Run, Run As Fast As You Can!

You can't catch him, he's the . . . muffin man?

Lunch 56!

This pumpkin muffin man was made by spreading about 3/4" of pumpkin bread batter in the bottom of a large, foil lined loaf pan. After baking, I used a cookie cutter to cut out the men. I made a teeny tiny batch of vanilla cream cheese frosting (a few spoonfuls total) and made the apron, hat and secured the detail with it.  He has a Craisin mouth (ok half a craisin), chocolate chip bits for eyes and white and semi sweet chocolate chips "glued" on, just for fun. He's making a snow angel on a bed of cheddar popcorn.

The other half of this lunch is in a totally different season. A hard boiled egg flower and green pepper stem and leaves sit in front of a grape background. I was going for a mosaic effect here, just for color and fun. A little red lizard is going along for the ride today.

Snacks: A banana, a granola bar and a bag of pretzel sticks.

Drinks: Juice, watered down of course and chocolate milk from school.

The muffin men hung out together in the fridge last night. The one without added details got devoured by my 13 month old for breakfast and the one with white eyes mysteriously disappeared when left alone (for a minute!) with a three year old this morning. Not a trace has been found. Strange.

Gingerbread Houses and Lunch 55

We make gingerbread houses every year. It is one of my most treasured traditions. This year (in december) we made mini ones for my daughter's kindergarten class. The surprise of the year, she built them all by herself! Never underestimate what a 5 year old can do with a pastry bag! I was so impressed with her. Her little sister was in charge of selecting the matching pairs of cookies.

They made such a great team! I was pretty much only supervising!

The finished project! After they were dry, I filled in any gaps so they would be nice and strong and packed them up for school the next day. I brought in colored and "glue" frosting and little foil covered bases for the houses and the other families provided the candy! Everything was all set up when I got there, thanks to her awesome teacher. The kids did an amazing job decorating their houses and I had so much fun watching them do it! They also decorated extras to give as gifts to their special teachers (music, art ect). I am so glad I was able to share my little tradition with the class. 

Lunch 55

Lunch: Mini bagel with cream cheese, pretzels and fruit snack pieces in the bottom half.  Honey crisp apple, grapes and carrot "coins" in the top bento tier. 

Snacks:  A banana and goldfish crackers with a string cheese stick.

Drinks: Chocolate milk, watered down juice.

Friend: A little jaguar.

Wild New Year

It's Wild Card Wednesday and a Brand New Year!

I am excited to take this blog and do something fun with it. I am excited to see what wonderful things this year brings! Happy New Year to everyone!!!

This is the most perfect snow angel I have ever seen. There are more unintentional details in this angel than I ever thought possible. I think it's beautiful. My 5 1/2 year old daughter made this over the weekend. It lasted about two minutes before she walked through it, so I am glad I managed to snap a picture.

Lunch 54

Lunch: Pizza (Freschetta 5 Italian Cheese Brick Oven frozen, everyone's favorite here), string cheese cut into chunks, two prunes, red grapes, carrot hearts and half a honey crisp apple.

Snacks: granola bar and Smartfood cheddar popcorn.

Drinks: bottled water from home, chocolate milk from school

Friend: Funshine bear