Reaching for the stars ~ Muffin Tin Monday.

I was inspired to reach for the stars for Muffin Tin Monday. What better way to welcome Monday than with a fun lunch. I will ignore that my littles don't feel very well and only ate a little bit of it. It was the thought that counts, right? They were excited about lunch.. so I had to take the picture fast. No time to set up or arrange for a nice picture. LOL I was inspired to reach for the stars, and embrace MTM again. I have been in a bit of a funk and what better way to

They had PB&J stars, Swiss cheese star on a  bed of sharp cheddar, strawberry yogurt, apple slices, and gummies left over from Halloween.

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On another note, we have a sweet little kitten who we are fostering. I am not sure if it is a boy or girl, but Bunny named it Pickle. Pickle is roughly 2 weeks old and lost her/his Mom a few days ago. My little brother is EMT/Firefighter and his new wife is a nurse at the hospital. There was no way that they could care for them. I have one and one of my Mommy friends was kind enough to foster the other. They both seem to be doing very well.

Happy Muffin Tin Monday :D

I thought today would be a good day to start back with sharing our MTM meals. We have not done it much the past few weeks. To my surprise.. when I put Bunny's breakfast down she was super excited and said "YAAAY! I can't believe it's Monday already!"

Much to my poor husband's dismay, he married a morning person. THEN, I had the audacity to give birth to two more morning people. If that were not enough, I also insist on celebrating Monday. My theory is that if I'm nice to Monday.. maybe Monday will be nice to me. So far it's working out to my favor. (most weeks LOL)

Monday is greeted with a "Happy Monday Dance" - Today I'm feeling a little No Doubt coming on. :D I'm feeling a little nostalgic.

For breakfast.. the littles had fresh strawberries, eggs, hotdog, and a jelly snake.

The snake is in honor of the rather long black snake that Bunny saw slithering through our back yard and hasn't stopped talking about it since.

We are looking forward to an AWESOME Monday and I hope you have a wonderful week!

Rest Well Rooster

A few weeks ago, 4/16/06 to be exact, I lost my Rooster. He was my one true confidant for 12 years. I got him when he was just over 1 year old.. and boy did we have a life together.. though I still find my self tearing up when I have to admit that he is no longer here, I also feel my heart fill when I talk to people who knew him.

He was an amazing friend and as you can see in the picture... He LOVED his babies. He first thought Bunny was loud and smelled funny... then once she started eating real food, he thought she was delicious.... and when she started to feed herself (and share with him) he was in love. It was at that point that he agreed we could keep her. She loved her "roohoo" and he loved her. He like Bug an awful lot too... but Mommy and Bunny was where his heart was. Well... that and hot dogs.

For those who didn't know him, he also sang country Music. LOL Check out Rooster Sings The Judds. He was only about 6 or 7 years here.

I miss him. I probably always will.

MTM - Dinosaurs/Green

It's St Patrick's Day week!! YAY!! Living this close to Savannah.. you can imagine that we get a little excited about the celebrations. So what did we do for Muffin Tin Monday, you ask? DINOSAURS!!! LOL

Croutons (stones) - Some dinosaurs ate rocks and stones to help digest their food. ** Romaine Lettuce (food for herbivores) ** Banana on a stick (Dinosaur tooth) ** Yogurt covered raisins (Dinosaur eggs) **Stegosaurus friend made out of bologna**Vanilla yogurt with green sprinkles (by request from the Dinosaur Princess.. Mommy just threw in some sprinkles for good St. Patty's Day fun :o)

Sharing the "DoughMessTic" Wealth

There is a great blog/site called - She's becoming doughmesstic. Those of us who enjoy learning new tips in and out of the kitchen... would LOVE her.

I learned of a giveaway that she has and couldn't help but share.

Mixing It Up With Friends

This would be a FANTASTIC giveaway.. but she has made it even more so. I'm not sure if she is trying to teach up all to share.. but whatever. I will. LOL

It ends on the 15th of March. This happens to be my birthday. LOL How cool would that be to help celebrate turning 35!?! If you should head over to enter.. make sure to let her know that Salina from The Robbins' Zoo sent you. :o) We could BOTH win!!

The Sandbox

We have live here for a little over two years and finally went to visit The Sandbox. It was a planned play date with Bunny's BFF and we had so much fun that we got a membership before we left.

Who would have thought The Sandbox would not only have a real sandbox.. but that it would have MAGIC sand in it! LOL

Magic or not.. Bug didn't think it tasted very good.

Chef Bunny

Bunny's BFF. From what I understand they were going to the moon.

They have arts and craft tables that were a HUGE hit!!!

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The Doctor is - In.

Fun in the sun

Is there anything better than a beautiful day? Yes. Yes, there is! Using that day to soak up some sunshine and get a little dirty. :o) Maybe even have a nice frozen treat.
Our littles love water..

and dirt/sand..

Bug loves woodchips...



And who doesn't love frozen Go-Gurts?

Muffin Tin Monday!!!

YAY!!! I remembered to take a picture before Bunny dived into it. LOL

I was a little sad to see that they don't have any specific themes each week.. but I guess that just means that I can get a little funky with them. Now.. where did I put my thinking cap?

As for this week, Bunny had grapes, carrots, ham/cheese sammies on a sick, orange, ranch for the carrots, and some pretzels. I'm glad I got the picture when I did. You would have thought that I hadn't fed the child for 3 days the way she destroyed her lunch.

