The Chirping Moms

New Year, New Lunchbox Addition!

New Year, New Lunchbox Addition!

Thank you Brainiac™ Kids for sponsoring this post. Brain food kids want to eat! ____________________  It’s hard to get back into the swing of things after Winter break. Personally, I really love the break in making school lunches. After 4 months of packing lunches every morning, it’s nice to not have to think about it for the holiday break. When… Read More

Chocolate Chip Mini Muffins Your Kids Will Love

Chocolate Chip Mini Muffins Your Kids Will Love

My kids would eat a bag of Entenmann’s chocolate chip mini muffins every day if I let them. Actually, they’d probably each eat two bags if I let them, which they couldn’t even do because the box doesn’t come with enough bags for each kids to get two (I’ve broken up fights over this fact). For a while now, I… Read More

Healthy Treat Recipes for Kids

Healthy Treat Recipes for Kids

Trick or treating is over so now let’s trick our kids into eating some (healthy) treats! I’m a new mom to a 6 month old and the mom jokes are already flowing (crying laughing at yourself emoji). Ready for some healthy treat recipes for kids?  When Halloween rolls around while you’re knee deep in getting your Masters in Nutrition, it’s… Read More

Easy Easter Breakfast: Easter Bunny Pancakes

Easy Easter Breakfast: Easter Bunny Pancakes

By: Courtney Byrne Here comes Peter Cottontail, hopping down the bunny trail..hippity, hoppity, Easter’s on it’s way…. If your little bunnies are getting excited for Easter, they’re going to love these super easy Easter Bunny pancakes. This is an easy Easter breakfast idea and can even be used for a class Easter party. Easter Bunny Pancakes I ordered this Easter… Read More

Butterfly Craft and Snack for Kids

Butterfly Craft and Snack for Kids

By: Courtney Byrne We had a rainy Saturday and the kids were going bonkers so I wanted an easy craft that would occupy them all for a bit. This paper plate butterfly craft did the trick! They ended up each making a few. The big kids took a while “designing” the wings and the little ones were much quicker with… Read More

Lunch Hacks: How to Simplify Packing Lunch

Lunch Hacks: How to Simplify Packing Lunch

One of my favorite internet memes is the one where there’s a side by side photo of “September Lunchbox vs June lunchbox”. Have you seen it? Basically September’s has a pretty bento box with healthy treats cut into cute shapes while June’s has something like an uncooked potato and ketchup packets. When I asked on Instagram last month what types… Read More

Easy Slow Cooker Turkey Meatballs

Easy Slow Cooker Turkey Meatballs

Today I’m sharing one of my favorite recipes that the kids love too. These kid friendly easy slow cooker meatballs take only about 10 min to prepare and then cook in the slow cooker. There’s a lot of cheese and breadcrumbs, so even kids that aren’t crazy about meat usually like them. You might see the ingredients and say “goodness… Read More

Last Minute Easy Halloween Treats

Last Minute Easy Halloween Treats

Does anyone else feel like Halloween snuck up on them this year? If you’re feeling festive but out of time, here’s a list of SUPER easy Halloween treats. Most of them require absolutely no baking. Happy Halloween! 12 Last Minute Easy Halloween Treats 1. Ghost Pudding  This one is SUPER easy: Simply buy vanilla Snack Packs, turn them upside down… Read More

Hidden Lunchbox Notes with Welch’s Fruit Rolls

Hidden Lunchbox Notes with Welch’s Fruit Rolls

Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Welch’s® Fruit Snacks. I am being compensated for this post. All comments and opinions are my own. I’m going to admit something right now.  I am not a creative lunch packer.  I am the mom who often is making their kids help pack their lunch boxes & am scrambling at the last minute to get… Read More