Muffin Tin Monday - Snowman

I think I out did myself this time. Not only did I do something fun that the kids loved - but I covered all the food groups - yay me! Now, I hope they eat it.

Originally, this was going to be a build your own snowman... but after some thought (and a few moments of picturing the outcome), I decided to build it myself. They would have only been able to build one snowman anyhow... and it would have only resulted in them playing with their food. My worst image was of them having a rice snowball fight.

Contents: grapes for the top of the hat, pepperoni for the brim of the hat, rice balls for the snowballs, string cheese scarves, carrot noses and raisin eyes.

Anyhow, it went over well. They are happily eating and I get a few moments to myself. Happy Monday!

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No School AGAIN!

This is the problem with morning Kindergarten. When school is delayed, morning Kindergarten is cancelled. I think this is the third time that everyone, but morning Kindergarten, gets to go to school. I chose mornings though because it was hard to do preschool when it started in the middle of the day at noon. It messed up the lunch schedule and it was hard for me to get anything done. I love the new schedule of mornings - except on snowy days.

So, I had to come up with something quick to occupy two kids. I purchased these large pipe cleaners from Michaels a few weeks ago with a 40% coupon. There are a lot in the package (50) which makes it ideal for my two kids (no fights over colors yet). They are called Creatology Giant Chenille Stems and they come in the long box you see in the picture - I highly recommend them. Too bad I couldn't find them on the Internet to link to.

Robbie is looking forward to school tomorrow. But if there had to be a day with no school, Mondays would be the day. We do enough activities on Mondays that the day still seems to move at a manageable rate. Next up - a muffin tin lunch- Stay tuned (it's even a surprise for me :)!!

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New Scrappy Catnip Monsters!

I've finally got them posted in my On A Whimm shop - and I've already sold 3 of them before I could even blog about them. I really enjoy making them and hope that they continue to be well received.

Here is a video that Marlo (IMakeCuteStuff) sent to me. This is Sweetie playing with her new toy. Yay! (sorry, I couldn't post it in Blogger since it's not my video) Click here to see!

I have a few more to list - hopefully tomorrow... maybe tonight. I've also been busy opening World of Whimm and hope to open NueToMe this week. Phew - I'm tired!

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Cereal Yummy???

I'm not a huge fan of cereal... but my kids are. So when I came across this book, Cereal Lover's Cookbook , at Half Price Books, I decided I needed to give it a try. Plus, the kids are really into helping out in the kitchen right now. I flipped through the book and found a recipe that had ingredients that I already had - lucky for us, it was a cookie recipe!

I have to tell you, I was surprised at how yummy they came out! I did substitute chocolate chips for white chocolate chips because that was all I had. My husband and I agree, that this recipe will be repeated. They are addictive!

I look forward to trying the muffin on the front - it uses Captain Crunch. I never buy Captain Crunch because I don't care for it... but my husband loves it. So, I might have to spring for a box. The book also includes some yummy looking recipes for fish that also include Captain Crunch and our family loves their fish!

Lyssie with flour on her even before we started. She put herself in charge of the white chocolate chips.

Our cookies and milk. The first batch was a little brown around the edges - but it turned out to be the chocolate chips melted and caramelized... which was even yummier! I did have trouble when I was dropping the cookies on the cookie sheet as the ratio of chips to batter seemed a bit high... but I wouldn't change a thing!

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Looking back

Last year, I didn't exactly make New Years Resolutions - I just decided that I'd "attempt to try" a few things. I thought I should probably revisit that list to see how I did.

#1 was blog more. Check - I think I've done a pretty decent job of blogging more. Granted I have my leaner blog moments... but on average - I give myself a pat on the back.

#2 was be organized. Ugh, I failed miserably in this arena as I'm trying to gather receipts and such for taxes. This little "attempt to try" needs to be carried over into the New Year. This is my year for organization!

#3 was be every where. Again, I did a decent job of this. Not only did I do numerous craft fairs, but I've also been networking through my EtsyRAIN group and I've joined many online communities including Facebook and Twitter.

#4 was about doing wholesale. Check again! I did a few wholesale accounts... enough to know that at this stage in my small business life, it's not really for me. I have a few select accounts that I'm willing to work with... but I'm happy on my own.

and finally #5 was all about balance. This is a work in progress. Some days are better than others. I'll be carrying this one over to 2009 as well.

I'm fairly proud of myself. I think I did decently. I'm not going to be making any new "resolutions" right now as I'm still in limbo with the CPSIA. Perhaps mid year I can do another
attempt to try" list.

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