Pumpkin Patch 2010

Cowboy Smores!

 This past weekend, we were blessed with two extra sweet little girls for a day.  My grandparents had two little boys also, so we had a weenie roast!  I had seen this awesome recipe over at Funky Vintage Kitchen for Uncle Richie's Cowboy Smores so this was the perfect time to try them out!  They were SO good!  Of course the kids were much more interested in actually roasting marshmallows, but that left more for the adults to eat! :)  The next morning I had to get those three little girls up extra early for our garage sale!  My neices brought handmade hair bows to sale for a fundraiser for their upcoming mission trip next summer!  They were the cutest little sales"kids" you had ever seen!

1st Grade Bento #23 - Deconstructed Carmel Apple

Ham and Cheese Hot Pocket

Deconstructed Carmel Apple

2 carrot sticks

and some Candy Corn

1st Grade Bento #22 - A Thermos!

Kylee's friend at school always brings hot pockets.  So Kylee has been wanting me to pack her one for a couple of weeks.  I told her that we couldn't pack one because she wouldnt have a place to warm it up.  Then she informed me that her friend brings hers in a thermos.  SO...I finally bought her a thermos last night when I did my grocery shopping.  She reminded me 100 times to get hot pockets.  I told her I wanted to make her some homemade ones, but I haven't looked for a good recipe yet.  So I gave in and bought her the hot pockets at the store last night.  I've never used a thermos for hot things and didn't know about the preparation of a thermos.  You have to fill it with hot water with the lid on for 15 minutes prior to using it, so it will be all warmed up.  It says it keeps things warm for up to 5 hours.  From the time I made hers, to her lunch time, is 4 hours.  So we will see how it turns out.  Feel free to send me your homemade hot pocket recipes!! ;)

In the thermos:  Ham and Cheese Hot Pocket

In the Bento: Green Grapes

Carrots with Ranch Dip

and a Brownie Bite

I linked up this post up with Whats For Lunch Wednesday,

And be sure and check out this great giveaway!

1st Grade Bento #21 - Its HaLlOwEeN Month and a new (old) box!

I'm so excited!  In digging through our storage last night, looking for more items for my Garage Sale, I came across a big tote box full of duffle bags, tote bags, lunch bags and more!  The Hubs was NOT excited!  He hates all the bags that I already had in the house!  I had forgotten all about it!  In there was this ladybug lunchbag that I had from when I was a ladybug collector.  And guess what was in it?!  A bento box!!  I had to have gotten this thing atleast 7 or 8 years ago!  Totally exciting!  So I washed it all up to send to school with Kylee.  It even has a matching waterbottle!

Of course by the time we got everything in the house, I ran out of time to actually make a bento, so we have another "thrown-together-in-the-morning" bento.  I hate doing bentos in the morning.  Not enough time to get creative!

Leftover Pizza cut into strips

Grape Tomatoes

Spooky Oreos

Mini Club Crackers

and a couple of Clementines

I put the lunchbox in her backpack as a surprise, so hopefully she will enjoy the change today. :)

1st Grade Bento's #19 & #20

Our City Wide Garage Sale is this Saturday, so I am spending my evenings preparing for that.  I meant to take a picture of my living room to show you how crazy it is.  I am really trying hard to be totally prepared and organized this time so I can sell all my stuff!  And on top of that I am trying not to get off track with my workout plan.  I am on Week 4 of The Couch to 5K Workout Program and I love it.  I really want to keep going and stay on track.  I DO ENJOY exercising, its just fitting it into the day that's hard.  SO, with all that said, that is why we have these plain jane bentos.  I had 2 pictures but Blogger kept flipping the other one upside down when I uploaded it.  They were both about the same, except I added some CheezIts today since she said she didn't have enough food yesterday.  These bentos were thrown together in like 2 minutes.  I guess I could have at least gotten my food color pen out and written "I Luv U" on the sandwich. :/

Ham and Mustard Sandwich, with Cheese this time

CheezIts

2 Oreos

Grape Tomatoes

and a couple of Clementines.

Fire Prevention Poster

Strep has been running wild through our household.  I think I was hit the longest, but the hubs was hit the hardest.  He was finally feeling a little better last night, so he helped Freddi with her Fire Prevention Poster.  I was so proud of the idea she came up with.  And she is quite the artist!

1st Grade Bento #18 - A little early Halloween!

With all this Halloween preperation we have already started, we decided to go ahead and do a little early Halloween bento.  I plan on LOTS of Halloween bentos throughout the month of October!

