Mother Is Not Concerned

The saucy jettatore fluttered the dovecots with the purfled celibatarian, or What's for Lunch Wednesday.

2011-07-20T22:17:00.000-05:00

I'm back with a bento. Here's a shared snack we brought to the pool the other day:

On the left are no-bake brownie fifteens (recipe from Healthful Pursuit) and pecans, and on the right, some dried fruit and orange slices.

And a picture of the boys:

We're linking this up to What's for Lunch Wednesday at What's for Lunch at Our House.

The chuffy bouffage cowsed with the bosky cadger, or What's for Lunch Wednesday.

2011-04-13T21:51:00.002-05:00

Here are some recent Zachary bentos. Let's see...something with quinoa, carrots (with a hard candy hidden underneath for April Fool's Day), pita and hummus:

Strawberries, cheese, ants on a log with figs, pretzel, sunburst tomatoes, and mixed nuts:

Carrots for dad & sunburst tomatoes for Z, trail mix, sardine and avocado sandwich (covered for Z so his friend who told him his figs looked like poop wouldn't make fun of him):

Quinoa meatloaf muffins, chocolate chip bunny cookies, clementines, sunburst tomatoes:

For more bentos, check out What's for Lunch Wednesday.

The vagarious mammothrept halched the erubescent pasquinade, or Green cookies.

2011-03-17T16:40:00.000-05:00

We actually made these cranberry pistachio cookies for a piano recital and a Christmas party in December but never got around to posting them. They're green, so I'm posting them today.

Here's Corey:

The pulmentarious opsimath played catchpule with the thwarterous bablatrice, or 2nd grade artwork.

2011-03-17T15:14:00.002-05:00

First, a writing sample:

And now the artwork:

The sychnocarpous nihilarian elaqueated the vimineous innholder, or 100th day of school poster.

2011-02-11T10:56:00.001-06:00

Corey is celebrating his 100th day of school today. He had to make a poster with 100 things on it, so he chose gumballs, aka Do-a-Dot markers. Here it is:

The marcescible pooking-fork upbrixled the vermian nippitate, or Book Loving Boys’ 2011 The Flat Stanley Adventure Exchange!

2011-02-06T13:10:00.000-06:00

Book Loving Boys is having a Flat Stanley read-along and exchange, and we're participating. Sign-up ends February 20 and exchange partners will be assigned February 23. You don't need to have a blog to participate. Just go to Book Loving Boys for more details and to sign up.

The cromulent criticaster toozled the alexiteric mistresspiece, or Snow ice cream.

2011-02-04T11:34:00.001-06:00

It's our fourth day out of school but the first real snow day. The others were ice days. We can't get down our driveway because of the ice and, apparently, the only snow plows here are being used for the Super Bowl. We're out of ice cream. We could have made real ice cream, but that takes five hours. So instead we made snow ice cream.

We played while our bowl collected snow:

When the bowl was full we mixed sweetened condensed milk and a teaspoon of vanilla into it, and then we ate:

We're linking this post up with the Play Academy at NurtureStore.

The tellurian hodmandod scamandered with the feuillemorte nimfadoro, or Fruit mosaic bento for an 8-year-old.

2011-01-26T15:47:00.000-06:00

To celebrate Zachary's first week of being 8, I made this snack for him:

(bananas, blueberries, and peaches)

Here he is not eating it:

I'm linking this up to What's for Lunch Wednesday at What's for Lunch at Our House.

The jumentous solander fankled the foudroyant squintifego, or Ice cream topping muffin tin.

2011-01-23T21:55:00.001-06:00

We did our Muffin Tin Monday a day early (some of us here like to call it Suffin Tin Sunday) because today is Zachary's 8th birthday. I made chocolate ice cream and filled the boys' muffin tins with different toppings. I think they liked it. Corey said, "You're the best mom I've ever had!"

The tins:

(blueberries, pecan chips, homemade cinnamon whipped cream, cut-up peaches, mini chocolate chips, sprinkles)

And the boys:

For the cinnamon whipped cream we mixed 1 pint whipping cream, 3 tbsp white sugar, 1 tsp cinnamon, and 1 tsp vanilla extract in our stand mixer until fluffy and peaks formed.

Now go to Muffin Tin Mom to see more muffin tin meals.

The fubsy gravedo congratulated the anorchous winbrow, or Mostly healthy bentos.

2011-01-13T15:34:00.001-06:00

I was too busy eating cupcakes and whoopie pies for my birthday yesterday to post any bentos, but here is today's Easy Lunchbox bento for Zachary:

(turkey & cheese sandwich, carrots, blackberries, and half a double chocolate cupcake from Society Bakery in Dallas)

And a couple of pre-Christmas bentos I neglected to post before now:

(pasta shells with zucchini, leeks and melted cheese; chips; baby spinach, walnuts, pears, and goat cheese)

(vegan chocolate banana zucchini bread, carrots, curried chickpeas with spinach and potatoes)

The pasta and curried chickpeas recipes can be found in a cookbook I highly recommend, SOS! The Six O'Clock Scramble to the Rescue, by Aviva Goldfarb, and the vegan chocolate banana zucchini bread recipe can be found at Anja's Food 4 Thought.

I'm linking this post up to What's for Lunch Wednesday at What's for Lunch at Our House.

The finely minced hired mourner reminisced with the villainous sack suit, or Birthday breakfast Muffin Tin Monday and ICE!

2011-01-03T23:33:00.001-06:00

It's Corey's 5th birthday! We celebrated this morning with peanut butter chocolate chip waffles and a muffin tin full of waffle toppings:

(mini chocolate chips, peanut butter, homemade blueberry topping, bananas, maple syrup, and butter)

Here's the birthday boy:

And his big brother:

Later we went to the Gaylord Texan for some indoor sledding and a Peanuts ice exhibit:

And then to Cheesecake Factory, which reminds me, I need to steal a couple of bites of some leftover cheesecake before the boys wake up.

For more muffin tin meals, go to Muffin Tin Mom.

The niddering quocker-wodger bedecked the muliebrious sabermetrician, or Muffin Tin Monday menorah.

