Showing posts with label Em. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Em. Show all posts

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Emma's 7th Birthday


Over Thanksgiving weekend Emma turned 7. She's my heart. My one baby. And growing into a great kid. I just love love love her.


First came Party Day! Emma had an art class party at 4 Cats Art Studio in Langford. Emma takes weekly classes here,it's a really great place - always fun and cheerful.









The next day was Em's actual birthday, and we did whatever she wanted. We opened gifts, played, went for breakfast in our PJ's, went on a shopping spree (she's so my kid),
and went and got candy at the store - the really bad kind that I always say no to.

 



Emma's gift from her Dad & I was tickets to see her idol, Selena Gomez, in concert. She and I went a few days after her birthday, and we had a blast.







 Being Emma's Mom is great.





Thursday, September 29, 2011

Birthday Inspiration




Emma's birthday party is next weekend. She's having an art party, called a "Pop Art Party" at the local art academy where she takes classes. She wants cupcakes, and she wants this cupcake kit.


Okay. I can work with this.



Monday, September 19, 2011

School Lunches


I have been diligent.

Too early each week day morning I stand bleary eyed in my kitchen, wearing my housecoat, wet hair wrapped in a towel (try not to picture it - it isn't pretty), as I pack Miss Em's school lunch.

And I mentioned in my last school food related post that I would try to post about lunches regularly, and so I have remembered to snap a picture of each day's lunch to post here.

I have been keeping my camera in the cupboard with the wee fruit & veggie cutters and the reusable napkins - it's a great reminder.


And so.....TA-DA!!!!

 Sushi - just rice and seaweed, with some soy sauce on it, sliced red peppers, star shaped pieces of cantaloupe and a cookie.

Mini pitas with ham, cheddar cheese cubes, sliced strawberries with heart shaped mango, cookie.

Veggie "chicken" nuggets (ketchup in dip container), heart shaped melon, baby carrots (ranch in other dip container), and a cookie.



I know that cookie keeps popping up - but with my kid, I find if I give her one in each lunch, it's never a hassle to get her to eat all her fruits and veggies, because she has had her "treat".



Now, this one is a Friday lunch - usually I try to make these a little more of a surprise.
Hot Dog! (organic & natural - nitrates suck, ketchup on side), orange pepper slices, sliced strawberries, and a fruit snack.

Ham sandwich, mango slices, pepper slices, cookie.
Simple & quick - I think this was a Thurs. lunch...I am always most tired on Thurs. mornings.

Another Friday lunch, and the last picture for today...
Homemade chicken strips (you know where the ketchup is), cantaloupe stars, chocolate pudding, and goldfish crackers.


I must again shout out to Laptop Lunches, because their products rock, and help make me look brilliant.

And since I am in a food state of mind, it`s time for me to spend some time working on the meal plan for the next week or two. I use this menu planner, because it it just the cutest thing. I have one for lunches and one for dinners, and they look so perfect up on my fridge.

Thursday, September 08, 2011

The First Day of School

 Can you see the cheeky? That's my girl.



I have been packing school lunches for a long time. See here. I have had 4 full years to develop this skill, and we are heading into the 5th. Packing good food for Em is important to me - she starts class at 8:25am, and is usually at after school care until 4 or 5pm every day. And it's my job to keep her healthy and happy, even if she's not with me

This is Emma's newest lunch kit - It's a bento from Laptop Lunches, who I have been using for years, and they're great. It's durable, you can mix and match, and I am still using pieces I bought 3 years ago.

The lunch bag:

The bottom unzips, and holds the bento box (the white you see is an ice pack):

Today's Lunch: A ham & cheese croissant, raspberries, heart shaped slices of nectarine, an Oreo cookie, and baby carrots with dip in the tiny container at the top.
It's pretty - sometimes I even impress myself.

The top of the bag opens too. This is where I am storing her "snacks" - for classroom snack time and after school care. Today had fruit & veggie juice box, cinnamon scone, cheese string, fruit snack, and apple sauce.

I hope to keep on top of things enough to post lunch pics regularly. I don't know if they will do you any good, but it will be fun for me.

I am pretty sure she had a great first day.