Candy Race Cars from the Berenstain Bears' Country Cookbook #FCBlogger

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It's been a lazy Saturday here at the Coller house---the kind where everyone does their own creative thing and mom runs out to Walmart 15 minutes before lunch time to grab deli chicken. Lynzie and Avalon had been planning a fun cooking project and this was the perfect day to do it. We received this Berenstain Bears Country Cookbook from Family Christian for review and found a great treat inside that the whole family was excited about.

With just a few sweet ingredients, Lynzie and Avalon made up a tray of these super cute Race Car Cookies. It was an easy recipe for Avalon to read and follow.

Aren't they cute? She had a blast making them and they tasted yummy, too! Make sure to check out Family Christian to order your own copy.

Cleaning Up Our Picnic Tables with Fabuloso #MiFabuloso #Ad #cbias

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This is our second spring in Northwest Arkansas and, while I've never been a warm weather girl, I'm determined to get outside and enjoy the abundant sunshine {and humidity---yikes!} that's already started bringing 80º days our way! Last summer, one neighbor gave us this glass top picnic table and another gave us a plastic picnic table for the little kids. After a rainy, muddy winter, they needed some serious cleaning up before we enjoyed our first outside barbecue. We'd never used Fabuloso® multi-purpose cleaner before, so we decided to check out the lavender scent. Michael scrubbed them down and, in just a few minutes, they were sparkling and ready for picnicking!

I found Fabuloso® all-purpose cleaner in the cleaning aids section at Walmart. The price was great for the large quantity of cleaner in the bottle and there were several scents to chose from.

I grabbed a bottle of Lavender and a bottle of Limited Edition Spring in Bloom. These will be great to use when I want to clean my floors, the windows, even my car. I like stocking up on affordable products so I'm ready when I'm surprised by the cleaning urge. Ha!

Once Michael had the tables clean for us, we spread out our table cloth and enjoyed a delicious barbecue supper. See my sparkly table edge? Looking fabulous! I'm really looking forward to lots of picnics outside this spring and summer. I've already had my first tea party!

The kids enjoyed their picnic supper at their new, clean table. They loved how it smelled like lavender and I feel much more comfortable having them eat outside when things are clean. I know "dirt won't hurt", but bird poo is sort of yucky to be dining over...

Have you used any of the Fabuloso® cleaning products? Which big cleaning project in your home would be made easier by multi-purpose Fabuloso®?

Tea and Cake and Strawberries and Peonies

Welcome to the {Not Just} Homemaking Party! A couple weeks ago, Lynzie, Selah, and I were out shopping and came across the sweetest tea shop. You know I just had to go in and I found such pretty things! (Yes, I was sure to tell Jamie all about it when I got home...Mother's Day is coming soon! Turns out, he already knew about it and that's where he's been buying my tea the last year and a half. Ha!!) It was a hard choice, but I decided on this adorable Strawberries & Peonies Tea For One. Isn't it gorgeous?

Inspired, I made a delicious Strawberry Tea Time Torte. Ok, I made two...there are 11 of us, you know... 

This is just the first of many tea parties to come this spring and summer. I'm inspired and ready to relax with beautiful things!

Thanks for linking up with The Homemaking Party!