Friday Favorite | Feather 4 Arrow

It's Friday!! Time for more of our favorites! You guys, I am so excited about these tees. I have shown my girlfriends these tees, and they are dying over the cuteness from Feather4Arrow.

We have learned how much we love camping, and these tees could not be more perfect for our little ones. We're finding out how much we love the outdoors, how much we love sitting around a camp fire, and how much we love the simple pleasures of livin' outdoors for a few days.

Run over to Feather4Arrow to snatch up these cute tees for your littles! While you're at it, grab some for yourself!

Jamie is graciously offering 20% off all orders with the code: TWENTY! Go to Feather4Arrow on Etsy to get your tees for your littles AND yourself! To stay up-to-date on new styles, follow Feather4Arrow on Instagram, Facebook, & Twitter!

Giving Back | Operation Christmas Child

As a kid, each year, we were participated in this great program called Operation Christmas Child. While my Mom probably thought it was just floating in one ear & out the other, I have to say that this really stuck with me. I'll be the first to admit that, living where I do and how I do, I haven't an inkling of how bad it is in other countries. No clean water, no clean food, no medical advancements. I cannot imagine.

One of the main pillars I stand on in my parenting is making sure that my kids are grateful, thankful and giving. I want them to know that they are privileged, blessed, and spoiled as all get out. I don't even mean spoiled in the sense that they have cute clothes or the best toys - I mean, they have good, healthy food (minus the cookies for dinner the other night), clean, running water that comes out of the fridge at the perfect temperature, a 3000 sq ft house that is clean, dry and safe, they are healthy and when they aren't, we have a doctor's office right down the street. These things are so taken for granted, but I want them to know that this is not how the rest of the world lives. And hell, it's a great reminder for me, when I'm having them participate in things like this, that I am privileged and blessed and spoiled too.

This year, as Maddie is old enough to get it, we are putting together a shoe box full of things for a 5-year-old girl.

If you'd like to participate, please visit Operation Christmas Child's website for details on how to pack your shoe box and where to send it. I promise you that it will be such a great growing opportunity for YOU & YOUR KIDS.

Starbucks Coffee Cake Hack

If you're like me, you've spent nearly $459843759743 at Starbucks. I found a great recipe that I tweaked, baked & ate just for YOU. My faaaaavorite is the Reduced Fat Cinnamon Swirl Coffee Cake. The recipe is BIG and costs about as much as one of their stupid squares.

I found a recipe here, but tweaked it in hopes being a little healthier.

Ingredients

• Crumb Topping
• 2/3 cups granulated sugar
• 2/3 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 ¾ teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 5 tablespoons melted light butter
• 
  Cinnamon Filling
• 1 cup light brown sugar
• 1 ½ tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 
  Reduced Fat Coffee Cake
• 6 tablespoons cinnamon applesauce
• 6 tablespoons light butter
• pinch of salt
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 3 large brown eggs
• 3/4 cup fat-free sour cream
• 1 1/2 cups fat-free milk
• 2 cups whole wheat flour
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• Bonus: 2 drops of Young Living Cinnamon

Preheat your oven to 350. Grease a 9x12 pan.

Mix your crumb topping in a bowl and set aside. Mix your filling in a bowl and set aside. Mix your coffee cake fixins' together - we used a mixing bowl and stirred it ourselves, but it might be more efficient in your mixer. Pour half of your batter into your greased pan, sprinkle your cinnamon filling over the top, pour the rest of your batter over the top. Swirl your coffee cake batter with a knife to swirl your cinnamon filling around - don't overdo it. Sprinkle your crumb topping on the top.

Bake at 350 for 55 minutes. Enjoy! Let me know how you like this recipe!