HOLIDAY TRADITIONS

I love to celebrate ALLOFTHETHINGS, holidays are no exception! Here is a cheat sheet to all of my holiday traditions…

Valentine’s Day

Mail Valentine’s cards
Countdown calendar filled with dog treats for the doodles
Bake heart shaped treats and decorate with heart shaped sprinkles!
Heart Shaped Pizza

St. Patrick’s Day

I celebrate Easter, so sometimes St. Patrick’s Day doesn’t get the creative attention it deserves, but last year I made this fabulous rainbow wreath and I hope to find some fun traditions to start in 2019.

Easter

Easter baskets filled with goodies and a solid chocolate bunny
Easter mass
Brunch with my family
Mail Easter cards to family and friends

Fourth of July

Bake red, white and blue treats
Host a BBQ
Watch fireworks
Celebrate the USA!

Halloween

I finally live in a neighborhood that takes trick-or-treating very seriously, I love it!
Hand out big candy bars to trick-or-treaters
Semi-homemade Halloween costumes
Brainstorm the BEST group costume for me and the doodles
Fill our Halloween countdown calendar with treats for the doodles
Mail Halloween cards to our family and friends
Host a pumpkin carving party
Carve a pumpkin
Bake pumpkin treats
Make Fall Snack Mix
Fill the doodles treat buckets full of toys and treats

Thanksgiving

Bake apple pies with the apples we pick each Fall
Bake and decorate hand turkey sugar cookies
Find cute items for the table, like napkins, plates and place cards
Take a sibling picture in our crochet turkey hats

Christmas

Advent calendar with RAK cards, a Christmas activity and treats for the doodles
Mail Christmas cards and ornaments to family and friends
Watch Christmas movies
Go lightseeing
Make egg nog on Christmas Eve with my brother
Decorate a gingerbread house
Attend a cookie exchange
Bake lots and lots of Christmas cookies
Visit the National and Capitol Christmas Trees
Photos with Santa at Tyson’s Galleria

New Years

Bubbles in plastic champagne flutes
Festive treats
Lots and lots of appetizers
Confetti tossing!

Sharing my love of painting and how the Virtual Paint Party has stepped up my front door decor on the blog today! #ontheblog #frontdoordecor #doorhanger #virtualpaintparty #weekendpursuits #rainbow #painting
Packing up some gifties for my friends and fam for Easter Keeping it simple and definitely did my best to only buy yummy treats or items that can be enjoyed, destroyed and easily parted with, so as not to clutter anyone's home The ONLY important Easter question is team solid chocolate bunny or team hollow chocolate bunny?? #easter #eastergifts #gifties #celebrate #ontheblog
I painted my Easter door decor the other day and I couldn’t resist adding a flower crown, it’s so fresh and springy! #virtualpaintparty #frontdoordecor #diy #easter
Welcome! The doodles house got another upgrade - a hand lettered mini welcome mat. It was the prefect touch and the house is finished...for now! #diy #welcomemat #doodlesofinstagram #welcome #playhouse
Happy Saturday! It’s the weekend and if the doodles are lucky they will be getting eggs for breakfast #breakfast #weekendvibes #ilovemydog
Hanging with my peeps #potterybarnkids #easter #easterdecor #doodlesofinstagram
Traveling for Easter means bags instead of baskets andddd each one got a cute, personalized acrylic bunny gift tag #Easter #cricutmade #handlettering #giftideas
Hanging with my peeps
How cute is this stuffed bunny? Don’t worry I got two, one for each doodle and yes! They absolutely get an Easter basket each year and have an egg hunt ‍♀️ #crazydogmom #easterdecor #homegoodsfinds
Did somebunny say Easter? I love decorating these photo shelves in my living room for the holidays it’s so simple and easy, I just hang up a garland or two on the clear @3m command hooks that are strategically hidden, so you can’t see them when they aren’t in use, then I get my Lightbox out and pick out a punny phrase!