember this year so well. The girls had the greatest showman on repeat and when we were in the car, and couldn’t watch, we listened to the soundtrack. 😅

You think that would mean they would be ecstatic when I suggested making that our family Halloween costume. Nope! Only Lucille was excited. Everyone else, especially scott when i told him my crazy idea of tattoos, was not onboard.
In July of that year I started piecing together the costumes and one by one they fell in love with the characters we created.

You would think since I started so early I wouldn’t be hot gluing the gold trim on my jacket hours before this photo was taken… but I was.

Doing the family costume thing can be really stressful but I absolutely love it.

I still have no idea what we are going to do this year. I’m still juggling 3 ideas and not sure what direction to go in 😩 I guess I’m just going to have to keep posting old costumes until I can make up my mind 😂

#theblinkslovehalloween #familyhalloweencostumes #familycostumes #kidscostumes #halloweencostume #halloweenmakeup #pinterestmom

I wasn’t going to do a boo basket this year but….

I just couldn’t help myself 👻

#theblinkslovehalloween #halloweenideasforkids #boobasket #halloweengifts #pinterestmom #halloweenspirit #pinterestinspired

The perfect way to start the spooky season 🎃

The perfect way to start the spooky season
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Did you see my announcement on stories that I’ll be on @amazonlive this week? I’ll be sharing my favorite family costumes and more Halloween tips all month long.

I am so excited to step out of my comfort zone and start streaming some #pinterestmom ideas with you!

#theblinkslovehalloween #halloweenbreakfast #halloweendecor #halloweenfood #momhacks

We needed a vacation from our vacation 😅 We sp

We needed a vacation from our vacation 😅

We spent last weekend in Orlando at the most perfect vacation home. After the craziness that was the last few days of our Europe trip, and coming back to a laundry list of to-dos, we felt like a little getaway (and some Disney magic) was needed ✨

The real question is… when is it not needed? 😉

Thank you @disney.vacation.home for having us. We just love staying in your gorgeous villa! It truthfully has everything we need.

#familytravel #disneytips #disneyworld #kidswhotravel

Every time I visit Amsterdam I am reminded of how

Every time I visit Amsterdam I am reminded of how I just adore this city.

When Scott and I visited the first time we kept raving about how much we loved it and how it’s one of the few cities we could see ourselves living in.

Even though we only had one full day here those same feelings came rushing back.

There is something so incredibly charming and unique about Amsterdam.

Who knows, maybe that idea isn’t too far fetched 🤷🏻‍♀️😉

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#backpackingblinks #backpackingeuropewithkids #amsterdam #amsterdamfood #familytravelblogger

A happy smiling family picture doesn’t always te

A happy smiling family picture doesn’t always tell the whole story…

Especially when you are traveling with kids!

A day that was meant to be just a simple walk to see a castle took a totally different turn and was actually pretty scary.

If you’ve been watching my stories you know that we took the girls to see Neuschwanstein castle. The day started off great, we checked into a gorgeous bed-and-breakfast, grabbed a snack, and started the 40 minute hike up the mountain to the castle.

The girls did great. We told stories and played games and the walk really wasn’t that bad.

The drama started when we got to the castle and the girls realized we were not going inside. Tickets for neuschwanstein sell out weeks and sometimes months in advance, and we planned this trip two days ago. So yeah, there was no chance for any tickets to go inside.

It was OK because I had a back up plan. I wanted to take the girls to the bridge on the back side of the castle, it’s where you can get the most beautiful views with the Alps in the back.

As we approached the bridge we saw a giant sign that said that it was closed for repairs. Even I was disappointed and trying so hard to keep a smiling face for the girls.

As we were walking back to start our hike down we saw a little foot path and decided to check it out. It took us down to this gorgeous river. The girls were in love, they took off their shoes to dip their toes in the cool, clear water.

It was a perfect surprise and we spent the next hour letting the girls play and wander and it was just what they needed.

I noticed the girls were climbing rocks a little ways away but I was watching them and so I let them continue. They somehow used the rocks to get across the water to the other side.

I didn’t really like that too much so I asked them to come back. Problem was… they couldn’t. They couldn’t find a stable path to come back on and I started to freak out.

The water was ice cold and I wasn’t exactly dressed for swimming.

Scott and I tried to direct them to a safe path and when trying to pass Hazel stepped on a rock that wasn’t secure and fell right in!!!!

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