2010-12-05T23:19:00.001-06:00

Happy Chanukah/Hanukkah! For our snack today we had a menorah muffin tin, with gelt candle holders and pretzel candles stuck in place with peanut butter. Behind our muffin tin are Maccabee shields, made by the boys during their Chanukah program at Sunday School.

Here's Corey singing before eating:

And Zachary "lighting" the candles, also singing (please excuse the mess; I only declutter the night before the cleaning lady comes):

For more muffin tin meals, go to Muffin Tin Mom. For more menorah crafts, one of which is edible, check out my last post.

(also, really awesome giveaway)

The insectile oxter outcheated the fuliginous slype, or Menorah crafts.

2010-12-03T12:56:00.001-06:00

I thought I'd repost last year's menorah crafts, and add Corey's from this year. First, though, here's a picture of Corey after winning second place (a ribbon and a $25 mall gift card) at last night's menorah- lighting festivities:

This year's (unfinished) menorah:

(2009) This is what our felt and yarn menorah will look like tonight:

And on the last night of Hanukkah:

Our banana, apple and butterscotch chip menorah:

Here are a couple of Corey's:

The spurious muffineer exculpated the dour lardoon, or Giveaways!

2010-11-29T09:53:00.000-06:00

Please go check out LitLad, our children's book review blog, for some great book giveaways for beginning and independent readers!

The tone-deaf dimple zombified the crinigerous bum fodder, or Make-your-own muesli muffin tin.

2010-11-15T09:24:00.001-06:00

The theme for Muffin Tin Monday this week is Food Pyramid/Nutrition but, unfortunately, the vegetables group will not be making an appearance until lunchtime.

In the bowl are oats, cranberries, raisins and milk (grains, fruit and milk groups), and in the muffin tin are walnuts, cashews, almonds, sunflower seeds, pepitas and sesame seeds, all part of the meats & beans group.

Here's Zachary while putting his meal together (he's smiling not because he's enjoying being so healthy, but because I'd just said, "Was that a fart?"):

This post is dedicated to my dad, who complained about my last post being up at the top too long.

For more muffin tin meals, go to Muffin Tin Mom.

The multivagant gym suit performed for the voiceless lidge, or Muesli bento.

2010-11-03T12:45:00.000-05:00

Zachary went to school yesterday with a muesli bento (and some grapes, grape tomatoes and baby carrots). Milk to add later was in a separate container.

Here's our recipe for muesli, which we don't usually have for lunch, but Zachary had a little trouble getting up, so he got his breakfast for lunch:

3 cups rolled oats
1 cup nuts (we used slivered almonds, and chopped walnuts and cashews)
1/2 cup sesame seeds
1/2 cup sunflower seeds
1/2 cup pepitas
handful of chia seeds
1/2 cup cranberries
1/2 cup raisins
1 cup chopped apricots

Into each serving we usually add honey or maple syrup and fresh fruit.

I'm linking this post up to What's for Lunch Wednesday at What's for Lunch at Our House.

The flabby schlockmeister immolated the irrespirable cod, or Halloween and a candy wrapper collage.

2010-11-01T00:41:00.001-05:00

I'm taking a quick break from putting together the student directory for Zachary's school to show you this:

And this:

Now that Halloween is over and the candy has been eaten/exchanged for books, it's on to Thanksgiving and turkey feathers decorated with candy wrappers:

The skydiving agamist fancied the austere jabot, or Mediterranean bento.

2010-09-29T13:48:00.001-05:00

For Zachary's lunch the other day he had falafel, feta cheese, hummus (in the orange container), pita, golden raisins, and tabbouleh:

Head on over to What's for Lunch at Our House to see more bento meals and to see how Shannon is helping out the North Texas Food Bank.

The plummy slub disrobed in front of the gravel-blind salad oil, or Muffin Tin Monday.

2010-09-27T00:01:00.001-05:00

(cantaloupe, cheese teddy bear with dried cranberry features, whole wheat zucchini muffin with Greek yogurt, "Corey" veggies sticks)

Here are the boys enjoying their "muffin tin" meal (Zachary's veggie sticks say "Zack"):

We were a little late putting up last week's shapes muffin tin with book review and craft, so if you missed it check it out on our children's book review blog, LitLad. And for some muffin tin meals that aren't ours, go to Muffin Tin Mom.

The dishonest love-philter religionized the weepful malingerer, or Whole wheat zucchini muffins with Greek yogurt.

2010-09-24T21:39:00.006-05:00

The other day Corey and I made whole wheat zucchini muffins with Greek yogurt. We used a recipe we found at Andrea's Recipes.

Here's Corey making the muffin batter (day 1):

(day 2, after a butter run):

And here he is enjoying the results (day 3):

The coquettish embryo swingled the besplashed battle chief, or Portrait bento.

2010-09-22T00:01:00.003-05:00

For Zachary's lunch yesterday, I made this:

(Veggie Booty, cheese quesadilla, cranberries, grilled chicken; Fig Newmans & almonds; more Veggie Booty)

See the resemblance?

We're linking this up at What's for Lunch Wednesday.

The atrophied sparerib worked out with the svelte family man, or Pre-K class rules.

2010-09-19T16:16:00.000-05:00

Corey's Pre-K class is learning about the letter "O." On Friday they also learned the class rules. During free art time, Corey took the teacher's list and copied it:

When he got home we worked on folding.

The tender-hefted williwaw drifted apart from the waterproof grudger, or What's for Lunch Wednesday.

2010-09-08T13:08:00.000-05:00

Zachary's lunch today:

(tortilla chips; refried bean and cheese roll-up, baby spinach, almonds; raspberries and grapes)

Check out more bento meals at What's for Lunch at Our House.

The tridentate kibbe misjudged the parlous garbage, or a Corey story.

2010-09-02T13:57:00.001-05:00

The Little Tiny Mouse

(mostly dictated) by Corey

The mouse wanted candy. So he went to the candy store. He was so very happy. He was not so sure about candy. The candy ate the tiny mouse. The fan blew the candy away. Then the mouse couldn't see himself. In the afternoon the candy couldn't see what he was doing. Then the mouse came alive and had so much fun. The mouse was sure about the candy's tummy. He got out by breaking the candy's tummy. The mouse wanted more candy, so he went to the wrong store. Then he ate the fan in my room. The ferocious mouse wanted candy again. So he went to the right store.

