OUR TABLE || HALLOWEEN SNACK MIX

Hip hip hooray! It's here! Halloween marks the first holiday into the 'holiday season'!

Two of my favorite things about the holiday season are food and fun festivities. And I love even more when the two are combined!

So here we have it. With today being Halloween Eve, what better time to share this festive Halloween snack mix concoction that of course too can be nibbled upon all Fall. Mmm... Mmm... Good!!

Ingredients:

Muddy Buddies - recipe here

Pretzels

Cinnamon Life

Whole Grain Goldfish

Craisins

Peanut M&Ms

Reese's Pieces

Candy Corn (of course!)

The sweet and salty combination is calling your name!

I mean it sure did call mine because this mix is now g o n e. Yep. Time to make a second batch :)

I'm so excited for this weekend and all of the fun that is to come! Costumes, candy, and good friends. 

Happy Friday + Happy Halloween {Eve}!!

xoxo

-Brittney

8 WAYS TO KICK THAT COLD

It's a dreaded time of year when it comes to pesky colds. Am I right??!
We recently felt colds trying to make their way around here and I jumped right on that to try to kick them before they made a full appearance. Cause ain't nobody got time for that. And I succeeded! This time at least...  Thank goodness too! Because there isn't much else like having tissue in hand and chasing around a snotty-nosed toddler.

Having a {walking} toddler now, we go more places and do more things where she is able to pick up more germs. And they are everywhere! But I'm certainly not going to lock ourselves in the house and live in a boring bubble (although sometimes I wouldn't mind that) ;), so the biggest thing... keep the immune system up so the colds can't make their way in the first place!
But when that hasn't worked, follow 1-8 bellow :)
How many germs you wanna guess are all over that slide?!

1. Humidifier. I am so impressed with this Honeywell. Love it! I had the Crane Drop Shape before and it was worthless. I run the humidifier in Harper's room during naps and night while she is asleep. Helps SO much in breaking up that congestion!

2. Essential Oils (thyme, lavender, eucalyptus). I swear by 'em. In so many ways. My favorite to use is the ImmuBoost blend from Time Laboratories. I put my oil diffuser with a few drops of that in her room while she sleeps. Smells so good too!
3. Viamin D. This is HUGE for our immune systems! Around here we take a vitamin d supplement every day of the year. Brandon and I take 5000 IU a day and then baby Vitamin D drops for Harper.

4. Daily Multivitamin. Once a day I mix this multi powder in either yogurt or cottage cheese for Harper. A little extra umph to go along with her daily diet.
5. Fruits + Veggies. Pack these babies in and get lots of them! They are loaded with vitamins and minerals help the body fight off whatever comes its way.

6. Fluids. Fluids. Fluids. All day every day.

7. Rest. Just get it. Promise it makes all the difference! Otherwise those darn colds can linger, and linger, and linger. No thanks!
8. Wash hands. Extra attention to this one when it's germ killing time!

There ya have it! It's that season so start doing it before the cold even starts to appear.
We're healthy as horses over here. Praying it will stay that way!

xoxo

-Brittney

WEEK-END-ISH

I haven't a clue what day it is lately. And that is mainly because we have been having so much fun! And to be honest when you're a stay-at-home-mama with a husband who is a busy realtor (who works nearly 7 days a week) the day of the week doesn't matter. Tuesdays can feel the same as Saturdays. We take it day by day and embrace it all!

After our Boston trip, Brandon left four days later to make a HUGE check mark on his bucket list by going to the USC vs Notre Dame game with his dad and brother. You could say he was just a little over the moon ;)

Well while daddy was away, my little and I did some Saturday morning shopping! New rain boots were in order since we were heading to the pumpkin patch (for our second time!) later that day.

Doesn't she look just the cutest in her boots?! Harper however was a bit more into the aquarium and the balloon :)

We made round two to the pumpkin patch with Auntie and her sister and her two girls who were in town visiting for the weekend.

There isn't much cuter than three littles piled in a wheelbarrow!

Living in Washington, the weather can catch ya by surprise. And boy did it! We planned ahead by checking the weather the day before (which said there wouldn't be any rain Saturday afternoon) well... that was 100% w r o n g! By the end of our 4 hours, we all looked close to what drowned rats might look like. And the three littles were over it.

But memories were certainly made :)

Come Sunday, Grandma She-She made a visit from Idaho! We love when she's here and hate when she has to leave.

Grandma left Tuesday and by Wednesday I didn't have a darn clue what the day was and was shocked to find out the week was already half over! But then again, does it really matter the day?? NO.

Now here's to another weekend! (I think...)

Yes! Happy Fri-YAY!

xoxo

-Brittney