The cruel amphibian x-rayed the cantankerous knave, or Muffin Tin Monday.

(drink; mini pizza bagel clown with tortilla chip hat and tomato nose; tortilla chip elephants & peanut; vanilla yogurt tart clown with granola hair & dried cherry nose; apple clown with raisin eyes; peanuts)

This week's Muffin Tin Monday theme is Circus. Here are the boys:





Check out more circus tins at Her Cup Overfloweth.

The jolly slob pulverized the dangerous oaf, or Open Ended Art: Crayons.

This week's Open Ended Art theme at Teaching My Little Bookworm was Crayons, so the boys used crayons to make their own scratch art.

Zachary started out with this:



And then colored over everything with a black crayon:



He scratched out his design with a skewer, and ended up with this:



Here's Corey:



And his scratch art name:

The lazy demon knocked down the evil predator, or Homemade magic shell.

Tonight we made magic shell, using this recipe. First we broke up our chocolate:



Then we added coconut oil:



Melted the mixture in the microwave, and stirred (we added some peppermint as well):



And ate:



Check out more kid-friendly recipes at A Little Fun With Me and Lu.

The ghastly ruffian flattened the lanky loony, or Muffin Tin Monday Swap.

Michelle over at Her Cup Overfloweth hosted a Muffin Tin Monday swap. Our partner was Mary, and here's what she sent to us:



(cookie cutters; sea life picks; dish cups; bento boxes)

I didn't get to use this with our muffin tin meal yesterday, but I did get to make this lunch for Zachary's second day of school:



Thanks, Mary, for the awesome gift!

Check out Her Cup Overfloweth for more MTM Swap packages.

The hypercritical bardolater covered up the portly trichologist, or Muffin Tin Monday.

(pear, grapes, Gorgonzola, walnut; fruit chips & peas; strawberry banana smoothie; Swiss cheese, marshmallows, blueberries, walnut; cracker, turkey, Swiss cheese; cucumber & carrots)

This week's Muffin Tin Monday theme is People and Faces. Here are the boys:





Check out some more tins at Her Cup Overfloweth.

The naked cucumber revealed itself to the excitable inspector, or Trash-eating robot head.

Above is our newest way of tricking the boys into thinking cleaning is fun. And below is proof that it works (sometimes):

The repulsive scalp corresponded with the unruly flu shot, or Sandwich-on-a-stick.

It's Kids in the Kitchen day, and today we adapted a recipe we found at Panini Happy.

First we toasted our bread and cheese:





And then we cut out our shapes:



Inserted our lollipop sticks, and enjoyed:





For more Kids in the Kitchen recipes, go to A Little Fun With Me and Lu.

The caramelized pineapple lashed out at the glow-in-the-dark musician, or Unplugged: Pocket.

This week's theme at Unplug Your Kids was Pocket, so the boys and I made pockets in which to exchange notes, short stories and drawings. Here they are testing them out:









So now I have to think of something to put in each pocket before the boys wake up...

For more pocket ideas, check out our pocket poetry and then head over to Unplug Your Kids.

The twisted pumpkineer tipped over the adorkable spy, or Open Ended Art: Mixing with yellow.

For this week's Open Ended Art project, Zachary decided to do a science experiment by mixing yellow, blue and red food coloring. Here he is with his concoction, which he named Exploding Tofu Cake:



And in case anyone else wants to make this, here's the recipe:

Mix together water, food coloring, bacon bits, capers, cayenne pepper, salt, 1/2 cup flour and ice, and freeze until impatience sets in. Warn others not to eat it, and promptly dump in sink.

Corey based his artwork on one of his new favorite books:



And ended up with these:





Tomorrow a new theme begins at Teaching My Little Bookworm, so go check it out.

The trashy phantom fat fondled the toxic beersicle, or Muffin Tin Monday.

(turkey & cheese wraps, mini blueberry & yogurt tart, banana, Just Peas, ants on a log)

Here are the boys enjoying their lunch:





Go check out last week's mini fruit tarts with mashed bananas, and then head over to Her Cup Overfloweth for more muffin tin meals.

The joyous spoilsport traumatized the fashionable valedictorian, or Super Summer Swap.

This summer we participated in the Super Summer Swap hosted by Superheroes and Princesses and Life of a Dairy Queen.

Zachary's package was from Judah in Dominica. Here's what he got (flag, bracelet, pencil, pencil sharpener, coloring book and letter):



And here he is with his new flag:



And coloring in his new coloring book:



Corey's package was from Emma in Ohio, who sent an All About Emma book, a glow-in-the-dark bracelet and the materials for Corey to make his own bracelet. Here he is:





Check out more Super Summer Swap packages at Superheroes and Princesses.

The stingy monster tore apart the angelic fellow, or Mini fruit tarts.

To make up for the bagful of M&M's the boys ingested after their last day of swimming lessons:



We made something a little healthier for our afternoon snack.

First we mashed up bananas:



And filled up our mini tart shells:



Then we added more fruit:





And ate:





For more kid-friendly recipes, go to A Little Fun With Me and Lu.