The End

About the Author
Corey wanted to author himself. When I grow up I want to be a rock star challenge. I like my favorite colors – red and sometimes green.

The low-minded niligon predigested the loggerheaded taste bud, or What's for Lunch Wednesday.

2010-08-31T22:54:00.001-05:00

(Ben's Taco Muffins, grape tomato, chocolate-filled wafer, dried cherries and raisins; grape tomatoes; veggie sticks)

This was Zachary's lunch from Monday. Here is a picture that has nothing to do with Zachary or his lunch:

Check out more bento meals at What's for Lunch at Our House.

The pudibund galactophagist honeymooned with the roynish hairnet, or Muffin Tin Monday.

2010-08-30T19:22:00.001-05:00

(1 apple piece with cheese; 2 apple pieces with cinnamon; 3 apple pieces with chocolate chips; 4 apple pieces with honey; 5 apple pieces with Greek yogurt; 6 apple pieces with peanut butter)

Here are the boys enjoying this week's number/apple-themed muffin tin:

Shameless plug: For more apple-y fun, check out our new book blog, LitLad, where you can read a couple of reviews by Corey and see an apple print/self-portrait by both boys.

And to see more muffin tin meals, go to Muffin Tin Mom.

The evasive loungewear nagged the foraminous chowder, or What's for Lunch Wednesday.

2010-08-24T21:24:00.000-05:00

For Zachary's first day of school yesterday he got "Vietnam Mix Fruit Chips" (jack fruit, banana, pineapple, sweet potato and taro), grape mochi, dried cranberries, pretzels, and a chocolate-filled wafer roll. In the thermos is Pad Thai.

I wasn't able to take pictures of him eating his lunch, but here he is right before starting second grade:

Check out more bento meals at What's for Lunch at Our House.

The destructive ethicist looked longingly at the unpalatable cheesecloth, or Muffin Tin Monday.

2010-08-16T14:01:00.000-05:00

(peaches, juice, zwieback, blueberries, fettuccine Alfredo, chicken quesadilla)

Here are the boys:

Check out more muffin tin meals at Muffin Tin Mom.

The mortal mime blackmailed the surly putty, or Our new book blog.

2010-08-15T16:31:00.001-05:00

The boys and I just started our second blog, and this time it's all about books. Come check out LitLad--we'd love for you to follow us! Our first post talks about our favorite books of the past week--Sideways Stories from Wayside School, Tintin, The Cat on the Mat Is Flat, and How Rocket Learned to Read.

The turgescent mundungus froze the squeamish pettifogger, or What's for Lunch Wednesday.

2010-08-11T00:32:00.000-05:00

(Greek yogurt with honey and a candy heart; figs; sardine & avocado sandwich; pretzels)

Alex and I were married on the palindromic 8/9/98 and celebrated our 12th anniversary this Monday, 8/9/10. If he's lucky and I get up in time, I usually send him off to work with a turkey and cheese sandwich, but on Monday, our "silk" anniversary, I made the above bento lunch (pictured atop a red play silk, which was finally used for something other than a superhero cape or a river of blood).

Check out more bento lunches at What's for Lunch at Our House.

The umbrageous newswoman basted the able-bodied thropple, or Muffin Tin Monday.

2010-08-10T14:20:00.000-05:00

(eggplant, chickpeas, mint & feta; couscous; juice; broccoli; made-by-Corey-except-for-the-egg-so-he-wouldn't-have-to-wash-his-hands-again chocolate raspberry brownie, topped with a candy heart)

Yesterday was my 12th anniversary, so I had better things to do than blog:

Here are the boys enjoying their muffin tins last night while the adults had a romantic dinner (for at least five minutes, anyway):

Check out more muffin tin meals at Muffin Tin Mom.

The ghostly limburger massaged the sanguifluous minotaur, or Muffin Tin Monday.

2010-08-01T21:12:00.000-05:00

(Pocky; grape mochi; hamburger and ice cream cone gummies; red bean paste bun; turnip cake; pork, yellow chive and black fungus dumpling; pork and shrimp shumai)

Last night we took a trip to the newly opened 99 Ranch Market (the largest Asian supermarket chain in the United States and Canada) and bought today's lunch. Here are the boys enjoying it:

Check out more muffin tin meals at Muffin Tin Mom.

The scraggly starmonger burst out laughing at the raddled ogerhunch, or Our trip to Rochester, NY.

2010-07-29T22:27:00.001-05:00

Last week we went to Rochester (after a canceled flight and an airline change):

While we were there we played in the sprinklers with the big cousins (one of whom was looking through a window and laughing at Corey's underwear):

We admired the little cousin:

We swam:

And went to the art museum:

We played some more:

And ate yummy ice cream at Lugia's:

And then added dirt and grass to our stain collection:

Before we headed back to the airport we hung out at the sprayground:

The crippled stilts impressed the paranoid pelican, or What's for Lunch Wednesday.

2010-07-28T14:29:00.000-05:00

Last Thursday we flew to Rochester, NY. I packed bentos for the boys to eat on the plane, but they ended up eating most of their food in the airport during our 5-hour wait.

(fruit strip; spinach, basil and red pepper wrap; maple bacon lollipop; gum; pretzel; dried mixed berries; goldfish; almonds; cantaloupe and dried mixed berries)

Here are the boys:

Check out more bentos at What's for Lunch at Our House.

The gambrinous badaud absquatulated with the vecordious tanquam, or Muffin Tin Monday.

2010-07-19T13:56:00.000-05:00

(carrots & peanut butter, spaghetti & fettuccine Alfredo, belated National Ice Cream Day rocky road ice cream)

Here are the boys:

Check out more muffin tin meals at Muffin Tin Mom.

The unvendible faddist reassembled the toothless kidney bean, or Journal writing.

2010-07-15T23:55:00.001-05:00

Thanks to Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Zachary has been writing in his journal more often. He gave me permission to share his latest entry:

Of course, Corey wanted to do what his big brother was doing, so we picked out a journal just for him. Here is what I found last week:

(Translation: Today I hurt my brother.)

And:

(Translation: Tomorrow I will be nice.)

