Happy St. Patrick’s Day edition of Cooking With Kids. Today we are baking cupcakes, with a twist. We’ll call these Pot of Gold cupcakes. Oh and I have a giveaway open to Canadians today. So read to the end and let’s get cooking or baking. Yummy! Well, look at that. Oddly my cupcakes were so pretty the youngest didn’t want to eat them. This time all we did was make a batch of cupcakes from a Betty Crocker box. I let Ainsley be in charge on this one, so we tossed baking gumdrops into the batter and heart sprinkles and…

If you have kids, you have dishes and messes. The three simply seem to go hand in hand. I am thrilled, as you can tell by the vlog, to be a part of this Canada-wide #FinishRevolution. Finish is a product I use and trust. There are few products that work harder in my house, and few appliances that work as much as my dishwasher. I hate doing dishes! So brand loyalty for Finish is huge in my house. Finish Canada and Mom Central Canada have chosen several bloggers to introduce this great Facebook campaign called the #FinishRevolution. Pop by right…

I was having a grump day and the kid walked downstairs like this and it made me laugh. That is all. Wordless Wednesday is a meme hosted on several blogs. I often link up over here at Tara’s View of The World.

Is today your lucky day? Find out and hop around to all these different blogs hosting sweepstakes you can win hosted by Sason and Pobi. I am offering a $25 Paypal giveaway on my blog for this one too! To win my $25 Paypal cash you need to: 1. Leave a comment here and follow me on Google Friend Connect. 2. Like thriftymommedia on Facebook. I will draw for my Paypal giveaway same day as this giant hosted Lucky Day giveaway is drawn. March 21st in the morning at 8 a.m. I will choose the winner of this $25 with…

I saw this on Pinterest recently and knew it had to be Demspter’s White bread. Don’t get me wrong, we eat a lot of whole wheat and 16 grains and various heavy duty flax breads throughout the week, but there are times when only white bread will do. Like the day after Christmas when turkey is screaming for a bed of lettuce and mayonnaise sandwiched between the white bread. And this….how cute is this? Kid peanut butter and jelly sushi sandwiches. The key here is fresh white bread. Trim the crusts and spread a thin layer of each on top…

Happy March break my lovelies! Hope you all survive. Just kidding. Here is my Monday Mingle. Link up with Jennifer over at http://www.eightymphmom.com/ and make some new friends while practicing vlogging. This one is outdoors enjoying my backyard again. Saw a few green sprouts poking through the ground today. So enjoy this amazing weather!

Crockpot meet kids. Kids meet crockpot. Someone asked me this morning what one of my favourite things to cook with kids is – and honestly anything in my crockpot is a favourite. No fuss. No muss. Healthy dinners and so easy to do. I used to look after little people here. Lots of babies and tots and even school age children passed through our house before and after school. For a short time I had a home daycare. So because it was so busy my crockpot was my greatest tool. I could often get even some of the smallest people…

     My girl. The first one. Girl of my heart who drives me mad occasionally, but made me a Mom. Forever, my first girl. Most like me in temperament and spirit. Creative.             Wordless Wednesday is a meme hosted by Tara over at http://www.tarasviewoftheworld.com/