Friday, October 30, 2009

The limber damselfish yodeled with the soluble swimwear, or Halloween art.

Today Corey made a jack-o'-lantern with baking cups, construction paper, do-a-dot markers and glue (see My Montessori Journey for our inspiration).



After that, he traced a couple of cookie cutters (another idea from My Montessori Journey). The bat was a little tricky for him.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

The unaffectionate lo mein toilet-trained the vengeful vintager, or Create your own comic.

Zachary's newest obsession is the graphic novel. Here is his most recent attempt at making his own (and here's his first) with the help of Marvel's Create Your Own Comic:


Monday, October 26, 2009

The screaky bumboat entertained the uncourtly rompers, or Muffin Tin Monday.



(cranberry-pomegranate "blood" juice; orange; prune and licorice spider; bugs on a log; egg ghost; banana and coconut ghost with chocolate chips and raisin)

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





For more Muffin Tin Monday meals, go to Her Cup Overfloweth.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Monday, October 19, 2009

The agamous quadragenarian tutored the selcouth finnimbrun, or Muffin Tin Monday.



(pumpkin applesauce, water, grape tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, chocolate tortilla chips, crackers)

Here are the boys:



For more muffin tin meals, go to Her Cup Overfloweth.

Friday, October 16, 2009

The erinaceous pismire obsessed over the pulveratricious pronk, or Pumpkin blondies.



Last night the boys and I made pumpkin blondies, with a recipe from Annie's Eats.

First we combined the flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda and salt:



And then in a separate bowl, we mixed together the butter and sugar, followed by the egg and vanilla, and the pumpkin puree:



We added the dry ingredients to the wet:



Folded in the white chocolate and butterscotch chips:



Poured into the baking dish, and baked at 350° F for about 40 minutes:

Monday, October 12, 2009

The eldritch progenitor titivated the garish octuplets, or Muffin Tin Monday.

This week's theme for Muffin Tin Monday (also known as Popsicle Mold Monday) is Kebabs.



Here are the boys:





For more muffin tin meals, check out Her Cup Overfloweth.

The acclaimed harridan cavorted with the hugger-mugger autocrat, or Paper plate monster.



Corey and I were trying for a pumpkin, but this is what happened when we blotted with construction paper. It's too scary, so I've been instructed to get rid of it.

Monday, October 5, 2009

The acrid orator devoured the greedy waif, or Muffin Tin Monday.

This week's theme is All About Me, so I sat back and let the boys do all the work, including the picture-taking.

Zachary's muffin tin:



(candy, more candy, milk, string cheese, apple, chocolate tortilla chips)

Zachary:



Corey's muffin tin:



(milk, chocolate tortilla chips, candy, Peanut Butter Bumpers)

And Corey:



For more muffin tin meals, check out Her Cup Overfloweth.

Thursday, October 1, 2009

The ergonomic tenderloin craved the plump flagpole, or Cranberry-pomegranate gummies.



Today Corey and I made fruit gummies to bring on our weekend trip to Austin. Our recipe can be found here.

Here's Corey adding 2 cups cranberry-pomegranate juice:



Taking a drumming break:



Adding 1 cup sugar:



Pouring in the first packet of gelatin:



And the last:



Stirring:



Look, it's Zachary!:



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