Today I finally got around to showing him how to use cut-up sentences to help him with his writing (an idea I saw over at A List Maker's Life, via ABC and 123). I had him dictate to me a sentence about his day; he cut up the strip I gave to him into individual words and glued them into his journal in the right order; and then he copied the sentence underneath. Here's what we did tonight:

The bilgy roller skate admonished the overhasty headboard, or What's for Lunch Wednesday.

2010-07-14T17:58:00.001-05:00

It's What's for Lunch Wednesday! The boys got a bento snack today before My Gym and swimming lessons:

(blackberry, banana & cream cheese wraps; carrots; mixed nuts with honey; and strawberry cream pretzels)

Here are the boys:

Check out more bentos at What's for Lunch at Our House.

The lugubrious fugleman gave birth to the herbaged adversary, or Muffin Tin Monday.

2010-07-12T21:24:00.000-05:00

(grapes, Greek yogurt, blackberries, strawberry cream pretzels, dried cranberries, mixed nuts)

Here are the boys enjoying their snack:

Check out more muffin tin meals at Muffin Tin Mom.

The kilted dinner bell debated the vacuous suburb, or Lego robots.

2010-07-12T10:33:00.000-05:00

This week we're participating in a Lego Challenge over at What are we doing today Mom?, and the theme is Robots. Zachary is all ready for the next challenge, and keeps asking what he gets to create next time.

Here's Zachary's robot (you have to push a "button" for the arms to come out):

Here's Corey's (he needed a little direction, but he put it together himself):

The acarpous pustule celebrated with the guilt-ridden showgirl, or That's my dad.

2010-07-08T15:23:00.003-05:00

Yesterday was Alex's birthday (check out the pecan pie bars we made for him). We also looked at Ralph Steadman's That's My Dad, and made our own dad pictures.

That's not my dad...

Ralph's version:

Zachary's version:

And Corey's version:

And here's what their dad really looks like:

To see other stART (story + art) projects, go to A Mommy's Adventures.

The churlish quadruplets oppressed the portable wet nurse, or Pecan pie bars.

2010-07-07T15:20:00.000-05:00

In honor of Alex's (Father Is Not Concerned's?) birthday, the boys and I made pecan pie bars (recipe: Brown Eyed Baker).

Here they are mixing the flour, butter and brown sugar:

And pressing the mixture into a baking dish:

While the crust was in the oven, they mixed the filling:

We baked it, and then we ate it (with Daddy, of course):

Happy Birthday, Alex!

The callow parsnip mollycoddled the quarrelsome slaverer, or Muffin Tin Monday.

2010-07-05T13:10:00.000-05:00

(tortilla chips, cheese, turkey, guacamole, lettuce, tomatoes)

Lunch today was taco salad. Here are the boys assembling and eating:

For more muffin tin meals, go to Muffin Tin Mom.

The swooning monocle tattooed the henpecked nosey-parker, or Red, white and blue strawberries.

2010-07-03T22:01:00.000-05:00

Today the boys and I made chocolate-dipped strawberries for Independence Day. Here they are dipping:

And eating:

Thanks to Grin and Bake It and Baking Bites for the idea!

The spicular saltshaker tortured the restless jodhpurs, or Buried treasure.

2010-06-10T15:20:00.001-05:00

The other day the boys went on a search for buried treasure, in the backyard:

To go along with our activity, Zachary has been reading the following:

And now I just need to remember where I buried the fifth treasure...

The pediculous slubberdegullion guttled the clodhopping fagin, or Rainbow bento.

2010-06-08T21:22:00.000-05:00

(raisins; pita covered with peanut butter and topped with strawberries, apples, grapes and blueberries; leftover fruit; veggie sticks; almonds)

The boys and I went to the pool yesterday and brought along lunch bentos. Here they are enjoying them:

Today Zachary was inspired to make his own snack, and begged me to put it on the blog, so here it is:

To see more bento meals, go to What's for Lunch at Our House.

The bespectacled chihuahua laminated the meddling egg noodle, or Muffin Tin Monday.

2010-06-07T16:35:00.000-05:00

(nectarines, Greek yogurt/blueberries, carrots, cucumbers, peanut butter, carrots)

And the boys:

For more muffin tin meals, go to Muffin Tin Mom.

The rubious daydreamer awakened the mumpish cactus, or Zoo bento.

2010-06-02T21:04:00.000-05:00

This week we're participating in What's for Lunch Wednesday over at What's for Lunch at Our House. Corey and I went to the Dallas Zoo today with some friends and brought along this zoo bento:

(grapes & sunflower seeds; honey-roasted sesame sticks, cheese, raisins & pita)

And a couple pictures of Corey, of course:

The night-faring oboe prosecuted the childbearing pigtail, or Muffin Tin Monday.

2010-05-31T14:48:00.001-05:00

(baked banana French toast, strawberry/banana/peanut butter smoothie, blueberries, peach, eggs)

Today we had breakfast tins. Here are the boys:

And here's the French toast recipe. I quadrupled it and froze it (before baking) for later.

For more muffin tin meals, go to Muffin Tin Mom.

The predatory mustache salivated over the incoherent bedpan, or Muffin Tin Monday.

2010-05-24T21:32:00.000-05:00

(Pad Thai, bananas, pineapple/peach/banana/spinach/flax seed smoothie, pepitas, tomatoes/Pirate's Booty, Pirate's Booty/tomato)

This week's Muffin Tin Monday theme is seeds, plants and flowers, although we made a Pad Thai nest as well since we missed last week's theme (birds and nests). Here are the boys:

For more muffin tin meals, go to Muffin Tin Mom.

The illiterate commuter converted the self-luminous cough drop, or Happy Mother's Day.

2010-05-09T06:38:00.000-05:00

Happy Mother's Day! This year we did more mom and grandma interviews. Here are last year's interviews.

Zachary's mom and grandma interviews

I really love it when my mom...hugs me.
My mom likes to wear...a dress.
My mom always tells me...to turn off the light when I use the bathroom.
The best thing she does is...she lets me have chocolate and candy sometimes.
It makes her happy when...I listen to directions.
My mom likes to relax by...reading a book.
I like it when she...kisses me.
The best thing she cooks is...macaroni and cheese.
When my mom shops she likes to buy...chocolate.
My mom's favorite household chore is...cleaning up the house.
My mom's favorite TV show is...Lost.
If she could go on a trip she would go...to her parents' house.
I love my mom because...she takes good care of me.

