ByEmilyLawson on LTK

Just pulled out our Christmas book collection
I buy each kid in the heirloom quality Christmas book every year, technically it comes from our elf, and my hope is for each of them to have a beautiful collection of Christmas books for their children.
Once my youngest knows about the L I will start buying duplicates so that each kid gets a full set

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Just pulled out our Christmas book collection I buy each kid in the heirloom quality Christmas book every year, technically it comes from our elf, and my hope is for each of them to have a beautiful collection of Christmas books for their children. Once my youngest knows about the L I will start buying duplicates so that each kid gets a full set LTKKids LTKmomlife LTKHoliday

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A Charlie Brown Christmas: Deluxe Edition - By Charles M. Schulz ( Hardcover ) | Target

How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Party Edition - by Dr. Seuss (Hardcover) | Target

Dasher : How a Brave Little Doe Changed Christmas Forever - by Matt Tavares (School And Library) | Target

Elf - by Kim Smith (Pop Classics) (Hardcover) | Target

Polar Express - By Chris Van Allsburg ( Hardcover ) | Target

A Charlie Brown Christmas: Deluxe Edition - By Charles M. Schulz ( Hardcover ) | Target

Little Red Sleigh - by Erin Guendelsberger (Hardcover) | Target

The Tree That's Meant to Be - by Yuval Zommer (Hardcover) | Target

Last Stop on the Reindeer Express - by Maudie Powell-Tuck (Hardcover) | Target

A Simple Christmas on the Farm - (Countryside Holidays) by Phyllis Alsdurf (Hardcover) | Target

Little Reindeer - By Nicola Killen ( Library ) | Target

Christmas at Hogwarts - by J K Rowling (Hardcover) | Target

Favorite way to spend a fall night
The solo stove was Eric’s Christmas gift last year and we absolutely love it
He and the kids make fires in the backyard all the time using it

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Charcuterie out by the fire for savory smores
Yes please

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Love getting to make at home lattes and now I want to start playing with some fun recipes

#LTKHome #LTKfoodie

Homemade Christmas gifts that your friends and family will be so excited to get
Salted caramel sauce so delicious and perfect this time of year to add to drinks cookies for frankly just eat with a spoon
I give it to neighbors and I also use it to zzuzh up a teacher gift card.
Plus it is easy to make while also looking fancy

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Send this to your spouse and let them know you want to start your own couples cocktail hour & let me know what you think of the stuffed dates

Ingredients:
- dates
- goat cheese
- bacon 🥓
- honey 🍯

Directions:
- Preheat oven to 400
- Slice open and pit your dates
- Fill each date with goat cheese
- Cut the bacon in half or thirds
- Wrap the bacon around the cheese stuffed date
- Place on a parchment lined baking tray
- Drizzle with honey
- Bake for 10-15 minutes until bacon is crispy
- Serves & enjoy

I had this with a virgin jalapeno margarita & Eric had water 🙄

Virgin Margarita
- Juice of 2 limes
- juice of 1 orange
- Fresh jalapeño slices
- 1 oz water
- Sparkling water
- Salt
- Tajin
- Optional garnish: extra jalapeño slice and lime wedge

1. Add lime juice, orange juice, 1 oz water and a few jalapeño slices to a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake well until chilled.
2. Rim your glass with salt and tajin
3. Strain into your glass filled with fresh ice.
4. Top off with sparkling water
5. Garnish with a jalapeño slice and a lime wedge

#CouplesCocktailHour #MarriageOnPurpose
#IntentionalLiving #DateYourSpouse #datenightideas #athomedateideas #youngparents #budgetdateideas #dateyourhusband #dateyourspouse #momoflittleones #datenightathome

Share this with your friends and plan your next get together to try this

My favorite combo is apples, caramel, white chocolate, and cinnamon sugar

Send this to your spouse to let them know you want to start having cocktail hour at home

This was a 4 ingredient appetizer and so simple

Ingredients:
- Caramelized onion goat cheese from Trader Joe’s
- Potato chips
- baguette
- Olive oil