Bug had a PB&J with some grapes. He's not relaly feeling the MTM yet. LOL
Now that we have full bellies it's time to go outside and enjoy this FANTASTIC weather!!! We need to get some Vit D and what ever nutriants that you get from rolling around in dirt. :o)
Don't forget to check out what other Moms are doing on MTM.

Happy Monday - Fav Foods :o)

I was thrilled to learn that the theme for this week was Favorite Foods. The littles have been sick for the past week or so. Bunny has not been eating much, if at all. At this point.. I'm just happy she's eating. PERIOD! LOL

(Fruit Gummies, Fresh strawberries, grapes, FrootLoops, "Smarshmellows" and pretzel fish.)

I would also like to point out that this heart shaped tin was brought to you by folowing Muffin Tin Mom on Facebook. She posted about these great finds at Target for $2.50 each in the $1 section. WOOHOO!!

Happy MTM Everybody!

While I'm still not 100% (BLAH!).. I am feeling better than I was this time last week. (YAY!) Thanks for all the Well-Wishes last week. I have neglected my little blog. (facebook took me on a slight detour. LOL) But I was reminded last week why I HEART my bloggy peeps! :o)

This week we were suppose to use liners and cups only. I managed to do that, but I got a funny look. I don't think it was exactly what Bunny was expecting. LOL To see what other MTM moms are doing click HERE!

In the cups we have apple slices, strawberries, Honey Nut Chex, and our little alligator friend is made out of Nuttella Toast. :o)

We have been talking about the letter Aa recently.

Bunny and I made some home made fruit strips. They were yummy and I'm sure we will make some more flavors. I didn't take any pics :o( We got the idea from our bloggy friends over at Sippy Cup Central. She has a great blog and shares fantastic ideas for family fun. :o)

Happy Muffin TIn Monday!!!!

So.. Our first tin of the year. I had such high hopes for it. But, alas, I managed to get sick. Since this wonderful virus is making life a little extra.. umm.. exciting, our tin may leave something to be desired. (and the pictures even more so)LOL

I did however follow the the theme of Food Picks, Skewers, and Kebabs.. well sort of. :o)P and I found something relatively healthy to feed my littles. To see what other MTM Mommies are doing check out Muffin Tin Monday!

I hope everyone had a wonderful start to the new year and the rest of it gets even better!!!

Happy Hanukkah !?!?

Having been raised in a Christan family, I don't know much about Jewish traditions. To be honest the only time I really thought about it was when the radio played Adam Sandler's The Hanukkah Song on the radio. That may sound terribly ignorant of me, but it's the truth. It just wasn't on my radar.
Since becoming a parent I have become more aware, though CLEARY not as aware as our children! Our family really isn't exclusive to any religion... so you can imagine my surprise this morning when Bunny came running up to me in a panic saying that she had lost her menorah. I blinked a couple of times and realized that Sesame Street was playing a special for Hanukkah. A program called Shalom Sesame. Once my brain caught up to Bunny's quest.. I told her to go see if she could find it. She was ok with that and went back to watching her program. About 15 - 20 min later, after the show was over, she came up to tell me "Mommy. I think I want a cradle for Christmas." hmmm... " A cradle for a baby?" "No. A craaaaadle." *blink blink* "OH! A Dreidel!?!?! " Yep." *sigh* Hmmmm...
Suddenly I turned into Pooh Bear.. tapping the side of my head and saying "Think think think" I wasn't sure what to say.. so I told her that I would see what I could do. I have tried to print a coloring page, but the printer refuses to work. Her Aunt Tavia sent her an e-card with a dreidel game. She was thrilled. I guess we will hit up the library to learn more about Hanukkah.
One thing I can say about being a parent.. esp to our little Bunny Girl... is there is never a dull moment! She keeps me on my toes for SURE!! LOL
Anyway.. Happy Hanukkah to all of our Jewish friends.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!

I am Thankful for so many things... My family, our friends, our two beautiful children... Flip Flop weather on Turkey Day, Blogger peeps.. Really there are WAY to many things to list. I really do live a charmed life.

Have a beautiful day!!! Enjoy your turkey coma, parades and football.

Muffin Tin Monday!!!

Granola, Fruit Bites, Cheese, Cin./Apple Cheerios, and raisins.

I have not even checked to see if there was a theme.. LOL Oops. April has been in a bit of a grazing faze over the past week, so I just threw this together. It's something that she can snack on.. I was just hoping she would eat.. but it seems to be a hit. :o)

I am super excited that I had a friend teach me the art of couponing. I use to not have enough food in my kitchen.. NOW I don't have enough kitchen for the food. LOL This isn't my best shopping trip... but I spent $34.67 and saved $68.34. Not bad for it being my second time ever going into a Harris Teeter. LOL

In just 2 months I have saved over $700 and I have a stockpile of food! I don't really need to buy anything but fresh produce and milk for a loooong time.

NOW to fix myself a cup of coffee, so I can use some of those yummy creamers that I got for next to nothing :o)

I'm Baaaaaack!

After being away from home for 2 weeks, we are home! YAY!!!
Once I get unpacked and get back to "normal" (HAHA.. Yeah. I know. That's a good one, right?) I will get caught up on our little blog. I have not left forever.. far from it. Just got a little overwhelmed with everything.

One thing I can say is that I have turned into one of those crazy coupon people. I am soooo not ashamed! I bust through the door with my purple binder and cut our bill at least in half. If you have ANY suggestions, let me know. I am still learning. I am open to any and all help. :o)

We did MTM today, but the camera is still packed and my phone doesn't seem to want to upload to FaceBook. LOL Oh well. Next week for sure.