What is a grandma?
A grandma is something you have and plays with you.
What do grandmas like best?
Playing with sweet boys.
What do grandmas do?
Grandmas help people and stuff.
What do grandmas say?
Grandmas say, "Happy Birthday."
What do grandmas smell like?
Like a cookie (B). Perfume (L)
What are your grandmas' favorite colors?
Purple (B) Pink (L)
What is your favorite thing to do at your grandmas' houses?
Play and read books and eat.

Zachary's Grandma Betsy interview

I really love it when Grandma...kisses me.
My grandma likes to wear...a shirt.
My grandma always tells me...that I'm a sweet boy.
The best thing she does is...clap her hands.
It makes her happy when...I come to her house.
My grandma loves to relax by...sleeping on the couch.
I like it when she...lets me play on the computer at her house.
The best thing she cooks is...lasagna.
When my grandma shops she likes to buy...some tomatoes, because they're fresh vegetables and she's a vegetarian.
My grandma's favorite household chore is...cleaning the dishes.
My grandma's favorite TV show is...Yummy Yummy Fruit Salad.
If she could go on a trip she would go...Europe.
I love my grandma because...she's nice to me.

Corey's mom and grandma interviews

I really love it when my mom...turns off the TV for me all by herself.
My mom likes to wear...jeans.
My mom always tells me...to go out of my room.
The best thing she does is...share a piece of candy with me.
It makes her happy when...I hug her.
My mom likes to relax by...a book.
I like it when she...cooks mac and cheese.
The best thing she cooks is...macaroni and cheese.
When my mom shops she likes to buy...peas.
My mom's favorite household chore is...cleaning up the living room.
My mom's favorite TV show is...Lost.
If she could go on a trip she would go...to Daddy.
I love my mom because...I love her so much, and that's available now on DVD.

What is a grandma?
Something that is helpful.
What do grandmas like best?
They like flowers the best.
What do grandmas do?
They like to sleep.
What do grandmas say?
Thank you.
What does grandma smell like?
Cotton candy (B) A mommy (L)
What are your grandmas' favorite colors?
Yellow (B) Brown (L)
What is your favorite thing to do at your grandmas' houses?
I like to bring my nightie.

Corey's Grandma Linda interview

I really love it when Grandma...hugs me and kisses me.
My grandma likes to wear...a dress.
My grandma always tells me...I need to have a drink when I cough.
The best thing she does is...puts me to bed when it's time to.
It makes her happy when...I smile at her.
My grandma loves to relax by...Grandpa.
I like it when she...helps me read a cookie.
The best thing she cooks is...hot potatoes.
When my grandma shops she likes to buy...kisses.
My grandma's favorite household chore is...to read a book.
My grandma's favorite TV show is...Lost.
If she could go on a trip she would go...to visit Grandpa Bruce.
I love my grandma because...I kiss her.

The unwashed glee club betrayed the napping liverwurst, or Muffin Tin Monday.

2010-05-03T20:46:00.005-05:00

(salsa, Mexican Nacho Popcorn, strawberries, more popcorn, tortilla chips)

Here are the boys enjoying their Cinco de Mayo muffin tins:

For more muffin tin meals, go to Muffin Tin Mom.

The boorish earwig finger-painted the persuadable patty shell, or Muffin Tin Monday.

2010-04-19T20:35:00.000-05:00

(strawberry, carrots, cheese, snow peas, water, cake)

This week's theme is leftovers, but since I never got around to posting last week's muffin tin, I decided just to use leftover pictures today. Here are the boys enjoying last week's rainbow-themed tins:

For more muffin tin meals, go to Muffin Tin Mom.

The schmaltzy molar poeticized the bumptious rioter, or Muffin Tin Monday.

2010-04-06T09:27:00.004-05:00

(matzo with charoset, egg, juice, cacao walnut macaroon, chocolate-covered caramelized matzo, kugel)

Here are the boys enjoying their Passover muffin tin:

For more muffin tin meals, go to Muffin Tin Mom.

The demythologized pimple made peace with the murky turophile, or Muffin Tin Monday.

2010-03-26T13:11:00.006-05:00

(blackberry crumble, adapted from Angelnina's Cottage)

This week's theme for Muffin Tin Monday is blue/purple. Here are the boys enjoying their dessert (I served myself first, of course):

For more muffin tin meals, go to Muffin Tin Mom.

The wormlike bickerer swung at the bullheaded bookstall, or Muffin Tin Monday.

2010-03-22T21:47:00.001-05:00

There's no theme for Muffin Tin Monday this week, so I let the boys choose their own food:

(apple, Cheerios, strawberry/pineapple/mango/banana/kale smoothie, candy, peanuts, sardines)

(candy, Cheerios, smoothie, peanuts, clementine, candy)

Here are the boys:

For more muffin tin meals, go to Muffin Tin Mom.

The forgotten knout mutilated the overripe gumbo, or Snowman art.

2010-03-20T23:47:00.000-05:00

I thought I'd celebrate the first day of spring (and spring's first snow) with this, by Zachary:

Our inspiration came from Deep Space Sparkle.

The fleshy Republican seduced the coldhearted costumier, or Muffin Tin Monday.

2010-03-15T14:21:00.000-05:00

(avocado & sardine sandwich, grapes, spinach/banana smoothie, pita, spinach hummus, rice/beans/broccoli)

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

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The corybantic witch ball banished the solitary goatsucker, or Muffin Tin Monday.

2010-03-08T21:37:00.001-06:00

(baked pear with oatmeal, tortilla chips, pineapple/banana/papaya smoothie, apples, cheese star, taffy)

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

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The constipated soup spoon broiled the grubby beauty queen, or Muffin Tin Monday.

2010-02-22T17:06:00.000-06:00

(sweet potatoes sprinkled with nutmeg, salt and pepper and brushed with a maple syrup/butter/orange juice mixture & oranges filled with an orange pulp/yogurt mixture, from Silly Snacks: Cooking With Kids)

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

For more muffin tin meals, go to Muffin Tin Mom.

The stern typewriter blotted out the deranged prophet, or Heart crayons.