Directions:
- Slice the bread, drizzle with olive oil and toast
- Place the cheese in a microwave save bowl and warm up for 30 seconds just so it is soft
- Give the cheese a stir and serve on a tray with potato chips and toasted bread

I had this with a glass of prosecco. And Eric just had water per his request 🙄

Also can we take a minute to admire how cute the prosecco looks in the bottle wrap! I wanted to try one before Christmas and I’m obsessed with how it turned out

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The kids are going to love these sleds and I’m so excited about how they will look under the tree
I found these at Costco but I’m linking some that are similarr

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Last year I got a holiday quilt for my bed and Reagan was obsessed with it this year I want to surprise her with a set of holiday sheets.
All 3 are 100% cotton, which one do I get?

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books for my 9 year old son

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Grabbed a few books for Reagan (my 10 year old preteen girl).
Graphic novels, fiction animal sotries, and non-fiction design books.

#LTKFindsUnder50 #LTKKids

sample packs of the hydration sticks is exactly what I need. I need to try flavors before I commit to a whole bag

#LTKfoodie #LTKActive

Skin. care items that merit sent me. The moisturizer is good, the face ewash is good but $$, the glow serum is worth every penny and I will be buying again.

#LTKBeauty

Merit sent me their concealer, blush, and eye shadows. I love the blush and eye shadows and will buy them again. The concealer is okay, but not my favorite.

#LTKBeauty

Stocking stuffer, ideas for men and teen boys that are practical consumable and realistic
All under $20

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Stocking stuffer idea, ideas that are realistic practical and affordable for women and teen girls all under $20

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Stocking stuffer gift ideas for preteen boys and preteen girls realistic, and practical items that they will actually want and use
All under $20

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Realistic, stocking stuffer ideas for kids ages 5 to 9
Practical stocking stuffers for boys and girls ages 5 to 9

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Practical and fun stocking stuffer ideas for toddlers and preschoolers under $20

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Realistic stocking stuffer ideas for babies under $20

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Send this to your husband & start joining us for cocktail hour.

A friend told me I needed to try this and she was so right!

This was an easy to put together appetizer and it tastes amazing

Ingredients:
- Pesto
- Burrata
- Arugula
- Olive oil
- Salt
- Bruschetta
- baguette

Directions:
- Slice the bread, drizzle with olive oil and toast
- Place arugula on a plate
- Break open a ball of burrata on top
- Drizzle with pesto, olive oil, and flaky sea salt
- Top with bruschetta (I added this step from my friends recipe)
- serve with sliced bread and enjoy

I had this with a mocktail that was super simple, just 2 ingredients
- Simply Pop Lime Flavored
- Pomegranate juice

#CouplesCocktailHour #MarriageOnPurpose

#LTKFamily #LTKfoodie #LTKHome

I guess I don’t mind making breakfast as long as there is coffee involved. I love my new espresso machine

Family breakfast

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Life Goal ✔️
Gift a homemade Christmas gift that people eagerly wait for each year My friend told me the other day that she was almost out of vanilla and looking forward to this years batch.

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Engagement gift for a sweet friend

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how cute are these labels for champagne bottles 🍾 Obviously I will need show it once it’s complete

Keep or return?
What do we think of this monochrome set? I definitely need some new active wear and this feels amazing

#LTKActive #LTKFindsUnder50

Send this to your spouse and let them know you want to start your own couples cocktail hour 💜!

