Muffin Tin Monday -

HAPPY

This Muffin Tin lunch is a bit of celebration of the New Year.

We just threw together some of the holiday goodies sitting around our home:

petit fours, Wisconsin sausage and cheese, Hot Cocoa

carrots, veggie chips, and frozen blueberries

Then I topped it off with a marshmallow (for the cocoa) spelling of the new year!

The kids got it immediately.

HOWEVER:

the best part about today's Muffin Tin Lunch ...

still being in our pajamas!

So, are you ready for a new year?

Crazy to think it's already here (well practically). 

We're not really ready, but plenty excited,

as 2010 holds some huge milestones for our family:

a baptism for Thing 2

a class reunion for me

Kindergarten for The Boy

an entrance into double digits for Thing 1

perhaps (with some divine intervention) The King will be potty-trained

and for Bert ... a subtle change in his church responsibilities and, perhaps,

 a few other things we are hoping/praying for ...

Mostly, we hope it to be a year of peace and growth for everyone.

Happy 2010 to you all!

p.s. Our muffin tins came in handy this past week when we decorated a gingerbread (monster) house. I was able to fill the tin with candy we had stashed away since Halloween - for this purpose, of course.

Anyhow, next year I hope to do this again, just (perhaps) using an actual template for the walls, roof and chimney of the house.

Ha ha ... live and learn.

The King couldn't keep his hands off the house ... if you can tell, it is almost half his size!

HA - seriously, if you know of any great resources for gingerbread house templates, send them my way!

Celebrate the New Year some more with

Muffin Tin Mom