Alyssa Dawson

The Easiest Way to Buy Your Household Essentials

Is it just me or do you find yourself gritting your teeth when you realize you’ve run out of your household essentials? I’m talking paper towels, toilet paper, and tissues. You know, the things we don’t always remember to include on our grocery list? No one wants to go back and forth to the grocery store, especially around the holidays. Thankfully, the world we live in is right at our fingertips, and by this, I mean Amazon. Life has most definitely become easier with the invention of Amazon. Same day shipping, next day shipping (depending… Read More

Delicious Chocolate Frosting

Hazel and I are baking fiends. We love baking treats for our friends and family, and when there is a good cause involved we are even more spirited about the whole thing. Today we are teaming up with Real California Milk to share with you how you can participate in The Seals for Good campaign just by posting on social media. How can you participate? From now until the end of the year take a picture of a product with the Real California Milk seal and share it on social media. Tag Real California… Read More

Holiday Baking Made Easy

With the holidays upon us, you can bet my baking itch is in full force. There is just something about the holiday season that gets me excited to bake. And when I saw these box mixes inspired by The Cheesecake Factory’s ever so popular cheesecakes, I knew my holiday baking was about to begin. So, this week Hazel and I tried The Cheesecake Factory At Home Cheesecake Mixes, and I must say the cheesecakes tastes absolutely delicious! When Brandon and I first got married we ate at The Cheesecake Factory almost every week. They have… Read More

Thanksgiving Traditions and Deeds of Gratitude

I’m all about traditions over here, especially around the holidays, so I knew this Deeds of Gratitude craft would be perfect for our family, especially Hazel. When I first introduced this craft to Hazel I explained to her what thankful means and what gratitude means. It seems we often use them interchangeably, but they mean two different things. A quick and easy way to describe this to young children is: being thankful is a word, and showing gratitude is an action. So, we can show gratitude for the things we are thankful for. We then… Read More