2010-02-19T14:06:00.000-06:00

Here's Zachary making heart crayons for his school Valentine's Day party earlier this week:

And, after baking at 275 degrees:

The crustific food critic lambasted the top-heavy motivational speaker, or Muffin Tin Monday.

2010-02-15T20:53:00.000-06:00

(homemade strawberry sorbet)

Today's Muffin Tin Monday theme is red. Here are the boys enjoying their reddish sorbet:

For more muffin tin meals, go to Muffin Tin Mom.

The doubtful howler monkey regenerated into the small-minded celebrity, or Snow painting.

2010-02-12T15:43:00.000-06:00

After this:

We took some snow inside and painted it with a mixture of food coloring and water:

And then performed a melting experiment:

And now my Texas boys have had enough snow and are ready for tomorrow's 53 degree weather.

The disfigured middle schooler deified the photogenic sackbut, or Muffin Tin Monday.

2010-02-08T22:01:00.000-06:00

Today was supposed to have been shopping day, but it was raining, so this is what was left in my house at 3 p.m:

(peanut butter, water, peanut butter, pretzels, raisins, carrots)

Here are the boys:

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The bloodthirsty spatterdash exhumed the shrink-wrapped parlourmaid, or Recent Zacky cooking adventures.

2010-02-06T14:14:00.000-06:00

Zachary making steamed buns:

Kale chips, from Tiny Urban Kitchen:

Chocolate sheet cake, from Pioneer Woman:

And peanut butter and honey granola bars, from Active Life Cooking:

The monkly operagoer carjacked the aligerous marionette, or Muffin Tin Monday.

2010-02-01T17:02:00.000-06:00

By cracky! This week's Muffin Tin Monday theme is Dr. Seuss. Here's our Wacky Wednesday (Monday?) tin:

(upside-down apple cupcake, headless fruit leather, clementines in a cup, carrot on a stick over pretzel sticks and peanut butter, shoe napkin, orange juice)

Here are the boys:

For more Dr. Seuss muffin tins, go to Muffin Tin Mom.

The luckless shopkeeper summoned the domineering stinkard, or Muffin Tin Monday.

2010-01-12T14:03:00.000-06:00

(prunes, carrots, blueberries, slivered almonds, clementine, Colby cheese)

This week's Muffin Tin Monday theme is Back to School/Learning, so yesterday we learned all about sharing with a mini muffin tin. Here are the boys:

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The wonder-struck bookbinder memorialized the enthusiastic placenta, or Muffin Tin Monday.

2010-01-04T14:16:00.001-06:00

(30th Anniversary Chocolate Cake Cheesecake/Stefanie's Ultimate Red Velvet Cheesecake, Shepherd's Pie, milk)

Last night we celebrated Corey's 4th birthday at The Cheesecake Factory, and the above (except for the milk) was what was left over. Here are the boys:

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The irrational hillbilly swaddled the idealistic prune, or Ice cream flannel board.

2010-01-03T22:12:00.000-06:00

Today is Corey's 4th birthday!:

And here is one of his presents, a flannel board made from a poster frame, an old sheet and some tape:

I got these pattern cards, as well as the templates for the felt pieces, from Making Learning Fun:

Zachary cut out the two cherries, and I added 20 chocolate chips for some counting fun:

And also for making faces:

The birthday boy at work:

The unfaithful martyr pounced on the serious-minded nightshirt, or 6-year-old essays.

2009-12-22T22:24:00.000-06:00

Lately Zachary's been writing (mostly) essays, usually in a notebook he keeps in his room, but I've also found some lying around elsewhere. Here are some of them (uncorrected):

When i was young i was 8 years old. i was at the cleaners when i was 10 years old. When i moved into a new house i was so excited i got to go to the movies. but when i am old i spend most of the time alone. but when i die i will not be happy because i have dieded.

"ms. claire"

My favorite food is potatoes. I like potatoes because their so yummy and sqishy. My grandfather used potatoes in a wedding. How I love potatoes.

"Science"

Science is a sistom of Director Experience and is made by scientists. the palenetoligists used to dig dinoasaurs bones but now they Died. but there might be some in arizona. your blood contains your lungs and skelton. your musles move sometimes.

"Dictchinarys"

a Dictchonary is somthing that you look when you dont what a word means and how to spell the word. you could understand the words by reading it. It is fun to look at my Dictchonary isnt it. people use the Dichonary words for comics. people use the words to no what they mean.

"The Forest"

The Forest can have many places where the Forest is. Asia and Africa and South America. The animals lived in the forest for a 1000s of years. People didn't know how long the forest lived. Maybe--they thought it lived longer than usaul. It lived over 1 million years. The forest produses to the people. Its been nice over 1 zillion years.

"Student Notebook"

When I was little I used to have fun at the mall and Disney land. I loved Christmas eve at my grandmas and grandpas house we got to search for presents. I got many presents from mom & dad. but Santa finally came. I had good presents at hanuckah. I had a happy hanukkah. I loved all the Latkas and the cake to. merry christmass Ho

"Cats"

Cats don't bark that loud they only say meow. Children loves that silly story of bolt and his friends mittens the shinny cat and Rhino the silly hamster. Cats got scary moves. Some cats love farmers. You can use cat food for cats. I have a cat for a pet. Some people don't like cats. Some people are allergict to alot and alots of many dirty cats.

The self-absorbed sinusitis eradicated the puckish public nuisance, or Snowman candy bars.

2009-12-17T00:11:00.000-06:00

The boys made these snow bars for their teachers. We used baby socks, ribbon, buttons, construction paper, photo paper, markers and candy bars and followed the instructions at Coley's Corner.

Here's Corey admiring his work:

The floating schoolteacher became infatuated with the sullen roustabout, or Muffin Tin Monday (edible menorah and dreidel).

2009-12-14T16:44:00.001-06:00

We're skipping ahead to next week's theme, which is Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah.

(banana menorah; honey; Hershey's Kiss, cream cheese and marshmallow dreidel; apple candles; butterscotch chip flames)

Here is one of our menorahs lit up for the fourth night of Hanukkah:

And here are the boys:

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

The prudent pudding warned the inaudible trap door, or Menorah crafts.

2009-12-11T16:04:00.001-06:00

Happy Hanukkah!

