MTM: A Day at the Beach

For MTM there was no theme so we did a beach/ocean theme. Why? Because we are planning a little vacation this week and are really excited. No one is more excited than the two-year old, which has caused a bit of a problem. Every so often, she grabs her sand bucket and says, "time to go to the beach," and we have to say, "not for a little while honey." In the past 24 hours (since we bought the beach bucket) we've had this conversation no less than 20 times.

Our meal was more of a snack time thing as well. Here are fish swimming in the ocean Jello (blue Jello with Swedish Fish). Fishing poles and bait (pretzel sticks and a gummy worm). And Sand dollar crackers (Ritz with peanut butter and then a crushed ritz sprinkled on top. Lines cut to look like sand dollar.)







And today an added bonus of an art project. S is for Seashell.

Muffin Tin Monday, Green!

So, St. Partick's Day is this week and MTM's theme is GREEN! As a bonus we actually used a muffin tin this week.

Here is our meal!

Peanut Butter, Pickles, Green Popcorn
Green Apples, Broccoli, and Green Powerade (watered down)



The only thing I really made was this green popcorn!


Recipe:
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup water
1/2 Tbs butter
Green Food Coloring

1 Bag Microwave Popcorn

Heat oven to 200 degrees
Pop the popping corn according to package instructions.
Heat the other ingredients to a boil and boil for three minutes.
Pour hot mixture over the popcorn on a baking pan and mix.
Cook for about 10 minutes until popcorn hardens a bit.

Yellow Themed Breakfast

Took the theme for MTM, but didn't use a muffin tin...again. I think the issue is that either a muffin tin OR a theme is plenty for my daughter, so I usually don't mix them together. Here is our very yellow breakfast!

Good Morning Sunshine Eggs:


Cheese with eggs on top.

Yummy Yellow Smoothie:


Now we're really going through a smoothie kick so here's what I do. I take a yogurt (in this case Horizon Organics Banana Sweet Potato Little Blends) and add about 1/3 packet of No Sugar Added Vanilla Instant Breakfast and fill the glass (or sippy cup) up with milk. Today I added some yellow food coloring to get the color and a yellow straw for kicks. We often use the Horizon strawberry carrot yogurt to make Pink Ink Yink Drink!

Overall, very healthy and filling meal!!

Dr. Seuss Day!

For Dr. Seuss Day we decided to have Pink Ink Yink Drink for breakfast, but I've already posted about that, so I thought we'd try something new as well. I came up with this idea a little too late the last time we did a Dr. Seuss theme, but knew his birthday was coming up so I held on to it. But, I forgot, luckily the husband is a teacher and mentioned borrowing some books from our little one so I did get to do this on the right day!

Here is our Dr. Seuss pizza.

We had a ton of fun. First I made a crust (mommy job) and then I made it into a hat. I threw it in the oven for about 10 minutes, and then we put on the toppings. The little one made a huge mess spreading on the sauce, but had a lot of fun. Then she sprinkled on the cheese which she LOVED! After that I put down some red bell pepper strips to outline the stripes and then let my little one fill in the red areas with peppers and the white areas with onions. Then we popped it in the oven and waited for our perfect pizza! YUMMY!!

Slideshow above!

MTM: No Theme...Tea Party!

Because there was no theme for MTM, we choose to have a tea party. I planned to use tins, but they just didn't fit with the party.

So here is our table set up.


The Food, muffins, banana scones and cantaloupe on a stick!


Oh, and here is a picture of the one heart scone I made just to try it out. I think it is pretty cute!


We did have actual tea because my daughter is weird and LOVES tea...but apple juice is a nice replacement if your kid isn't a tea drinker.