JDaniel had a New Year's Muffin Tin today. It contained confetti fruit salad, New Year's ball drop tomatoes, ham, black eyed peas, and apple slices cut into 2010. He loved all of it. Continue Reading
It really looked like it was going to be rough Christmas. My dad called to say that he had driven down from Virginia, but was spending the night before Christmas in a hotel. He had been sick all day and was worried he would keep up us. I wondered on Christmas Day would he still be sick. (I said a prayer for his health.) My husband was a little late Continue Reading
In the next week you will be making resolutions for the next year. Some of you may resolve to spend more time with God and seek out a good devotional guide. I have been reading Jesus Lives by Sarah Young during the month on December. It is a wonderful little book of almost a half a year’s worth of thoughts based on scripture. Sarah Young has Continue Reading
When we recall Christmas past, we usually find that the simplest things - not the great occasions - give off the greatest glow of happiness." ~ Bob Hope, American film actor and comedianMerry Christmas! I hope you have a wonderful holiday weekend! This weekend I will be enjoying time with family and friends. I hope your will too. Continue Reading
Christmas Day in the Morning is a beautiful book by Pearl Buck with gorgeous illustrations by Mark Buehner. The story takes place on a dairy farm. A boy named Rob and his father have to get up early every morning to milk the cows. One morning he overhears his father tell his mother he wishes he could let Rob sleep in. This tells Rob how much his Continue Reading
Here are some Christmas activity links you can do with your children:Learning ActivitiesStarfall Gingerbread Man Printable Christmas Bingo Cards Design and Print your own Jan Brett Gingerbread Baby House Continue Reading
I came across these cute snowman slippers for a baby 0-6 months old. I have a taken a number of pictures and none of them came out the way I wanted them too. Just know they are cuter than they look in this picture.This giveaway begins December 23th and ends January 4th at 11:59 p.m.What do you need to do to get them?-Tell me who would get these Continue Reading
This year I decided to make Snickerdoodle Chex® Mix to pass out to the neighbors for Christmas. It turned out really well. I hope they all enjoy it.Here is the recipe:Ingredients•1/4 cup sugar •1 teaspoon ground cinnamon •2 cups Cinnamon Chex® cereal •2 cups Chocolate Chex® cereal (I couldn’t find the Chocolate Chex®. I used Coco Puff instead.)•4 Continue Reading
I participated in the MommyMandy & Rockin’ Mama’s Stocking Swap 2009. My Secret Stocking box arrived on Friday filled with a treasure trove of Christmas related items from One Frustrated Mama . She sent cookie cutters that I can use of Muffin Tin Muffin ( JDaniel took out each cookie cutter and wanted to know what each one was. We spent twenty Continue Reading
One of the ladies in my mom’s group at church shared this wonderful activity that she did with her children when they were little. She would set up her nativity scene minus the shepherds. The shepherds would start their journey to the stable far away from the nativity scene somewhere else in the house. Each day the shepherds would appear in a new Continue Reading
I have really enjoyed reading the postings in December by other Muffin Tin Moms that involved decorating part of your meal. I decided to create a decorate your meal muffin tin for JDaniel. He wasn’t interested in creating though. He was really interested in eating what was in his tin! The meal was made up of flat bread Christmas trees, cheese and Continue Reading