Showing posts with label coffee. Show all posts
Showing posts with label coffee. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Awesome Gift Ideas for Mother's Day

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I know all you mamma's out there would love a day of relaxation, reading your favorite book in a clean house after a good meal (not cooked by you). But this isn't the reality for most of us moms. There are no days off! Especially Mother's Day.

My husband is very capable of taking care of our family and making sure all the kids are fed, dressed and clean - and he does a good job, but he just isn't Mom.

"Mom" isn't just a name it is a badge of honor you earned over the years of caring for your dearest little treasures. Kissing boo-boo's, wiping snotty noses, hugging a hurting child or one who just needs a little TLC and whipping up a meal to feed your clan are all duties a mom willing and joyfully accepts.

Daily.

Momming isn't easy. Don't kid yourself, as your littles get less little the momming doesn't get easier, it gets harder, especially when teen hormones kick in. But you love them anyway because you are MOM.
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So this Mother's Day let's spoil her rotten! Let's celebrate Mom! Shower her with gifts, do the dishes, make her a meal and give her a relaxing day. Or maybe just maybe let her use the bathroom for once in private - that ought to make her day. It sure would make mine!

Kidding!!

kind of?

I found some great Mother's Day gifts you might want to consider for your mom this year. If you see something you like click on the image and you will be directed to the website you can purchase it from. Super simple!

Mother's Day Gift Ideas




Feed Mom's Chocolate Obsession 

Oh, and don't forget mom's love for all things coffee & chocolate! No mom could survive without one of these (or both).

I'm a dark chocolate kind of mom. Apparently the love of chocolate is a genetic trait that can be passed down from one generation to the next. How do I know this you ask? Well each one of my four kids, especially my oldest daughter, LOVES chocolate and would do practically anything to get it.

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I'm serious folks - it has become a real problem around here. At least for me it is a problem because they are eating my chocolate!

I have to hide chocolate in my house. I don't mean just tuck it in the corner of a cabinet, that is child's play here and no longer a viable hiding place since they all caught onto this trick long ago. I've had to get really creative and stash bars in all sorts of weird places like the laundry room cupboards, slipped next to books on our bookshelf, under cans of canned goods in the pantry and even in my sock drawer.

Chocolate is a serious obsession around here! Chocolate Trading Co. has a great assortment of chocolate gift boxes and other great chocolate products your mom would love.

Coffee Lovin' Mama!

Blue Bottle Coffee Co.

Coffee is another great gift for mom. A gourmet bag of the finest beans and a cute coffee mug make a good Mother's Day gift for your special mommy. You could even get a plain white coffee mug and let the kids decorate the mug with drawings using special Sharpie Markers. After they are done decorating you just pop the mug into the oven for a bit and the ink becomes permanent.

Popsugar.com has a great tutorial showing how to make your own custom decorated ceramic mug with Sharpie Markers!
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I found this cool coffee starter box gift set for mom. Inside this box is everything Mom needs to get started on delicious homemade coffee. Throw in a fresh bouquet of flowers, and there’s no better way to start off a lazy Sunday morning. Find this set at Blue Bottle Coffee.


click HERE Gift Set
No matter how you celebrate Mother's Day I'm sure it will be wonderful! Happy Mother's Day mama - kick your feet up and ignore those dust bunnies collecting under the couch, I guarantee they will be there waiting for you tomorrow.

Tuesday, June 27, 2017

10 Tasty Coffee Shop Kid's Drinks You Can Make At Home


Do your kids love to get their own special drink at Starbucks, Biggby or your favorite local coffee shop? Mine sure do! Unfortunately I can't afford their luxury coffee taste so we've had to come up with our own homemade recipes to quench their cravings. 

Can a homemade copycat specialty coffee drink taste just as good as the pros make it? That is for you to decide. Keep reading to find some great copycat coffee shop drinks your kids will love, and so will your wallet. 

My kids first taste of "real" coffee shop drinks happened a few years ago when they got coupons for a free kids coffee drink. The coupons came in the program at our local minor league baseball team's game we attended. Who can pass up a free drink? Not us! 

Now that they have tasted such sweet goodness they want to try to make them on their own at home. Why not, right? Can't be that hard! I scoured Pinterest for some great kid approved special coffee house drinks and thought I'd share what I found in this roundup. 

Tip - to make it a kid friendly drink just leave out the
espresso/coffee ingredients.

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Copycat Coffee Shop Kid's Drinks

Coffee Shop Taste At A Homemade Price


1 - Cotton Candy Frappuccino

via: bargain briana
A few squirts of flavored syrup send this drink out of this world! I've found great flavored syrups on Amazon for a reasonable price. A little goes a loooong way!

Flavored Coffee Syrup
2 - Starbucks Vanilla Steamer

via: real mom nutrition








3 - Starbucks Pink Drink

create kids club

4 - Unicorn Smoothie 

via: in the kids kitchen
Oh, just look at those darling paper straws!! Don't they make this drink look so pretty?

5 - Frozen Hot Chocolate


via: tastes of lizzy t
Now you can have hot chocolate (or cold) any season! Yummy!!

6 - Oreo Coffee Coolatta

via: we lived happily ever after

7 - Strawberry Cream Vanilla Bean Frappuccino

via: design eat repeat


8 - Passion Tea Lemonade

via: cincy shopper
If you are going to all the trouble of making a copycat recipe why not use a disposable plastic lidded cup just like the coffee shop has? You know it makes the drink taste better, right? (kidding....well not really). The clear plastic cups with lids can be purchased in bulk for cheap so you can take your DIY coffee shop drink with you and look like it came from a coffee shop (and not your kitchen)

9 -  Orange Mango Vivanno 

via: savory sweet life

10 - S'mores Frappuccino

via: the domestic rebel

What are you waiting for? Get out your Ninja and get blending!!


I hope these drinks have inspired you to make your kids their own specialty coffee drinks at home! Your wallet will thank you!