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How to make the most of LEGOLAND Brick or Treat Party Nights
Updated for 2020: LEGOLAND won’t be able to do the big Brick or Treat like they have in the past but they have a smaller, COVID friendly event going on this year. We are excited to check it out. In the meantime, I’ve put together an Ultimate Guide to Halloween Activities that has you covered for this PANDEM-O-WEEN. We’ve had annual passes to LEGOLAND California for years. It’s one of our favorite destinations in San Diego County, along with the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. Not only is LEGOLAND California a great place for kids, especially the under 10 crew, but it gets extra bonus points for being VERY close…
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The Ultimate Guide to Halloween Activities
Halloween is going to be more of a Pandem-O-Ween this year with communities canceling trick or treating and people doing their best to remain socially distant. Sure, our kids can’t trudge around the neighborhood filling up sleeping bags full of candy but they can still have a great time. I rounded up some amazing ideas to Halloween activities that you can do at home to make this year just as special, or just sit back and make yourself a Halloween cocktail. No one will judge, it’s been quite a year. Halloween Crafts for Kids I love to sprinkle in crafts and fun during the month or so leading up to…
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How to make a unique DIY Pine Cone Halloween Costume
Editor’s note: This is one of our most popular posts so we’ve updated it recently. When my 3-year-old and I were talking about what she wanted to be for Halloween this year, we scrolled through Amazon looking at all the costumes. She loved the Paw Patrol ones, thought the Batgirl costume was pretty cool but then told me, “No, no, no, I want to be a pine cone for Halloween”. And it stuck. I asked her about it the next day “I want to be a pine cone”. Finally, we made the trip to the craft store and she decided that even though she loves pink AND purple, a pine cone…
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How I’m going to read more books this year
It’s a new year and a new decade and with that, I’m thinking of what I want to work on in the next 12 months. I don’t like resolutions but I like working towards goals. This new year, I want to read more books. Easy enough right? Well, as a working mom with a preschooler and a kindergartener – it’s not and why it’s a great goal to set for myself. Last year I read 6 books, which is not too shabby but not near the avid reader status I’d like to have. How I’m going to read more books this year: Set a reasonable goal Join the Book of…
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Grandparents Gift Guide – Easy, Creative and Thoughtful Gifts
Finding the perfect Grandparents Gift is the most difficult aspect of the holidays for me. They either have everything they need or don’t want anything. Some don’t like trinkets and like gifts that can be used. Some love the trinkets. Not to mention that most of our family lives out of town so it also needs to be shippable. Here are my tried and true Grandparents gift ideas. I started a fun tradition of gifting the grandparents coffee mugs that are festive and decorated with the kids handprints. I loved it so much that I made one for myself and they have become my favorite part of getting the holiday…
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So You Want to Start a Blog
It’s my birthday! Well, it’s Nuggetland’s birthday. I started this blog one year ago and I’m blown away by how far it’s come in just that short time. I started this blog after I got laid off. I knew I was going to take a break from a full time corporate job yet I wanted to stay creative and fight off any rust that being out of the workforce for an extended period of time can bring. In my last corporate role, I created websites, marketing and advertising campaigns, generated and nurtured leads though compelling content and shared that on social media. Branching out on my own with a blog…