This is what our felt and yarn menorah will look like tonight:

And on the last night of Hanukkah:

Here are a couple of Corey's:

The unexceptional harpist clobbered the homeless shuttlecock, or Flat Stanley goes to Spain.

2009-12-10T13:46:00.002-06:00

This is the original Flat Stanley, who is mailed in an envelope to California:

This is Zachary's Flat Stanley, who was mailed to Grandma and Grandpa in North Carolina and then flown to Spain:

Here is what Stanley brought back:

(not pictured: cookies)

And here is Stanley, upon his return about one missing tooth later:

Zachary wrote this poem during indoor recess yesterday:

Spain

I love
Spain.
I love
Spain.
Spain is
the best,
Spain.

The despondent naysayer smooched the necrophagous love potion, or Muffin Tin Monday.

2009-12-07T23:53:00.001-06:00

(juice, chocolate-filled cookie from Spain, apple, clementine, Mrs. May's Cran-Blueberry Crunch, cookie)

Here are the boys:

To see more muffin tin meals, go to Her Cup Overfloweth.

The touchy-feely swaggerer humiliated the arthritic orphan, or Snow playdough.

2009-12-04T22:02:00.000-06:00

Corey and I made snow dough today using a recipe we found at My Montessori Journey. We added glitter and peppermint extract:

Here's our snowman:

And here he is melting (about as fast as our snow in Dallas melted the other day):

Some more playdough fun:

Zachary's snowman melted and grew worms:

And then turned into an island, which then turned into an island man:

The sickly onion misinformed the clairvoyant frangipane, or Muffin Tin Monday.

2009-11-30T20:50:00.000-06:00

(water, biscuit from Babe's Chicken Dinner House, pretzels, cheese, peanut butter, celery)

No theme for Muffin Tin Monday today. Here are the boys:

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

The merdivorous sweetmeat confided in the burly conversationalist, or Thanksgiving.

2009-11-26T22:38:00.001-06:00

We spent our Thanksgiving at home this year. Unfortunately, not everyone could make it, so we made them:

They helped us with our caramel pumpkin gingersnap cheesecake:

See?:

Mom and Dad, we miss you and wish you were here. And not just because you would have prevented the glue incident (sorry, no pictures of that). But there are these:

Thankful
by Zachary

I am thankful for helping Corey do stuff.
I am thankful for helping Mommy in the kitchen.
I am thankful for saving money for toys.
I am thankful for my nighties.
I am thankful for candy.
I am thankful for everybody in my family.
I am most thankful for Mommy.

Thankful
by Corey

I am thankful for my brother.
I am thankful for Mommy and Daddy.
I am thankful for states.
I am thankful for Jujyfruits.
I am thankful for watching movies.
I am thankful for watching Pee-wee's Playhouse.
I am most thankful for my grandparents.

Go to ABC and 123 to check out other Thanksgiving posts.

The glamorous waffle thwarted the verdant nosebleed, or Muffin Tin Monday.

2009-11-23T23:29:00.000-06:00

This week's Muffin Tin Monday theme is Thanksgiving. The boys had a friend over this afternoon, so we didn't get to this until right before dinner. All they wanted were these letter cookies...

Here they are:

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The trembly parasol smacked the faithful countryside, or Muffin Tin Monday.

2009-11-16T21:06:00.000-06:00

(apple crisp, milk)

For today's Muffin Tin Monday, the boys and I made an apple crisp, which we adapted from a recipe at Eat My Cake Now.

Here they are mixing the topping (with walnuts instead of almonds):

Zachary poured the topping over the filling:

We baked, and then we ate:

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

The double-faced crony contaminated the overcautious caricature, or Muffin Tin Monday.

2009-11-09T17:17:00.000-06:00

There's no theme this week for Muffin Tin Monday, so in honor of Zacky S., Toothless Wonder, we had apple smiles. Here's the toothless boy:

An apple smile:

More boy pictures:

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

The brainsick counterpoison digested the sportive tourist, or Chocolate microwave mug cake.

2009-11-05T21:18:00.001-06:00

Our dessert tonight was chocolate microwave mug cake, using the recipe at 2 Stews.

First we mixed together the cocoa, sugar and flour:

And then the milk, oil, egg white and vanilla:

We microwaved our mixture for 2 minutes and then topped with melted Halloween candy (a Starburst and a Heath bar):

And ate:

For more kid-friendly recipes, check out A Little Fun With Me and Lu.

The self-adhesive dodderer choked the dependable osteophyte, or Learning with letter beads.

2009-11-04T13:30:00.001-06:00

We search:

We spell:

And this is what we get:

For more kid-friendly projects, check out We Made It! Friday Showcase at The Ramblings of a Crazy Woman.

The unapproachable mentioner heckled the squamous sporting house, or Muffin Tin Monday.

2009-11-02T21:20:00.000-06:00

This week's Muffin Tin Monday theme is Outer Space. The boys and I chose to make a Doctor Who tin.

(marshmallow Adipose, nonalcoholic sonic screwdrivers, Tom Baker's Jolly Rancher scarf, Lifesavers Gummies pretending to be Jelly Babies, Peter Davison's celery)

A closeup of the Adipose:

The boys:

And the Doctor's newest companion, ready to battle injustice:

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

2009-10-30T14:14:00.001-05:00

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.

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

2009-10-28T13:34:00.000-05:00

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:

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

2009-10-26T17:18:00.000-05:00

(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.

The emotional brain-worker bragged to the cervine socialist, or Jupiter and baseball.

2009-10-20T12:25:00.000-05:00

By Zachary, age 6 3/4:

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

2009-10-19T17:47:00.000-05:00

(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.

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

2009-10-16T21:06:00.000-05:00

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:

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

2009-10-12T16:55:00.000-05:00

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.

2009-10-12T12:47:00.000-05:00

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.

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

2009-10-05T16:23:00.000-05:00

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.

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

2009-10-01T19:51:00.000-05:00

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.

The sinuous cold sore ameliorated the utile furbelow, or Muffin Tin Monday.

2009-09-28T16:49:00.000-05:00

(tissue, broth, pineapple banana smoothie pop, frozen grapes, frozen watermelon cone)

Here are my sick boys:

And here they are sipping their broth:

Thank you, Muffin Tin Monday and Kozy Carrier, for getting us through the day:

To see more muffin tin meals, go to Her Cup Overfloweth.

