Fun Lunch

Can you tell who had been watching MasterChef? I couldn't help myself- those chefs have mad plating skills! This was my version ;)



It's amazing how arranging food in fun ways makes my kids more likely to eat everything I put in front of them! And variety is another big key!

Welcome to Summer!

I'm late posting this but as I went through some pictures from the beginning of the summer, I wanted to share it.

Ken, Katrina & I met Talia at her bus stop on the last day of school with helium balloons. When we got home, she found this "Welcome to Summer!" sign that Katrina & I had made for her during the day:

(They look sooo happy!)

Then we went outside and there was face painting, side walk chalk, water balloons, bubbles to blow and games to play. They had so much fun with us back there! Talia kept telling us over & over that this was "the best day EVER!" :) Now that's great feedback! :)


After all of the outside fun, we came inside and had watermelon ice cream cake for a special treat! :)

A Special Day

Talia & I stole away for a special day. We went to the local "Play McDonalds" and after lunch, thorough enjoyment of the play place and some ice cream, we headed for the mall where we tried on every pair of clip-on and magnet earrings we could find- settling on a set of several pairs of magnet ones (they really look real! :)

It was a lovely day. :)

Bubbles :)

This is the photo that the new blog header came from:


It was a magical little moment :)
Congratulations to Tiff, you won the Xander Nash Giveaway!

Chocolate Apple Gifts for Teacher

This year, I made a teacher thank-you gift for Talia's teacher out of a Chocolate Orange. I'll be posting a tutorial for it soon, but for today, I have a similar project to share!



When I was planning my sister's school themed bridal shower, I was searching Pinterest for ideas, & I came across someone who had done something very similar to my "Orange Apple", but smaller, out of a ferrero rocher chocolate!

So, that's what I made for a little Thank You for the shower guests:



Cute, eh? :)


You could totally do either of these projects for your kids' teachers as gifts, or thank yous, or for your kids- and your kids can help! :) (Katrina was very helpful when I was putting together the shower thank yous).

You can find a step by step tutorial with pictures, on how to make the ferrero rocher version, here.

For more ideas from the School-Themed shower, click here. :)

Simple Berry Parfaits

For one of the treats at my sister's bridal shower, we made simple berry parfaits.
(We did a semi-school themed party because my sister & her fiance are highschool sweethearts, so that's why the food was labelled with little chalk boards.)



Here's What We Used:

- french vanilla yogurt
- granola
- raspberries
- blueberries
- plastic dishes from the dollar store

We layered them yogurt-berries-yogurt-granola-yogurt-3 berries on top.

It was easy to make them, we had a little assembly line going & before we knew it we were done! For these, I think we used 4 containers of yogurt to make 24 little parfaits.

For more ideas from the School-Themed shower, click here. :)