Alyssa Dawson

Our Summer Traditions

For years I’ve watched other moms, I’ve watched them share their traditions, holiday traditions, back-to-school traditions, end-of-school-year traditions, all the traditions. I’ve seen the magic in these traditions and the excitement that wells deep in the soul. This made me believe that there is joy in everything, right?! If you can find joy at the beginning of the school year, you can find joy at the end of the school year. When Hazel started Kindergarten I knew I wanted to start new traditions with her, they always talk about how you only have 18 summers… Read More

Christmas in July + Free Workbook Page

Christmas in July doesn’t have to be a big production. We’re all about easy over here. Some of the girls’ favorite memories are these small simple days, and one of them is Christmas in July. Here’s what I do to make the day special. It’s nothing huge, just a day dedicated to Christmas. Christmas cookies, songs, books, decorating, shirts, all the Christmas things we can do. The night before we go through our closets and pick our Christmas shirts. Sometimes I have to get into storage, but usually, a red shirt, a Christmas bow, and… Read More

The Best Cookie Cutter Sugar Cookies

If you’re looking for the best sugar cookie recipe to make and decorate you’ve found it. Look no further, you’ll never find a better recipe. The buck-stops-here! Okay, I’ll stop. Obviously, this is our favorite sugar cookie recipe to make when we are using cookie cutters. It makes them fluffy, and perfect for decorating. So, let’s get started. What you’ll need: 1 1/2 cup salted butter 1 1/2 cup sugar 2 eggs 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla 3 1/2 cups flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt Directions: Mix butter and sugars till creamy. Add… Read More

Healthy Snacks for Moms and Moms to be

Hey mamas and mamas to be, I’m not the only one who has a hard time picking good snacks to eat, right? I feel like every time I go to the pantry I head straight for the candy or the chocolate chips because they are so easy to just pick up -plus they just taste delicious. I mean, being a mom pregnant or not, is just hard work. There is so much to do and we hardly have time to sit down and breathe let alone whip up a healthy snack for ourselves. A few… Read More

DIY Halloween Bats

I made these Halloween Bats when Hazel was a baby (5 years ago) and they have held up so well ever since. They were a little time consuming because it’s a lot of tracing and cutting things out, but it is totally worth it. For this, I purchased black construction paper and created a bat template. Then I traced the template, and cut out the bats. You’ll Need: Bat Template Black construction paper Scissors White Crayon Tape Instructions: Cut out this template. Use a white crayon and trace the bat on the folded edge of… Read More