They Might Be Giants’ music for kids, or Guest music review by Alex.

2009-09-27T23:37:00.000-05:00

Guest post by Alex, husband to Holly (creator of Mother Is Not Concerned) and daddy to their two boys, Zachary (6) and Corey (3). Alex has dabbled in music review writing since high school, both for his college newspaper and on his own blog, The Curiouser Music Review. When not listening to, writing about or creating his own music, he works as an advertising copywriter.

If your kids are anything like mine, then they just can’t get enough music. When they’re not listening in the car or on the stereo (usually accompanied by an impromptu interpretive dance), they’re plugging into their iPods, banging on their collection of toy instruments or randomly bursting into song. Now, we all know that music is, by and large, a good thing for a child’s development. But what about the parents? I mean, if our kids are going to insist on listening to the same album over and over again (as they are wont to do), shouldn’t there be something in it that we grownups can tolerate or, better yet, actually enjoy on some level?

That’s where They Might Be Giants comes in. Since the early '80s, the duo of John Linnell and John Flansburgh (known to fans as “the two Johns”) has been creating quirky, amusing, likable and—let’s just say it—bizarre rock music for adults. It’s the kind of group more inclined to write songs about palindromes and birds that live in electrical outlets than love, and who are as adept at accordion and tuba as they are guitar and synthesizers.

It wasn’t until 2002 that the band released their first proper children’s album. Still, their impressive pedigree of absurdism and songs on such erudite topics as former presidents (“James K. Polk”), the animal kingdom (“Mammal”) and geometry (“Particle Man”) makes their moonlighting as a hip kiddie band seem like it was destined from the start.

Over the past seven years, They Might Be Giants has released four full-length kids’ albums, and, in many ways, they aren’t all that different from the kind of material they’ve been creating all along. Each has all the strange lyrical twists, the memorable power-pop-meets-kitchen-sink melodies and, of course, those unmistakably nasal vocals.

The major difference is that most of these albums, particularly the Here Come… series, focus on a single topic, whether that be the alphabet, numbers or, in their most recent release, the wonders of science. Most also come packaged with a video DVD, setting each of the songs to whimsical and artistic animated videos, along with spoken-word interludes from a puppet or cartoon version of John and John. The added visual stimulation does a great job of keeping kids engaged with the topic at hand, while still being every bit as fun and entertaining as the music itself.

So, which albums to get first? For younger kids, say six and under, I’d recommend starting with either Here Come the ABCs or Here Come the 123s. These cover everything from the importance of vowels and how to make numbers bigger by adding on zeroes, to reciting the alphabet backwards and identifying a nonagon.

Grade-school kids will enjoy these as well, but will probably appreciate the more sophisticated lessons of Here Comes Science, featuring songs about the scientific method, the elements, evolution, the solar system and more. The band even cleverly illustrates how science is constantly refining its findings by following the song “How Does the Sun Shine?” (one that’s long been in their repertoire) with the more scientifically up-to-date lyrics of “How Does the Sun Really Shine?”

Meanwhile, No! stands as a perfect all-purpose Giants kids album, featuring weird and wonderful songs on topics such as violins, robot parades and The Edison Museum.

No matter which They Might Be Giants release you go with, your kids are sure to enjoy all the new facts they’ll pick up, delivered with the Johns’ trademark creativity and wit. Just as important, they’ll be listening to some great music by one of the best bands of the past quarter-century (and so, thankfully, will you). Hey, it beats Barney any day.

To get a better taste of They Might Be Giants’ music for kids, check out the YouTube videos below, subscribe to the TMBG Family Video Podcast, or visit the band’s Web site at theymightbegiants.com. Want to purchase an album for your family? Please click on the Amazon.com links below to order, and a portion of your purchase price will help fund Mother Is Not Concerned. Thanks!

Amazon.com purchase links:

They Might Be Giants: Here Comes Science (CD/DVD)

They Might Be Giants: Here Come the 123s (CD/DVD)

They Might Be Giants: Here Come the ABCs (CD/DVD)

They Might Be Giants: Bed, Bed, Bed (CD + Book)

They Might Be Giants: No!

The gauche follicle challenged the delitescent globule, or Muffin Tin Monday.

2009-09-21T13:51:00.000-05:00

(ice cream, marshmallow Johnny Boo, pear & watermelon Ice Cream Monster, marshmallow Squiggle)

This week's theme is Children's Literature, so for our tin we chose Johnny Boo: The Best Little Ghost in the World. Here's the book:

And here are the boys:

And here's Zachary's drawing:

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The flatulent replica jeered at the ostrobogulous mortician, or Cantaloupe and orange lassi.

2009-09-17T17:57:00.000-05:00

Today we made cantaloupe and orange lassis, based on a recipe at Sippity Sup.

First we added the cantaloupe:

Next we added the ice:

And the orange:

And the yogurt and honey:

We added a pinch of salt and blended.

And then we drank:

For more kid-friendly recipes, check out A Little Fun With Me and Lu.

The credulous shadow contemned the self-aware elderberry, or Monster maps.

2009-09-16T14:13:00.000-05:00

The above map, which hangs in our playroom, inspired Zachary to come up with the following, plus about 10 or 15 more:

The dumbfounded crowd annoyed the gray-haired asparagus, or Two self-portraits and a bear.

2009-09-15T13:22:00.004-05:00

By the 3-year-old, thanks to a few brief lessons:

The cross-eyed umlaut ridiculed the ignorant intellectual, or Muffin Tin Monday.

2009-09-14T16:56:00.000-05:00

(Gala; Pink Lady; Jonathan; Braeburn; honey; Fuji; Granny Smith; honey; applesauce, honey & cheese quesadillas)

This week's Muffin Tin Monday theme is Apples. Because Rosh Hashanah is coming up, we decided to celebrate a sweet new year with an apples and honey taste test (Fuji and Pink Lady won), and since we are proper Texas Jews, we included apple & honey quesadillas.

Here are the boys:

We also read Sammy Spider's First Rosh Hashanah:

And with our leftover apples, we made more applesauce in the slow cooker (we added lemon juice, cinnamon, vanilla and water and are cooking on low for 4-6 hours):

Check out more muffin tin meals at Her Cup Overfloweth.