Mini Crackers

Witch Hat Cheeses

Ham Bats

Grape Tomatoes

a Jack O Latern Orange

and a Jack O Lantern Cookie

I linked this post up with Whats For Lunch Wednesday! Be sure and check it out!

and of course, here is a fun pic for you all:

I think he is making that face to try and hold the sunglasses up. ;)

1st Grade Bento #17 - Nacho Bento

Kylee has been asking for nachos in her lunch.  Not a very healthy lunch, but you gotta have fun sometimes!  I am having the hardest time finding bento boxes in my stash that I am happy with each time.  I like them all, but I am just not finding the right combination each time.  Like last night.  NOTHING was working.  So I finally used this plain jane tupperware box with some bowls with lids for the dips.  Its just so CLEAR.  Blah.  Oh well.  Im sure she enjoyed it!

Tortilla Chips

Nacho Cheese

Picante Sauce

Tomatoe Kabobs

an Orange

and 2 Peanut Butter Oreos.

1st Grade Bento #16 - Just Ducky!

Kylee wanted PB&J today, so she has:

A PB&J Sandwich with a Ducky in the middle

Wheat Thins

Cheese Duckies with Sprinkle eyes

Marshmallows with Star Sprinkles

and an Orange.

How we spend our evenings...

He wants to ride!!

Kickin up dust!

Helping push the barrels out for his Sissy.

He finally got his turn.

Aren't they adorable?!

1st Grade Bento #15 - Fluffernutter!

I asked Kylee what she would like in her bento last night and of course she just said, "the regular," which means a ham sandwich.  I was trying to come up with some different ideas for her and she said, "How about that sandwich that you made the other day?"  We finally figured out she was talking about a Fluffernutter!  So why not!

A Fluffernutter Sandwich

Cheese Hearts

Fruit Rollups Simply Fruit

Grapes, Orange Segments, and Strawberry Pieces

all packed in a Lock and Lock box.

Muffin Tin Monday - Shapes

This one was a stretch because we were already having some very unhealthy chili dogs for dinner last night.  So, its sort of a build your own chili dog with a Shape theme thrown in for Muffin Tin Monday. :)

Circle hot dog pieces

Rectangle Bread

Sphere Peas

Cheese Shreads

Cylinder Marshmallows

and Crescent Orange segments

with Triangle, Rectangle, Circle and Square Cheese Shapes on top (made by the hubs).

1st Grade Bento #14 and some new boxes!

Kylee wanted another pizza bento.  

Pizza Sauce, Pepperonis, Mozzarella Cheese, Pineapple, Cookies, and Sandwich Round slices for crust.

My Mom picked up these new boxes for me at the Disney Store this weekend!

Here they are open.  I already had food in the Pooh one.

And I also want to tell you how excited I was last night when Kylee told me that when she has kids, she is going to pack them bentos also!  She said, "well only the girls. " Then she asked me if I was going to pack Clancy bentos when he went to real school.  I said probably some "boy" bentos.  She said, "yeh, thats what Im gonna do too!"  I love that girl!

This post is linked up with Whats For Lunch Wednesday!

Playday time!

Saturday Kylee had a playday.  Cody was gone to a leadership meeting so I had it all to myself.  It was a long hot day and I had my camera, but I was just too tired and busy chasing Clanc that I just didn't get many pics.  I did video Kylee's first three events, but I haven't gotten them uploaded yet.  I will post them if I can figure out how.  Cody showed up and relieved me around 5, so I took my 2-year-old-without-a-nap home!  She did excellent in all her events!  And of course they both just had fun being with friends and family and outside all day!

Homecoming

Me and Manders took the kids to the Homecoming game Friday night.  Kylee's mum lasted about 5 minutes.  It was heavy and it itched.  Luckily she had one in her hair anyways.  Maybe thats all we will do for next year. Lol.  I picked up Clancy's new little Hornet shirt when we got into town and it looked so cute.  Kylee loved watching the cheerleaders.  Clancy loved the bands feathery hats.  We left at half time.  CB was a handful!  but we WON!

He makes the silliest faces!

Hunting grasshoppers!

Now in full costume!

1st Grade Bento #13 - Homecoming!

The Homecoming game is tonite, and I had big plans to make a wonderful themed bento, but when I finally got to the bento making at 9:45pm last night, it just didn't work out.  I crammed way too much into my Thursday evening thats for sure!

We have a Ham and Mustard Footballwich (I didn't have a good color for the laces :()

Cheese Mums (we wear Mums for Homecoming here in Texas!)

CheezIts

A Oreo Fluffer Cupcake made by this recipe from Picky Palate

and a couple of Oranges.

The kiddos this morning posing in their gamewear.  Clancy will have a Hornet tshirt tonite too!

Kylee's mum in her hair.  They can't wear their mums to school, so my Mom made her a Mum Bow for her hair.  Hopefully she gets to wear it all day.

And the Cheeser!

Check back this weekend for pics of our night at the football game with Kylee's mum!   Have a great weekend!