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Baking Cookies With The Kids and Making It Easier On Myself

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My kids love to help me bake. I love baking with them. I’m not a big fan of the clean up afterward though. I keep a couple mixes in my cupboard at any given time so in a “I’m bored” pinch I can grab a baking mix. It usually works.

I have 3 boys and a toddler girl, baking is something enjoyed by all and they can all have their own jobs to do. My daughter usually gets to help stir or dump in an ingredient. My 6 year old gets a few stirs and helps with ingredients too. My older boys can help spoon the batter on the cookies sheets, or cupcake tin, or whatever and they get to help break the eggs which they love to do.

Since my older boys weren’t available for this project I let the little ones try their hands at scooping the cookie dough. My 6 year old didn’t do too bad. My daughter had the right idea but those little tiny clumps of dough you see on the lower side of the pan, yea that was her scooping and placement method.

Now, I had mentioned about not being a fan of clean up afterward. You can’t really get away with not cleaning up after baking but anything to make it easier for me is alright in my book. Do you see those silicone baking mats inside the baking pans? These have become a staple for me when baking cookies, especially around the holidays when I’m making a lot more cookies. The cookies don’t stick, the slide right off. No trying to pry them off the pan with my spatula. And clean up…yea since the cookies don’t stick you don’t have to scrub your pans as hard. The silicone pads you just wipe with some soap and water and rinse. No cookies residue there either. These are made to fit an 18×13 pan which I used here. I do use them in smaller pans or larger pans. For smaller pans I just have to place it in and put my cookies on. It doesn’t look as neat but it still works.

You can find the same Greenco Non-Stick Silicone mats I used on Amazon. You get a set of 2 for only $9.99! You’ll definitely want to grab these before you start your holiday baking.

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Lugz Coupon Code for 30% Off Until Nov 22

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This deal comes at a great time. My oldest son grows like a weed and needs some new boots for the winter. Lugz is one of his fave brands. Lugz are great work shoes or rugged styles for the outdoorsy types.

It’s Back! 50% Off Magic School Bus Science Club 1 Year Subscription!

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This is always a popular offer. 12 months of Magic School Bus Science Club for 50% off. You’ll have a hard time finding a better deal!

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Decorating Our New House for Halloween with Oriental Trading

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If you noticed that there haven’t been as many posts in the last 2 weeks or so, I have a good reason. We moved! Yep we just got into our new house last week. We’ve been crazy busy packing and still unpacking. I was without internet for a few days there too. I’m so excited to be able to decorate our new house for the upcoming holidays. I got some really cool Halloween decorations from Oriental Trading. I’ve been busy putting spooky touches on our house.

First of all, zombie gnomes. I mean how I pass up zombie gnomes?! My family kind of dubbed me a zombie lover. It all started because I used to watch the Walking Dead a lot and reviewed a zombie shirt. After that my family thought I was zombie obsessed and starting getting me zombie everything. I kind of embraced it though. I thought, why not do a zombie theme for our house?

What I love about these zombie gnomes from Oriental Trading is that it was a super easy way to decorate. Just place them in the garden. I put them in the smaller garden between our front and back door. I’ve gotten a number of comments on them already.

Since I was going with the zombie thing I thought it appropriate to pick up some of these zombie posters from Oriental Trading. One set includes 6 posters. I put them in the downstairs windows of our house. It really tied the whole theme together. I had people asking about the posters in our windows.

Then I found this super cool pictures to hang inside our house. There are several like this on oriental trading but the one called “Pappy Fungus Holograph” kind of looked zombie like to me. This one was best shared with a Vine because you have to see it in action:

Lastly I got a “Clawing Zombie Groundbreaker” It’s sensor activated. When someone walks in front of it, it screams and it’s eyes light up red. It’s battery operated so no worries about finding a plug or wires running all over the place. I put this in the same garden as my zombie gnomes. Everything I listed here, I got for under $75. And I got some really cool decorations that have been getting comments!

Oriental Trading has all kinds of cool things for Halloween to fit any budget. I’d love to get a few different holograp pictures to hand in the house and a few more zombie gnomes to add to my gardens.

Crabpot Lighted Christmas Trees for Your Light Display

I will be receiving a Crabpot lighted tree to review for this post. No other compensation has been received.

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This would be a great addition to any holiday lights! I know I want one for my new house!