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Welcome to Muffin Tin Monday, the weekly blog link-up that celebrates the Muffin Tin Meal and connects  creative food lovers all across the world: a big shout out to the moms in Australia, South Africa, and Japan! What is a Muffin Tin Meal? Simple dimple: it's a meal, lunch, snack, or dessert served in a muffin tin. If you are new, visit the FAQ page for more info. Today marks the 2nd week of themes after our summer hiatus. This week's Theme:Numbers, Counting, 123'sThere are so many ways...

Hope you enjoy these links as much as I do!This week's fabulous links:I Can Teach My Child: A wonderful "new-to-me" early childhood education blog that is chalk full of ideas for activities and crafts for children from birth to 5 years. Some of my more recent favorites: Paper Plate Fish Net Craft and the Sand Art Number Cards The perfect duo for an ocean theme unit {image credit: Icanteachmychild.com}Cupcakes Take The Cake: I am in love with these Hello Kitty Cupcakes with sparkly glitter...

Wilton Wednesday came and went this week. But that doesn't mean I can share with you a little Wilton fondant and cookie cutter fun.*Disclosure: Wilton  provided me with a bundle of fondant and cookie cutters to share with you for free. But that doesn't mean my thoughts aren't objective. If something sucks isn't good, I'll tell you. I'm cool like that. Fortunate for me and for you, Wilton's products don't su...

It feels like just yesterday that my daughter, now 6 (and a half, she'd like you to know) was born. I remember being so tired that last trimester and for a brief few weeks I was laid up on bed rest. I had seen these grocery trucks driving by and heard about Vons.com and that you could order groceries online and have them delivered to your house. This sounded like the perfect option for me, as the thought of strolling down aisles of my local Vons grocery store for that week's sustinence seemd like...

I would love for my kids to start using big kid cups. Here is my problem. Either the plastic cups are too light and tip over at the lightest touch or the adult sized glasses are too heavy and cumbersome.Enter the large baby food jars that my sister-in-law left at our house this week. I decided to try them out as little kid-sized juice cups. They work great!Other little jars that work: dried beef jars, old canning jars for jam, old glade candle jarsWhat works for you?How are (did) you make the transition...

It's Monday and around here, that means It's Muffin Tin Monday. This week begins the re-installment of themed Muffin Tin Meals. Themes will be on a "two week on, one week off" basis and upcoming themes can always be found on my sidebar and I will update the facebook page. I had so many ideas brewing for this week - here's what I came up with...This week's theme: ABC's/Alphabet We did the letter "C"In this tin: Chicken, Cantaloupe "C's, Cheese (babybel), Apple slice with fruit leather "C", Crinkle...

The end of this week had us running around buying school supplies on sale, visiting friends and family before school starts and generally trying to ge things done around the house. How about you? Is Sunday, your "day of rest"? Well, around here instead of the Sunday Newspaper, we catch up on the inspiring, creative, educational, useful, and sometimes thought provoking links from around the web. Here are this week's links:Crouching Mother, Hidden Toddler: (photo credit above) Kelly shares...

Welcome to the 2nd edition of Wilton Wednesday. I have really had fun exploring the wonderful products that Wilton has to offer. In this week's vlog, I talk about the back to school snacks, silicone muffin liners, and how to create a stash to make creating and assembling muffin tin meals a little easier. I'm still a vlogging newbie, so I hope you will bear with some of my more unflattering moments (like my bra strap showin...

Welcome to Muffin Tin Monday, the weekly blog carnival of happy tummies and smiling kids. Each Monday, participants from all over the world share photos of the muffin tin meal they made that week, right here at Muffin Tin Mom. Many of you stop by each week simply to browse the submissions of others and we'd love to have you join in!What is a muffin tin meal?What is a muffin tin meal, you ask? Simply stated, it's a meal served in a muffin tin. Over the last two years, moms have become...

Happy Sunday to you all! I have collected some wonderful links this week-so I hope you enjoy them! And the paper this week? Well, I won't go into it too much....but promoting Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwiched in French Toast as a "great option for school lunches" left me a little sad.Katherine Marie Photography: LOVE her pirate "theme of the week" activities. She is such a wonderfully talented photographer and an equally creative mom. Her ideas are so inspiring!Homemade By Jill: I can...

