Today's theme: Favorite Things
Connor's after-grocery-shopping-before-dinner-snack
He had grapes, cantaloupe, Ritz crackers and mozzarella cheese.
We are supposed to get anywhere from 12-20 inches of snow starting tonight. Gee, can't wait.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Muffin Tin Monday
Today's theme: Favorite Things
Connor's after-grocery-shopping-before-dinner-snack
He had grapes, cantaloupe, Ritz crackers and mozzarella cheese.
We are supposed to get anywhere from 12-20 inches of snow starting tonight. Gee, can't wait.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Muffin Tin and Wordless Wednesday
Connor and I are battling colds this week.
Monday's Muffin Tin:
Theme was "Big and Little, Short and Tall". We just did Big and Little circles. Popcorn chicken, bagel thin, bananas and grapes. Not a tin, this cute divided plate came from Target's Dollar Spot.
Wordless Wednesday:
This cutie showed up in our backyard earlier this week. She's been hanging around, eating acorns. Yes, she has three legs. No, I don't know what happened. We're calling her "Daisy" :)
Monday's Muffin Tin:
Theme was "Big and Little, Short and Tall". We just did Big and Little circles. Popcorn chicken, bagel thin, bananas and grapes. Not a tin, this cute divided plate came from Target's Dollar Spot.
Wordless Wednesday:
This cutie showed up in our backyard earlier this week. She's been hanging around, eating acorns. Yes, she has three legs. No, I don't know what happened. We're calling her "Daisy" :)
Monday, January 17, 2011
Busy, busy!
We had an awesome weekend :) On Saturday, we went to Elkhart, IN to visit some of my best friends. Melissa (and boyfriend Mark), who lives in Elkhart, and Erika (and hubby Shane) drove up from Indy to meet us. We checked out Melissa's new house and then went to the Studebaker Museum in South Bend. The guys certainly had fun there :) I took lots of pictures, but I will only post my favorite. A 1934 Bendix. Isn't it pretty??
It was a long day for Connor, but all in all, he was well behaved. He had a few moments at the restaurant, but nothing major. He didn't really get a nap and wanted to go to sleep. He did sleep on the way home and was put right to bed.
Sunday was a lazy day around the house. We did figure out that the horse water tank has sunk. Which means it's not as insulated now that it's not touching the top of the box. So, I have to carry buckets of hot water out a few times a day to melt the ice. It doesn't help that we haven't had much sun this past week. The box is frozen to the ground, but the first warm day, we're going to empty the tank, put a sheet of plywood underneath it and use bricks to raise it to the top of the box.
I ordered some seeds for my garden today. I got an email from Park Seed with internet exclusives and couldn't pass up $1 seeds. I am most likely going to rope off the one corner of the horse pasture that gets the most sun and put it there. It's funny, we have 7 acres and no good place for a garden thanks to our many trees. Here's what I ordered:
Basil Dwarf Bush
Bean Mon Petite Cheri (smaller bush bean)
Hybrid Keepsake Tomato
Sun King Tomato (no pic)
Organic Rainbow Bell Peppers
It was a long day for Connor, but all in all, he was well behaved. He had a few moments at the restaurant, but nothing major. He didn't really get a nap and wanted to go to sleep. He did sleep on the way home and was put right to bed.
Sunday was a lazy day around the house. We did figure out that the horse water tank has sunk. Which means it's not as insulated now that it's not touching the top of the box. So, I have to carry buckets of hot water out a few times a day to melt the ice. It doesn't help that we haven't had much sun this past week. The box is frozen to the ground, but the first warm day, we're going to empty the tank, put a sheet of plywood underneath it and use bricks to raise it to the top of the box.
I ordered some seeds for my garden today. I got an email from Park Seed with internet exclusives and couldn't pass up $1 seeds. I am most likely going to rope off the one corner of the horse pasture that gets the most sun and put it there. It's funny, we have 7 acres and no good place for a garden thanks to our many trees. Here's what I ordered:
Basil Dwarf Bush
Bean Mon Petite Cheri (smaller bush bean)
Hybrid Keepsake Tomato
Sun King Tomato (no pic)
Organic Rainbow Bell Peppers
Muffin Tin Monday
No theme today. Connor had wild rice with broccoli, colby cheese, grapes, butternut squash, chicken and ketchup.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Muffin Tin Monday
We did Muffin Tin on Monday, I just didn't post it till today. The theme was muffin cups and liners only. I skipped the theme because Connor likes to shred the liners or throw them all on the floor!
He had Ritz with provolone cheese, apple slices, taco beef and honey almond yogurt.
Since I've created an album just for Muffin Tin meals on Facebook, I noticed a theme. A lot of his meals are the same color... beige-y and no real color. We're going to change that. Today I picked up more apples, bananas, butternut squash, green beans, spinach and carrots. It's a start. We BOTH need to start eating better!
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Bento Molded Eggs
I got my egg molds! I didn't want to wait, so I used 4 of my somewhat older eggs. They are still a week away from their "expiration".
