Ever heard of MTM??

OK so I dont even remember how I stumbled across this, but the other day I came upon this blog Muffin Tin Mom. I love this idea! If you want to know more about who came up with this idea and how to get started you can visit the FAQ page.

On the FAQ page I found this question being asked..

 What is the purpose for Muffin Tin Meals?

And here is Muffin Tin Mom's answer ...

Serving a meal in a muffin tin to kids has many benefits including: breaking up the lunchtime routine, serving foods in smaller more manageable portions for little mouths and introducing them to new foods in a fun and interesting way! It's a win for you: They eat. It's a win for them: It's fun.

It seemes that this was an idea created to get your young child (toddler) to try new things, eat, and have fun doing it. But who is to say that only YOUNG children can have fun with this? To be honest I wasnt sure how much FUN my 7 year old would have with it, but it seems that at any age eating your lunch out of a muffin tin can be fun! As displayed below, you can see that he was pretty excited when mom served his lunch to him in this NEW & FUN way.

 His exact words, "This is awesome!"

On todays menu: tuna fish sandwich, chips, and watermelon. Pretty much all we have in the house right now, and they are all foods he loves. It wasnt a matter of if he would eat them or not. I was more curious to see how much FUN he would actually have with this concept.
Well in the time it took me to write this blog , he has eaten all of his lunch and asked for more! He also asked if he could have his lunch in a muffin tin tomorrow! I would say it was a success! I cant wait to start trying other FUN NEW muffin tin meals!

Recent happenings

Gray sure loves his daddy!

 Always so happy!

Waiting for fireworks to start!

 Grant and his friends across the street always want to have a lemonade sale, but we ran out of lemonade so we had to do Kool aid!

 Trying to beat the heat! Little guy sure does love watermelon!

 Man he is awesome!

 Grant is becoming a pretty great rollerblader!! He goes out to rollerblade every night after dinner!

 Playing in the water with friends!

 I love these amazing little water babies!

 Grant made a new friend and had so much fun playing with Allister!

 Gray made a new friend too! They had a chicken picnic together! LOL

 Grayson and Gabby

 Oh my gosh! I am so lucky to get to spend everyday with this little guy! He is so awesome and makes me laugh constantly!

 He has a fascination with lotion bottles! LOL

 Funny little guy!

 Love these toes!

"Help me mommy, I can't get out"

 This is his new favorite corner to play in. I have a basket of his "stuff" (diapers, wipes, lotion, butt cream) between the couch and the wall and he has just discovered that it is back there. So he will crawl in the corner head first and then he cant get himself out. He will play there for a little while, with these little lotion bottles and then I have to go rescue him and get him out. It is too funny!

 We have discovered that Gray loves corn on the cob just like daddy and big brother. But right now Grant has to have his corn cut off the cob. His teeth are getting loser and loser and it hurts to eat it on the cob! Maybe by Christmas he will lose them!

 Silly silly boy!! I told you he is always making me laugh!

And he is the cutest sleeper! This airplane blankie was Grant's favorite when he was little and now Gray loves it too! I just love the way he cuddles it and when I hand it to him he will bury his face in it. SOOOO CUTE!!!!

Family photos July 2, 2011

 If you know anything about me, you know that these are the absolute most important people in my life! I live for my family and I would do ANYTHING for any one of them!

 Brock and his girlfriend CJ! She is such a sweetheart and we consider her a part of the family! (hopefully one day she will be)

 Isn't this precious! I love it!

 I wish Grayson would have shown his cute smile in this pic, but I love it anyway!!

 My little brother and my oldest son!! I love it!

 My daddy and my boys! So sweet! My dad is such an awesome Papa and my boys love him so much!

 Oh my goodness! No words... look at those sweet smiles!

 My angel and my animal!! Can you guess which is which??

 I'm just kidding they are both little angels!! But we do call Grayson an animal!

 Such a good uncle!!

 My first born will always have a very special place in my heart! He is definitely a mommy's boy, my little buddy!

 This sweet little thing is developing quite the personality! He gives kisses and loves to cuddle mommy, he is so sweet! But he is also a little wild one, he laughs when I tell him no, he is incredibly determined and fearless, he will yell or growl at me if he gets angry or frustrated. He makes me laugh and keeps me on my toes and I love every minute of it!!!

 OMG!! I love to eat these piggies! He ALWAYS has them curled like this, I think he is part monkey!

 Love this picture! Lenzi came up with this and I think it is awesome!

 I love this one too!

My cute little fam-damily!

LOVE THIS PICTURE!!! The lighting is awesome and the rocks and the trees and the water all look so cool! Great job Lenzi!

 We kept teasing these 2 that they could use these pictures for engagement photos. NO they are not engaged(yet) LOL

This one makes me want to cry!! I love my parents so much! Seriously couldnt ask for better. And after all these years they are still in love! Very rare these days! Arent they so cute!!

CUTE! Love this too!

My whole world wrapped up in one amazing photo shoot! Thank you Lenzi!

My mommy with her Bubba and Booboo!! She is the most amazing Maama EVER!!!

It was a challenge to get all the fam together and find a photographer who was available when we were! I have a friend who lives in Las Vegas, who just happened to be in town for the holiday weekend, so she agreed to meet us at 9:00 am on a Saturday! It was so great to see her again, as we havent seen each other for a long time. She is really new to the photography business and I think she did an amazing job! I love these photos. They are priceless to me. I am a little upset that we forgot to do some of me and my mom together but it was my fault. Next time though.

Anyway check Lenzi out and take a look at her awesome work Thru My Lenz Photography