A week in Bentos

Well, he buys three days a week right now, so there really are only two bentos to share. So, not exactly a week in bentos.

Contents: steamed carrots, pepperoni, ham sandwich, grapes and Japanese cookies.

This one was apparently devoured because all I got back were some very clean muffin tin liners. It's nice since lately, I've been getting bento boxes back with a few things still left in them.

Contents: grapes, edamame, peanut butter and jelly sandwich and goldfish crackers.

I'm sure this didn't look the same when he opened it up today, but I really wanted to give him a little bit more of something... but ran out of room. So, that's why I added the fish. I've been trying to stick to just one little box because he runs out of time and gets upset that he can't finish. Plus, he now gets a snack when he gets home from school which we never did before. But the snack helps decompress him when he gets home and it tides him over until dinner.

Funny, with my tightening schedule... my blogs seem to center around food. I do have great ideas of other blogs... then just never seem to happen. I am also slowly working on more tutorials. So much I want to do, so little time! I'm sure after Halloween things will slow a bit in the stores and I'll get back to my routine. I keep saying that don't I? Get back to my routine... haha, I think being off a routine is my routine.

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Muffin Tin Monday - All About Me!

Or rather, it's all about her. I only feed one child these days for lunch, and today's Muffin Tin Meal was "All About Me" - so today, I did a muffin tin meal all about Lyssie.

I took a picture after I made it - then proceeded to delete if off the computer after I uploaded it. By the time I went back to take another photo (maybe two minutes had lapsed), she had eaten all the carrots that were in one of the spaces. Oh well - told you these are her favorite foods :)

Contents: Milk in a pink cup, goldfish crackers (a treat since I never buy them), quesadilla wedges, carrots (that's what was in the empty one), strawberry yogurt (the only way she can really have fruit), string cheese circles and an "A" ham for Alyssa (she's currently loving ham).

She came home from school a bit sick today, so it was the perfect day to do something with all her favorite foods. Of course, I'm not sure she's really hungry - so we'll see how much of it she manages to eat.

Remember to check out Her Cup Overfloweth for more muffin tin meals!

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Process

I've been wanting to take before and after pictures of my dresses for a while. The problem is that I often don't know what I'm going to do ahead of time... so I have a hard time taking the before photo. Today I decided that I would at least start with a before photo of the shirts that I thought I might use. It worked out. I used the two that I took the picture of... plus a few things from my scrap bin.

The clover pajamas were inherited from a friend of mine. It was at the end of her garage sale and she was packing things up to be donated. I loved the pattern and thought it would be cute on a dress. The pieces were small, so it involved a lot of cutting.


I played with putting the clover fabric on the sleeves... but it was a little too much. So I used it for the ruffle instead. I had to piece several strips together and ended up using the entire pajama top to make it a nice full ruffle. I have zig-zagged the edges to make it a little lacy on the bottom of the ruffle.


Because the bottom of the shirt was just as busy as the top, I opted for white sleeves (pulled from my scrap box). I added a green flower on the bottom made from about 10 small hearts.

After lots of indecision, cutting, and sewing... this dress ultimately took me just under two hours. Which, is about average for a dress. I spent a lot of time debating on covering the "s" in "charms" - I thought it would be cute if it said "Lucky Charm". However, the placement of the "s" made things look a little awekard there and I'm not sure it would have translated correctly once it was on a child. It's a size 3T and will probably be listed in the store some time this week.

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Baby Icing

Last month we put a few of our items in the new Baby Icing shop that just opened in Burlington. We visited the shop recently to snap a few pictures and to check it out. While my pictures aren't great, the store is adorable.

The kids enjoyed the shop because she had a little corner with a tv, chairs and toys.

She had lots of unique items, so I'm pleased that my costume pieces fit in nicely. If you live in the Burlington area... or if you are every just passing through. I recommend stopping in and checking out what she has to offer.

Baby Icing - 404 E Fairhaven, Burlington, WA 98233

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Week of bentos

Unfortunately, I didn't get photos of all the bentos - but I remembered a few of them. Of course, I'm not sure why I keep taking pictures of them when they include basically the same ingredients... just in different places.

Bento #1 - Robbie tries Nutella. It's a big hit. This is a Nutella and strawberry sandwich. Also included is string cheese, wheat thins (multi-grain), carrots and a treat in the egg (it's just a few chocolate chips)

Bento #2: Ham sandwich on the yummiest hamburger buns ever! They are flat, multi-grain buns and they are good for both burgers and sandwiches. Smoked almonds and string cheese.

For October, Robbie is wanting to buy lunch three times a week. This has yet to me approved by dad. But I'm not sure if this is because he misses warmer lunches, is tired of my bentos, or is just enjoying buying lunch at school. But at least he's been eating the things that I do send with him. I guess I can't ask for more than that.

Looking forward to a nice, unplanned weekend. Hoping to get some cleaning done as we will have my mom and aunt visiting at the end of next week. This house is in no condition for visitors. Of course, it's also in no condition for my friends to come over - but I'm doing that anyhow. I have the nicest friends ever! They will be watching the kids tonight so that my husband and I can have a night out. Yay for great friends!

Have a great weekend!

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