Giveaway at kara's party ideas!

Okay, so I LOVE the site kara's party ideas.


I am always inspired by the parties she features. Every so often she also has some awesome giveaways. Right now is one of those times!!! She is giving away... get this... a Silhouette Craft Cutter!!! I've been wanting a craft cutter for about forever now. Not only for scrapbooking, but I would love to make some vinyl wall decor as well as create some etched glass designs for my family as well as for a special gift. Go check out the giveaway!!!

Muffin Tin Monday - ABC's

Themes are back for Muffin Tin Mondays! This week it is the ABC's. I did a simple snack tin for Ashlyn.

Apples, Bananas, and (dried) Cherries. She loves fruit and we have recently found out she likes dried fruit as well, like Craisins and dried pineapple. I really wanted to get fresh cherries, but the NEX didn't have any. It turns out she doesn't like dried cherries. Oh well, I'll try a few more times just in case.

To see what others did, check out Muffin Tin Mom!

Muffin Tin Monday - Swap Package

Hello there! I was so excited to make a meal using the things I got in my Muffin Tin Swap package! I have used a lot of it since I received it, making rice animals for Ashlyn, using the sandwich cutter, etc. Today, though, I decided to make her a simple breakfast tin.

I could have arranged everything better and made it cuter, but my baby girl was not shy in letting me know she was hungry!!! Ashlyn had half a doughnut, banana, and apples. She loves bananas and apples and ate them before even touching the doughnut. I was able to use one of the Bento boxes I received, an adorable food pick, silicone cup, and a vegetable cutter to cut the apples. :) I'm extra motivated now to make cute lunches or snacks for Ashlyn more than just once a week!

To see what others did this week, head on over to Muffin Tin Mom!

Muffin Tin Swap!

I got my package yesterday from my Muffin Tin Swap partner! And I just have to say... I got HOOKED UP!!! My swap partner was my good friend Jamie at Momma's Playground. I was so excited to learn she was my partner!

Anyway, my "wish list" was Bento stuff. I didn't have anything Bento but love seeing other Bento lunches and wanted to do Bento lunches, too! (I'm sure I said Bento enough here... Bento...) This is what Jamie sent me:

WOW! I just love everything! I would post pictures of each individual thing, but that would be a long post. :) So here are a few.

Look at these super cute princess cookie cutters! Jamie totally had Ashlyn in mind when she saw these. :)

I thought these liners were the cutest things ever! I almost don't want to use them. :)

I love these picks, too. So cute!

There were also two Bento boxes, more picks, dividers, cutters, and rice molds. I used one of the rice molds last night, actually! We decided to have rice as a last minute side dish with dinner and I made a rice bunny for Ashlyn. She's not eating much right now because she's teething so she didn't eat it, but she still thought it was cool! I can't wait to use everything! I'm going to be doing an extra special Bento MTM this week! :) Thank you so much, Jamie!

Fingerprint Pals

Awhile back I found a really cute craft idea on the Family Fun website (I always get such great ideas from that site/magazine). I put it on our Countdown to Disney chain we made when we were 100 days away from our upcoming Disney trip. Anyway, the craft is called Fingerprint Pals. The site talks about putting it on t-shirts and I've seen it elsewhere to make custom stationary, too. I really do think that the onesie idea is such a cute idea if you're expecting a little one (*ahem* Jamie *ahem*). For us, though, I decided to create a little barnyard scene.

All three of us did the fingerprints so we had little animal families. I LOVE IT!!! Now I'm trying to decide what exactly to do with it. I don't want to just put it in our box of Ashlyn artwork after a time on the fridge. I'm not sure if I just want to stick it in a frame and slap it on the wall, either. Hopefully I'll be able to come up with something cool to do. :) If you have any suggestions, let me know!!

Muffin Tin Monday - Happy Birthday, Daddy!

We usually do our Muffin Tin Meal on Sundays and I always set it to post for Monday morning, but this weekend has been very busy and we ended up actually doing MTM on Monday! We had a going away party for some friends on Saturday and all day Sunday we were getting everything together for Aaron's birthday party! Tomorrow is his actual birthday so today's MTM theme is Happy Birthday, Daddy! He's gone at work right now (he has a VERY busy week this week) but we're definitely thinking about him. ♥

Ashlyn had some leftovers from the party. We got some "party platters" from Subway so she had part of a sub, some macaroni salad, and part of a red velvet cupcake. She really enjoyed it all. Especially, the cupcake, of course. But she really liked the sub. I'm not surprised, though, because she did yesterday, too.

Kinda off topic, but I've been so proud of Ashlyn the past few days! Well, I'm always proud of her, but lately she's been saying "please" and "thank you" without having to be prompted!

To see what others have put together for MTM this week, go over and visit Muffin Tin Mom!

Celebrating Fries!

Yesterday was National French Fry Day! We made sure we had some french fries with our dinner as well as a special dessert.

I made some pound cake, cut some into strips, and poured some melted red candy melts on top as ketchup. It didn't look quite as cute as what I pictured in my head, but it was still fun.

After dessert, Aaron said that he was expecting just pound cake with candy melts on top (which would have still been yummy) but that it tasted better than just that. He said it was better than the sum of its parts.

I have an idea for the leftover pound cake, too... you know, besides just cutting it up and eating it. :) I'll be sure to post about it after we try it out.

Did you do anything for National French Fry Day?