Ingredients:
- 2 cups Cherry tomatoes
- Olive oil
- salt, pepper & red pepper flakes
- 1 tbsp parsley
- 1 cloves garlic chopped
- 2 tbsp basil
- 1/4 cup Parmesan grated
- 1/2 burrata cheese ball
- baguette

Directions:
- preheat oven to 425
- in an oven safe dish combine tomatoes, olive oil, salt, pepper, red pepper flakes, garlic, and chopped parsley
- mix and place in the oven for 25-30 minutes
- add the Parmesan, basil, and burrata & mix till all combined
- Slice the bread and toast if you want
- serve with sliced bread and enjoy

I had this with a cranberry jalapeno margarita & Eric had a Raspberry halfday

Cranberry Jalapeno Margarita
- 2 oz tequila
- 1 oz cranberry juice
- Juice of one lime
- jalapeño slices

Pour all the ingredients in a shaker with ice.
Shake well & strain over a glass of ice
Garnish with a jalapeno slice

#CouplesCocktailHour #MarriageOnPurpose
#IntentionalLiving #DateYourSpouse
#datenightideas #athomedateideas #youngparents #budgetdateideas #dateyourhusband #dateyourspouse #momoflittleones #datenightathome
#datenightideas #athomedateideas #youngparents #budgetdateideas #dateyourhusband #dateyourspouse #momoflittleones #datenightathome

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Cinnamon Sugar Monkey Bread is one of my kids’ all time favorite afternoon snacks! Save this recipe for later.

Cinnamon Sugar Monkey Bread

Dough:
2 cups flour
1tbsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
1 cup Whole Milk
1 tsp vanilla
2 tbsp butter
¼ cup sugar
1 tbsp cinnamon sugar

Glaze:
1 cup powdered sugar
2 tbsp Mayfield Whole Milk
½ tsp vanilla

Directions:
- preheat your oven to 350
- Combine flour, baking powder and salt
- In a separate bowl combine the milk and vanilla
- Add the milk mixture to the flour and combine to make a dough
- Roll into a log shape and cut into small balls
- Combine the cinnamon sugar
- In a bowl cover the dough balls in melted butter and then cover with cinnamon sugar and toss till well coated.
- Bake in a loaf pan for 25-30 minutes
- In a bowl add the ingredients for the glaze and whisk together until combined
- Drizzle the glaze over the dough balls and enjoy!

#afterschoolsnack #monkeybread #mayfieldmilk #cookingvlog

#LTKHome #LTKFamily #LTKKids

Twinning with my main girl in these matching Christmas Jammies
I’m in a large but should have done a medium and she is in an x-small and the drawstring makes it work but they will fit for a while 🙈

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Tween girl comfy outfit
All Reagan’s picks 💜

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It’s not too late to make a sweet little boob basket for your girlfriends with some of their favorite snacks and a drink for cocktail hour. It’s a perfect fall Pick me up.

#LTKSeasonal #LTKHalloween

I told you a few weeks ago that I was buying the Nuuds boat neck jersey knit top and I would share when it got here.
Well, it’s here and I’m sharing.
I do really like it, however I don’t think it’s comparable to the slinky rib tops which is the way they advertised it.
My mom also bought one and while the slinky ribs look amazing on her the slinky jersey hugged all the wrong curves in all the wrong places.
Make sure you buy it before they have their sale because their sales are final sale. This way you can be sure that you love the fit.

#LTKMidsize

Every year at our north Pole breakfast my kids get a new pair of Christmas pajamas to wear throughout the season and a new hardback Christmas book that will serve as an heirloom gift for when they have their own kids.
This year the kids are getting a home alone, one and two as a hardback book.

#LTKFamily #LTKSeasonal #LTKKids

Just a mom standing in the target aisles scanning all the beauty products to find the ones that are safe for pre teens skin and hair. (Only linking the ones I would by Reagan)
The pump dry shampoo scored a 2 on the EWG scale and the aerosol was a 6 (lower is better).
Face wash: good molecules - 1, bubble - 2, Byoma- not rated

#LTKFindsUnder50 #LTKBeauty #LTKKids

One of the best practical gifts I have ever gotten, The Battery Daddy!
Keeps all of our batteries organized & tests them to make sure they are good.
I gave it to my father in law once for Christmas and at first he said “ I don’t need a gift” until he saw it and made room in his suitcase for it

#LTKFindsUnder50 #LTKMens #LTKHome