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New Year’s Eve/ NYE Traditions Around the World

I absolutely LOVE New Year’s Eve! It’s the perfect time to round out the year & celebrate everything that has happened throughout the year! Celebrate triumphs and say goodbye to the misfortunes. New Year’s Eve is all about having fun and celebrating! Do you ever wonder how people from around the world celebrate for the New Year?! I know I certainly do! Today I will share with you a few traditions for New Year’s Eve from around the world. Some you may not have ever heard of and may find pretty interesting!

Different Versions of the 52 Week Money Challenge Printable

This Christmas I bought every present for our entire Family and friends with savings. Throughout the year, every time I got change from a purchase I put it aside. I never looked at it, never counted it, and I really hoped it would be enough. I decided to do things a little different for the new year, a little more structure and accountability. This is why I created these Three Different Versions of the 52 Week Money Challenge Printable.

Calling all Star Wars fans!

Take a look at our Star Wars Ultimate Gift Guide and Free Printable Gift Tags. It is packed full of great gift ideas for all those Star Wars fanatics in your life. If you have a hard time choosing just one, make a Star Wars gift basket and pack it full of goodies. You can even use this Star Wars Storage Bin as the basket. After you have crammed it full, wrap it with clear cellophane so all of the gifts are visible even before they unwrap the gift.

Eat Drink Celebrate Repeat This Holiday Season with Babble Boxx #EDCRepeatBboxx

Every Holiday season I say that I will be fully prepared for the next, no more last minute loss of ideas. Every year I am running around last minute looking for last minute Hostess gifts. Let’s not forget that one thing we are missing but don’t know what it is yet. That’s me in a nutshell. This post is sponsored by BabbleBoxx.com and as a result I received the cutest package for review. I hope you enjoy reading Eat Drink Celebrate Repeat This Holiday Season with Babble Boxx #EDCRepeatBboxx

The Perfect Holiday Gift Ideas for Every Disney Princess

I’m happy this year our annual Holiday Gift Guide will be a little different. These changes came because we wanted to do some good. We were very selective with the items we added to our gift guide. The toys we accepted will be going to some very special and well deserving children. Children from our local Military Family support group. These children, as well as my own, have spent Christmases without a Parent due to being Deployed during the Holidays. Needless to say, we set the bar extremely high with what we wanted to recommend and gift to these children. I was besides myself when Jakks Pacific toys offered to send us items for The Perfect Holiday Gift Ideas for Every Disney Princess.

Visiting Santa- It’s Never Too Late for a Great Tradition!

There weren’t many traditions around Christmas time while I was growing up, we had Christmas Eve tamales and woke up on Christmas morning with excitement. I always dreamed of having so many traditions and celebrations once I had children of my own, then reality hit. My Husband was deployed more often than not. If he wasn’t on a deployment far away, he was on a work-up trip preparing for deployments and that meant he was gone for weeks at a time. His Military career never gave us an opportunity to settle down and have some set traditions, so we did things as we could. Having premature babies with heart monitors also made for selective outings around people. These were all reasons why we were never able to see Santa every year. It took many years but we finally have one: Visiting Santa- It’s Never Too Late for a Great Tradition!

Sharing the Lessons I Learned While Becoming a Caregiver

This post is made possible with support from AARP’s Disrupt Aging. All opinions are my own. I grew up helping my Mom care for my Grandparents, it was always something that just came natural. As I grew older I continued to do it and never thought that it was something out of the ordinary. It’s just what you do for Family, for your Parents, for your Grandparents. There was never a manual, a timeline, a list of expectations from both parties; age and caring just went hand-in-hand as time went on. Being raised in a Hispanic home and within the Hispanic culture, it’s expected to care for our elderly and our ill Family members. As time goes on the children become the caregivers and I am happy to be Sharing the Lessons I Learned While Becoming a Caregiver.

Ralph Breaks the Internet Printable and Coloring Pages

The first movie: Wreck-it Ralph was a huge success and the newest Disney movie: Ralph breaks the internet is sure to be even better! I hope you enjoy these Ralph Breaks the Internet Printable and Coloring Pages.

Sweater Weather is Here and I am Here for it!

Throughout the year I wear sweaters, yes, even during the hot summer days. I do get looks, but it’s a comfort thing for me, not just style. Sweaters make me feel good and comfy and safe. I look forward to the first cold days after September because that is my queue to go cozy-crazy! I am so happy that Sweater Weather is Here and I am Here for it!

Recipe: How to Make Cute Penguin Cupcakes

I love baking with the kids, it’s a perfect time to spend some time together and chat, laugh, and make a collective mess. There are 8 humans in our home, collective messes are our specialty! This Recipe: How to Make Cute Penguin Cupcakes requires almost no mess at all though, you can easily buy store bought cupcakes and only worry about making the penguins. No baking mess!