Snacktivity

Now before you go getting all excited about how clever I am, I’m just going to come right out and confess: I COMPLETELY STOLE THIS IDEA. There are blogger moms galore feeding their kids meals out of muffin tins. And they are nothing short of geniuses, those moms. This idea holds all the excitement of something FUN and NEW, (both favorites of the two-year-olds), and it feeds them to boot. It’s an enjoyable challenge for me to try to come up with enough snackable items to ration into those little muffin cups. And it has been a confidence booster for Bastien with his vocabulary skills, as he likes to point to each item in the tin and name it. But what has been most interesting of all is seeing which items he goes for first. Would you believe, whatever mystery item I put in is the one he tries first? Gosh that makes me proud! Even if it is marshmallows. He’s so adventurous.
PS. I think this might be a good trick to get picky toddlers to eat. However, I wouldn’t know for sure since MY toddler happily eats dried pineapple that looks like squid.