Here are the molds:
Now I don't know about you, but I can't read Japanese. I found some great tutorials online. You boil eggs like your normally would, but instead of immersing them in ice water after, you carefully peel them while still hot. Be careful so you don't burn yourself. I ran them under a bit of cold water, then after peeling, dunked them back in the hot water. Once they are peeled, put them in the mold, close the mold and drop into ice water for 10-15 minutes. I used "large" eggs and I think it might look better if I used extra large.
The bunny was the cutest by far :)
These are hard to find in stores in the US unless you live in parts of California, which I do not. You can order them online at the links below :)
Here are the molds:
Now I don't know about you, but I can't read Japanese. I found some great tutorials online. You boil eggs like your normally would, but instead of immersing them in ice water after, you carefully peel them while still hot. Be careful so you don't burn yourself. I ran them under a bit of cold water, then after peeling, dunked them back in the hot water. Once they are peeled, put them in the mold, close the mold and drop into ice water for 10-15 minutes. I used "large" eggs and I think it might look better if I used extra large.
The bunny was the cutest by far :)
These are hard to find in stores in the US unless you live in parts of California, which I do not. You can order them online at the links below :)
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Muffin Tin Monday and more
Here is our Muffin Tin from yesterday. The theme was supposed to be "Food Picks, Skewers and Kabobs". I don't have anything for tooth picks. It was suggested to use pretzel sticks with fruit/cheese or twizzlers for kabobs. I didn't have either in the house, but now have ideas for next time. Connor's going through a phase where he sticks his fingers in his ears and I wouldn't want to give him a sharp, pointy toothpick right now ;)
So we have turkey meatballs with pizza sauce, Ritz crackers with Sargento cheddar Mickeys, Annie's bunny grahams, and pears. I have a new tin too :) I looked all over for a 6 cup muffin tin and finally found one at a grocery store. The big box stores didn't have them! I got a convection toaster oven for Christmas and needed a metal 6 cup tin for it. Next week's theme is "Muffin Cups and Liners". I'm going to have to use my silicone liners... these paper cups ended up being flipped out, crumpled and thrown to the dog... Hey, he had fun!
I've been looking for more Muffin Tin decorations. We had a kitchen store in the mall. They had really cute sets of animal shaped sprinkles. I didn't get them at the time, and now they are closed. So the next time I go to the outlet mall, I'll have to get them then. I did order egg molds on Amazon. No way am I going to find a Japanese theme store in Northwest IN!
See more Muffin Tins here
Here are two pics of Connor with his "Uncle" Eric. Eric came to visit from Florida. He's Jon's best friend and Connor's Godfather.
We recently had 40-50 degree weather and the snow is all gone. Connor's not too thrilled about that. He looks out the window, points and says "Bye bye snow" and "no snow". I was looking up his age chapter in the "What To Expect" book and had to laugh when it said he should be able to say 6 words and a few body parts. He was running through his vocabulary the other night, well 3 am... He has "mommy, daddy, love you, Madi, Madison, puppy, down, up, uppies (up please), please, you're welcome, thank you, horses, Raja, Kobe, Cocoa, fish, eat, crackers, milk, refill, cup, drink, get down, no, yup, hi, blanket, tractor, car, train, green, blue, pink, uh huh, cookie, snow, hair, ears, eyes, nose, mouth, teeth, brush teeth, belly, knees, feet, toes, socks, shoes, shirt, pants, jacket, coat". I know there are others, but that's all I can think of right now.
So we have turkey meatballs with pizza sauce, Ritz crackers with Sargento cheddar Mickeys, Annie's bunny grahams, and pears. I have a new tin too :) I looked all over for a 6 cup muffin tin and finally found one at a grocery store. The big box stores didn't have them! I got a convection toaster oven for Christmas and needed a metal 6 cup tin for it. Next week's theme is "Muffin Cups and Liners". I'm going to have to use my silicone liners... these paper cups ended up being flipped out, crumpled and thrown to the dog... Hey, he had fun!
I've been looking for more Muffin Tin decorations. We had a kitchen store in the mall. They had really cute sets of animal shaped sprinkles. I didn't get them at the time, and now they are closed. So the next time I go to the outlet mall, I'll have to get them then. I did order egg molds on Amazon. No way am I going to find a Japanese theme store in Northwest IN!
See more Muffin Tins here
Here are two pics of Connor with his "Uncle" Eric. Eric came to visit from Florida. He's Jon's best friend and Connor's Godfather.
We recently had 40-50 degree weather and the snow is all gone. Connor's not too thrilled about that. He looks out the window, points and says "Bye bye snow" and "no snow". I was looking up his age chapter in the "What To Expect" book and had to laugh when it said he should be able to say 6 words and a few body parts. He was running through his vocabulary the other night, well 3 am... He has "mommy, daddy, love you, Madi, Madison, puppy, down, up, uppies (up please), please, you're welcome, thank you, horses, Raja, Kobe, Cocoa, fish, eat, crackers, milk, refill, cup, drink, get down, no, yup, hi, blanket, tractor, car, train, green, blue, pink, uh huh, cookie, snow, hair, ears, eyes, nose, mouth, teeth, brush teeth, belly, knees, feet, toes, socks, shoes, shirt, pants, jacket, coat". I know there are others, but that's all I can think of right now.
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