Author: Kath

This year, Steamy Kitchen, our family business, has had 7,273,741 people come visit our site. Over SEVEN MILLION PEOPLE!!! Scott and I are absolutely shocked, thrilled and giddy that this year has been so amazing, thanks to readers like you. We feel blessed to have you as a customer and friend. Thank you for heartwarming emails that we get every day….email us anytime!

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Ages 6 and up, 1 or more players. RollerCoaster Challenge from Thinkfun is a great game that brings STEM concepts to a game. If your kiddo likes to build things, figure things out, and loves STEM projects they are going to love this game. My daughter is 8 and this is by far one of her favorite games. Basically what you will do is use the included pieces and game board to build your very own RollerCoasters. They include lots of fun challenge cards so you can try to figure out what pieces to use and how to arrange them…

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These tents are pretty cool. When you enter them, they light up. When you play music they light up and you can dance feverishly to it! When there is no motion or sound, the tent turns off. The tent has safe, LED lights so no worries about fires. The tent has some assembly required, but that shouldn’t be a huge deal. And, this tent needs 3 AAA batteries (Which are not included, so be prepared to have some on hand if this is a Christmas/birthday gift!).

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One of our more ambitious “to do” items for 2018 is to start a quarterly Ordinary Marathoner Newsletter. So to kick it off the right way, we decided to give away a Garmin Forerunner 920XT, the same watch I wear, to one lucky winner.

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December 24th at Los Cerritos Center and Lakewood Center, enjoy Santa’s magical workshop and observatory – re-imagined for the digital age – with tons of fun for the whole family at Santa HQ, presented by HGTV. Take ELFIE selfies with your kids and star in your own holiday video. Explore Santa’s observatory using ELF-RAY vision. See how you score on the amazing Naughty or Nice O’Meter. And of course, get a memorable photo with Santa.

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Kwik Stix and Magic Stix from The Pencil Grip are non-messy art supply alternatives that my girls love. Kwik Stix are a really fun and unique paint pen that works on paper, cardboard, wood and canvas. These twist up tempera paint sticks glide across your art surface effortlessly leaving behind a fast-drying paint formula that dries to the touch in just 90 seconds! They come in a wide variety of colors for more artistic creativity. They are washable and nut, egg and gluten free for safety. No water or brushes are needed and there is no clean up! Just good, clean,…

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Now your coffee machine is a café and with Baileys 2 step cappuccinos you’re the barista! Simply pour the packet of frothing milk into your mug and brew the single serve cup over it. Then stir and watch the creamy, dreamy magic happen. You get a perfectly flavoured, frothy cappuccino every time, it’s the coffee house experience without waiting in line. Bailey’s Mint Mocha Cappuccino is amazing! We thought the taste was pretty close to a coffee shop cappuccino, it was very frothy and basically tasted like heaven. This is now my mom’s new favorite coffee and the best part…

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