In this tin: Top row: grilled turkey and cheese sandwich rounds using Wilton round fondant cut outsmiddle row: tangerine pieces, red peppers and mozzarella cheese on skewers/food picksbottom row: red licorice, peach yogurt with sprinkles, chocolate chips, more tangerines (because, they are yummy) And in case you were wondering what happened to all the crust I cut of from the sandwiches....I added diced red peppers and mozzarella cheese to it and warmed it in the microwave...

I am introducing a new weekly feature here at Muffin Tin Mom. It's called "Wilton Wednesdays". I love Wilton's high quality and versatile products. I use a lot of them for MTM. For the next several weeks, I will feature one or more products and how you can use them for Muffin Tin Meals and Muffin Tin Monday. Be sure to check out the video. (I put on make up and did my hair and everything).subscribers and those receiving by email, you'll have to click through to view the video.*Disclosure: Wilton...

Welcome to Muffin Tin Monday. The weekly blog link up here at Muffin Tin Mom where this community of moms and caregivers share the muffin tin meal they've made for their kids that week. Muffin Tin Mom is the official home of the Muffin Tin Meal. It's hard to believe that we have been doing this for over 2 years now and chances are, if you've seen MTM mentioned elsewhere in the online it's because of this little-blog-carnival-that-could and you, dear readers who I have loved connecting with, each...

This week's link love:Mama's A Mess: Sharon features this adorable towel made into a mermaid tail. Perfect for that little Ariel in your life. And what's more, she sells them in her etsy shop.Nourish Interactive: Use these fun and interactive online games to teach your child about nutrition and eating healthy. We like "whack a snack" and matching meals".Origami Mommy: I love how delightfully simple, yet creative this water bottle fountain is. A bonus? Makes a great science experiment. Found via...

The family reunion ended today. It was a long, fun filled week!But, this mama is so tired. Here's a shot from one of the days at the beach. Even their backs are cute to ...

Good friends of ours had a cooking themed birthday party for their 5 year old daughter. And I asked her if I could share with you her "Make Your Own Grilled Flatbread Pizzas" that each of the kids made. Penny (that's my friend) included a variety of toppings both for little kids and for grown ups. Let me tell you, it was one of the tastiest pizzas I have had in awhile.Here are the ingredients she offered:Large Pita Bread roundsMarinara/Pizza SauceShredded Mozzarella CheesePepperonisOlivesBasilSun...

Her is the bulk of my Muffin Tin Meal supplies and accessories. After 2 years, my collection of items has grown quite a bit and I was surprised after gathering it all in one place how much I have. Here's how I separate, store and organize everything. I separate the supplies into a several bins.Large bin for paper muffin and food cupsLarge bin for silicone muffin cups, rice molds, misc. itemsHandled box for cookie, fondant, and vegetable cuttersI used a bead organizer to organize plastic picSmall...

Here are the adorable cupcakes my sister-in-law made for our niece's 1st birthday. I just love them. Simple, understated and yet conveys the the...

I try never to pull the "things are really busy at home" card with you all. But, *sigh* things are really busy at home! We have family in town for a reunion and I jumpd the gun promising a bunch of fun posts that need to wait a day or two...so stick with me frien...

Welcome to Muffin Tin Monday! New here? You may want to read up on MTM on the FAQ page. Keeping it simple this week.In this tin: Salami slices, cheese circles, strawberries, tangerine slices.Coming up this week on Muffin Tin Mom:Another tutorial featuring accessoriesMuffin Tin Meal: storage and organizationHomemade Grilled Pizzas your kids can help makeand more!Are you ready to participate in Muffin Tin Monday? What are you waiting for? It's about time! To add your muffin tin meal blog post, click...

Who needs the Sunday paper, with links like these. I hope you are inspired, encouraged, and left wih some really useful content. Below are some of the links that have caught my eye this week. Happy Reading!Teach Preschool: Deborah has put together a nice post on blogging tips. Are you an early learning/preschool blogger? Have you wanted to be featured on other blogs? Deborah breaks down what she thinks is important and I have to say she hit it right on the nose.Call Me Karo: What will you do today?...