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Whipped Pineapple Margarita

February 22, 2024
Whipped Pineapple Margarita

I love that National Margarita Day is celebrated annually on the twenty-second of February. For the northern hemisphere, literally the weirdest time of the year, especially for a frozen margarita. But, here we are in February, perfectly timed with the remaining stragglers giving up on dry January. We’re celebrating with a Whipped Pineapple Margarita. This margarita is inspired by our trip to Disney World. Our hotel was the only resort…

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Birthday/ DIY/ Family Fun/ Parenting/ Side Dishes

Blair’s Second Birthday: Disney Pixar Cars

January 24, 2024
pixar cars birthday

Our youngest is now two years old and we are still recovering. We asked Blair how he wanted to celebrate his birthday, and he replied, “cars.” And that’s how we ended up with a 2 Fast 2 Furious Pixar Cars theme. Blair loves cars. Hot Wheels, Jeeps, Hess trucks, pretty much any vehicle. But above all else, he loves Pixar’s Cars. He loves the movies, he loves the merch, he…

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All Recipes/ Beverages/ Celebrations/ Christmas/ Comfort Food

Starbucks Medicine Ball Tea

January 20, 2024
medicine ball tea

January is Hot Tea Month! What a fitting time of year to celebrate a mug of coziness. I have a favorite tea for you. Otherwise known as Honey Citrus Mint Tea on the menu, Starbucks’ Medicine Ball Tea will warm you from the inside out. Throat feeling a little soar? Not feeling your best self? You can also make this legendary tea at home! My mom filled our Christmas stockings…

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All Recipes/ Comfort Food/ Slow Cookers and Soups

French Onion Soup

January 16, 2024
French Onion Soup

In November, we were craving a soup. Fatima wanted French onion soup. I’m not sure why that soup, but it sounded cozy and a perfect dinner during a bout of cold weather. Lilies and Loafers has affiliate relationships, so we may get a small share of revenue from your purchases. Items are sold by the retailer, not by Lilies and Loafers. If you’re looking for a recipe, you’re going to have…

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Celebrations/ New Year/ Side Dishes

2023 Round Up: Best of the Blog

January 8, 2024
jacques torres chocolate chip cookies

Happy New Year! 2023 was filled with so many family adventures, milestones, and delicious food. 2024 will have a lot more of that, and we are looking forward to celebrating everything, including our youngest’s second birthday (his first). But first, here’s a round up of our top posts and videos in 2023. 2023 Round Up: Best of the Blog Favorite Glow Up Post We like to go back to our…

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Family Fun/ Parenting/ Side Dishes

Liam’s Christmas Train Time

December 21, 2023

We’re celebrating trains for the holidays! We’re giving you the gift of new videos on Liam’s Christmas Train Time. Check out our holiday playlist and our channel for more. From now until the New Year, we’re dropping new videos almost every day, including a few LIVE track builds! We’ve set all of our uploads to premieres, so you’ll know just when to tune in.…

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DIY/ Family Fun/ Parenting/ Side Dishes

Christmas Crafts for Kids

December 8, 2023
Christmas crafts for kids

It’s tiiiiiimmmeee! We are well into the Christmas season and I am here for all the holiday vibes. Like the elves in Santa’s workshop, we’re hard at work on Christmas crafts. When the weather outside gets frightful, stay inside and craft! These crafts are perfect for the whole family, even your younger kids. They can work on motor skills, exercise their creativity, and bring joy to others as these make…

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All Recipes/ Breakfast and Brunch/ Dessert

New York Style Crumb Cake

December 6, 2023
New York Style Crumb Cake

Crumb cake, coffee cake; what’s the difference? The crumbs. A thicker layer of crumbs is a crumb cake. So what’s a New York style crumb cake? It has even bigger crumbs. There’s a bagel shop in our town that sells crumb cake. It’s one of the best crumb cakes I’ve ever had. A thick layer of crumb sits on top of a moist sponge. It’s just perfect. I’ve been trying…

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DIY/ Side Dishes

Autumn Handprint Craft Two Ways! (aka handprint turkey)

November 15, 2023
Turkey handprints

What do I love more than a quick craft? A craft that uses all the same supplies I already have. And these next two crafts use the same exact supplies, but we reimagined our process to create two beautiful works of art. First, the handprint turkey. We have a lot of family, and this year, I am feeling more crafty. You get a handmade Halloween card, and you get a…

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LEGO Binder

November 8, 2023
LEGO binder

Where do you put all of those LEGO manuals? Sometimes your creations fall apart and you need to figure out how to put them back together. For the most part, I can do it from memory or figure out how it should go back together. However, sometimes, I need to check that manual. But where are all the manuals?! More often than not it’s in the trash or misplaced. Growing…

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All Recipes/ Autumn/ Celebrations/ Dad Bakes Cookies/ Dessert/ Thanksgiving

How We Make the Best Apple Pie

October 28, 2023
Apple Pie

A previous version of this post for How We Make The Best Apple Pie was published in October 2012. We took new photos, reworded the written content, included our YouTube video, and adjusted the recipe. AKA we gave this post a major facelift. Apple Pie is one of my favorite desserts to make in autumn. The warm spices, soft and slightly crunchy baked apples, and a flaky pie crust is just…

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DIY/ Family Fun/ Halloween/ Parenting/ Side Dishes

Super Mario Costumes: Halloween 2023

October 27, 2023
Super Mario Costumes

Another Halloween is upon us! When brainstorming for our Halloween costumes this year, Fatima and I looked to our kids. What did they do this year, what did they watch, what were they obsessed with? We had short list: Cars, Paw Patrol, Super Mario. Spoiler alert, we went with Super Mario costumes. Cars was easy to remove from the list. Too involved. We seriously considered Paw Patrol. We looked at…

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DIY/ Family Fun/ Parenting/ Side Dishes

DIY Paper Plate Spiders

October 26, 2023
Oh so spooky! I had two predictions for the Halloween and Christmas seasons: 1. Bats and Spiders would be trendy for Halloween and 2. Gingerbread would be trendy for Christmas. I see bat and spider decorations and pajamas everywhere! Even Dunkin Donuts made a blowup of their spider donut. Let’s see where Christmas takes us. I already see Pottery Barn's collection filled with all things gingerbread. In an effort to be trendy, we made these simple paper plate spiders.

Oh so spooky! I had two predictions for the Halloween and Christmas seasons: 1. Bats and Spiders would be trendy for Halloween and 2. Gingerbread would be trendy for Christmas. I see bat and spider decorations and pajamas everywhere! Even Dunkin Donuts made a blowup of their spider donut. Let’s see where Christmas takes us. I already see Pottery Barn’s collection filled with all things gingerbread. In an effort to…

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