I remember when I was in elementary school making cinnamon applesauce ornaments for my mom for Christmas. Last year I decided to try making the same cinnamon applesauce ornaments with S. They’re easy to make and only require a couple household ingredients. These ornaments maintain their cinnamon smell for years! I still have some small gingerbread […]
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24 Non-Messy Elf on the Shelf Antics
Do you have an Elf on the Shelf? If so, it can be hard to think up scenes for your Elf. Below are 24 different antics, some are simple and some may take a little more time to setup but none involve a huge mess for you to have to clean up! Has your […]
Christmas Traditions: Christmas Book Advent
Disclosure: My Big Fat Happy Life is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com. During S’s first December, she was too young for an advent calendar but I wanted to start some […]
Christmas at Disney World
Disney World is pretty wonderful anytime of the year (well I am not a fan of summers in Florida), but it gets extra special at Christmas when the the parks are transformed essentially overnight. The Magic Kingdom is not the only park that is transformed; Hollywood Studios, Animal Kingdom, Epcot, Downtown Disney and more get the […]
Christmas Traditions: Elf on the Shelf Breakfast
Disclosure: My Big Fat Happy Life is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com. Our Elf on the Shelf named Candle (yes S named her) arrives for her first visit of the year […]
Christmas Traditions: Advent Calendar
Disclosure: My Big Fat Happy Life is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com. We have used various advent calendars including our favorites Playmobil and Lego Friends. With each of these advent […]
A Day at Coral World on St. Thomas, USVI
Disclosure: I was provided admission to Coral World in exchange for my review. All opinions, as always, are my own. S loves animals and marine life, so when I saw that Coral World, an ocean park, was located on St. Thomas I knew that S would love to spend some time there. Coral World was […]
Crock-pot Chicken Chili Pie
Now that the weather is starting to cooperate I am in the mood for comfort food. I love meals that I can cook in the crock-pot because I usually have time mid-morning to assemble our meal. Then when it is dinner time everything is all ready. One of our family’s favorite comfort foods is chicken […]
The Gift No One Else Can Give by FoxMind
Disclosure: I am sharing this product as part of being a USFG Blogger. I will receive the product for free in order to provide a product review. All opinions are my own. FoxMind Presents the Gift No One Else Can Give What does every child want? An I Pad? Xbox? Maybe, but what is the one thing […]








