Tag Archives: holiday
January 27, 2025 Chinese New Year Crafts
Chinese New Year falls on January 29th this year, the year of the snake. It is said that people born in the year of the snake love with their entire hearts. White rabbit candy is very popular, a milk based candy with a soft, chewy texture and a vanilla flavor. Last year was the year […]
- Leave a comment
- Posted under Crafts
January 24, 2025 Scandinavian Traditions: Good Luck For the New Year
Sometimes you have people come into your life, and they turn out to be very special people. We are fortunate to have so many of them. We have a neighbor, who told us about our house when the owner’s were thinking about selling it, and we bought it before they put it on the market. […]
Tags: holiday, kid friendly
- Leave a comment
- Posted under Events
January 20, 2025 Holiday Workshop: Decorating Gingerbread Houses at Eastern Standard Kitchen
For the holidays, we decided to try focus more on experiences this year, instead of things. The other kids went to The Langham Hotel to decorate a gingerbread house, so we went to Eastern Standard Kitchen to decorate one! At $185, this was a pricier event, but we had a whole banquette to ourselves, and […]
Tags: holiday, kid friendly
- Leave a comment
- Posted under Events
January 14, 2025 Happy 2025!
Happy New Year!! What are you looking forward to as we start fresh? We are looking forward to more fun, more experiences, more living in the moment! We didnt even try to make it until midnight this year. It had been a long day. We pulled our confetti poppers early (and how cute are these […]
- Leave a comment
- Posted under Events
January 6, 2025 Christmas 2024: Full Hearts, Even Fuller Stomachs
This was an especially long holiday break – what felt like 30,303.948.505,404,980 days long. We didn’t go away and only had a few day things planned. Keep it simple. That’s what I kept telling myself. So on the one hand, vacation went by very quickly, but on the other hand, the days dragged on. In […]
- Leave a comment
- Posted under Events
December 20, 2024 Holiday Cheer is Here
How to gain ten pounds in a month 🙂 Give me all things peppermint! Trader Joe’s makes their Hold the Cone in a limited holiday peppermint flavor, Crescent Ridge offers their peppermint stick Holiday Cridgewich ice cream sandwiches, New City Micro Creamery offers holiday peppermint stick ice cream pies and Trombetta’s also offers a peppermint […]
Tags: baking, dessert, holiday, ice cream, kid friendly, kids, winter
- Leave a comment
- Posted under Events
December 16, 2024 Sometimes You Have To Take Shortcuts: Gingerbread Houses and Cookies
I think that when I had my first child I had these holiday visions of the perfect gingerbread house – beautiful icing, rainbow colors, gumdrop roof, peppermint walkway. And then I had my third child and reality set in that frosting ends up EVERYWHERE, its a sticky mess, there are globs and blobs, someone ends […]
Tags: baking, crafts, family friendly, holiday, kids
- Leave a comment
- Posted under Crafts, Products
December 13, 2024 Holiday Pretzel Wreath
Looking for a fun and easy craft for the kids? Try making these cute holiday pretzel wreaths with the kids? They are no bake, and take less than 5 minutes to assemble! Cover your work surface with parchment paper and line up your circle of pretzels. Melt your melting chocolate in a microwave safe bowl […]
- Leave a comment
- Posted under Crafts, Recipes
November 27, 2024 Gingerbread Houses at The Langham Hotel
Last year, we had so much fun making gingerbread houses at the Langham Hotel in Boston. Led by pastry chef Kerry Levesque, children design their own houses while also indulging in a candy and hot chocolate bar and maybe even get a chance to see the big man himself! When you walk in you are […]
Tags: boston, christmas, family friendly, holiday, kids
- Leave a comment
- Posted under Events
