February 25-27

Every time birthday season rolls around I put everything else on hold. Until I can find a TARDIS to have all the time in the world I have to work with what I got. So here's a little catch up post for the other lunches we made this week.

Monday - Ninjago - I went the easy route since Green monkey had his big birthday bash this weekend and I was tired with a capital "T".

In this lunch :

• Peanut butter and jelly Lego sandwich and a lego figurine.
• Ninja babybel
• Grapes
• Carrots

Tuesday - National Children's Dental Health for Blue Monkey

In this lunch -

• Peanut butter and jelly tooth with cheese on top
• Pirates booty teeth
• Grapes
• Carrot toothbrush with pirate booty tooth paste

Class Snack - It was our turn to bring in snacks, and of course the teachers couldn't wait to see if I brought cute food or a boxed item. The adored the smiles. There is a student with nut allergies so instead of the usual peanut butter I used apple butter as the gums. The kids loved them, and I sent extra marshmallows and extra apple slices in case some weren't brave enough to try it, or didn't like one of the ingredients...there were no leftovers ;)

Directions:

• Wash and slice small apples
• Toss with lemon juice and water, or other fruit preservative to prevent browning
• Spread apple butter on 2 slices of apple
• Add marshmallows and pinch to close the mouth a bit, some of my marshmallows were being frisky and popped back out, 3-year-olds- didn't mind.

Lady bug - Green Monkey has been learning about lady bugs this week and requested one for lunch.

In this lunch :

• Peanut butter and jelly sandwich using 3 circle cutters, candy eyes, fruit leather, and crust for the antennae
• Peanut butter and jelly flowers with veggie straw stems
• Grapes
• Peanut butter on celery

 Wednesday - Happy 6th Birthday Green Monkey!!!!!! All he wanted for lunch was cake, "Because you can have as much junk food as you want on your birthday" he says. I negotiated some real food and came up with TARDIS "cake"

 In this lunch :

• Peanut butter and jelly TARDIS. I don't have a cake cutter so I made frosting and windows out of cheese
• Carrot candles
• Grapes
• Bow tie little debbie cake (Shh he doesn't know it started out as a butterfly)

 Mom's McMuffin - He had his first taste of McD's version while watching my marathon the weekend before, but at 6am no you don't get McD's and real food tastes better ;)

• Buttered toasted english muffin, 
• Scrambled eggs cut with circle cutter
• Mild cheddar cheese
• Bacon

Thursday  - Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss. If you haven't looked through the linky over at Bento Bloggers & friends yet, you should there are so many amazing lunches, snacks, activities, plenty of ideas to celebrate his birthday coming up this Saturday March 2nd. We added ours in yesterday click on these pics to go back one post.

Today Green monkey has their Read Across America reading marathon, so he packed all his favorite Seuss books in his Green Eggs and Ham bag and posed with our Cat in the Hat gear.

Hopefully I can add in little blue monkey Tuesday when his school celebrates Dr. Seuss day. Have a great weekend!

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss

“Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.”
― Dr. Seuss, Happy Birthday to You! 

Saturday is Dr. Seuss's Birthday and Read Across America you can find all kinds of printables online. Need lunch ideas or other fun snacks? Check out this linky at Bento Bloggers & Friends for all kinds of Seussical wonderment.

The monkey's classes haven't done their Seuss days yet and to be honest I've been overwhelmed with commitments lately. So while I had high aspirations, I fell a bit flat on delivery. He is our all time favorite author though so here's a beginning and hopefully this robot squirrel gets her groove back soon.

Green Eggs and Ham

When tasked to pick his favorite Dr. Seuss book, Green monkey of course picked Green Eggs & Ham. He would not, could not eat ham today, so his is a PB&J. Dressed up with green Americolor marker and a slice of cheese, what can I say I aim to please. He wanted a green egg to eat, so we dyed it and poached it and wrapped it up neat. Green honeydew to chew and chew, and some green broccoli for garnish but that simply would not do. He would not eat his broccoli, or the yolk of his green egg. He would not eat them here or there, he would not eat them anywhere. What he did do was bring his book, and read it to his class, so they could look.

Oh the Places You'll Go

 “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go...”
― Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You'll Go!

For little Blue monkey it was clear to pick Oh the Places you'll Go, to know him is to love him, be he never goes slow. First he raced down carrot roads in apple and grape mobiles, pretty rough terrain for delicate wheels. Next it was up up and away, he just could not help but fly away today. When you can't decide which way to go, round and round the world wherever the winds may blow. 

The Grinch Who Stole Christmas

“Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before! What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. What if Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!”
― Dr. Seuss, How the Grinch Stole Christmas 

One last lunch, then I'll let you be. The Grinch is one from Christmas past but still very dear to me. I get a bit grinchy from time to time, hide in my cave, and yes sometimes whine. Our lunchy Grinch is made of turkey and cheese, on a spinach tortilla with fruity hat that whipped up like a breeze.

"The Grinch: The nerve of those Whos. Inviting me down there - on such short notice! Even if I wanted to go my schedule wouldn't allow it. 4:00, wallow in self pity; 4:30, stare into the abyss; 5:00, solve world hunger, tell no one; 5:30, jazzercize; 6:30, dinner with me - I can't cancel that again; 7:00, wrestle with my self-loathing... I'm booked. Of course, if I bump the loathing to 9, I could still be done in time to lay in bed, stare at the ceiling and slip slowly into madness. But what would I wear? "

“So be sure when you step, Step with care and great tact. And remember that life's A Great Balancing Act. And will you succeed? Yes! You will, indeed! (98 and ¾ percent guaranteed) Kid, you'll move mountains.”
― Dr. Seuss, Oh, The Places You'll Go! 

Now click through that linky, and go read great books that help you thinky.