Monkeying around....

Well...this little monkey was a nod to my bumbling and clumsy self and was done quite rapidly this morning. I have a two tier cake I am working on for this amazing little girl and last night as I finished up the cake I dropped it...I was not monkeying around but I sure felt a fool...so at 2am I started again. I got a quick cat nap and when I got up this morning I had a plan! And oddly enough still energetic and excited! Sooo this morning I quickly made a monkey sandwich with turkey tongue and ear accents. I have black olive eyes and a kalamata olive nose. A banana of course, some cherry tomatoes, mandarin oranges and a few slices of cheese. Alexa was pleasantly pleased. Now off to work so I can quickly come home and finish this cake for an evening delivery that requires an hour drive to get there. PLEASE big money no whammies and all goes well on the trip over!!!

Hopefully I will be proud enough to post the pic of this little troublesome cake. BUT I will prevail! It just makes me stronger and proves I can pull through in a pinch...let's hope! haha

Just keep chanting for me...big money no whammies!! Remember that show? I love that saying. Were they red? Those little whammies?

Fish Food!

One of Alexa's friends at school brought a boiled egg to school yesterday, so Miss A was set on a boiled egg or two for lunch. We googled some ideas and decided on a fish, but she wanted two "kissy fish" as she calls them! So here we have an underwater scene of two boiled egg fish with olive eyes and mouth. They have carrot gills and fins and the seaweed is shredded carrots and green beans. We added a few strawberries as a top border and Alexa wanted a few olives thrown in for good measure.

Mickey and Minnie

So this is my sad sad attempt at a Mickey and Minnie. I have an early start this morning and have to get on the road so I may have to round robin back to this again and try again someday. BUT...here they are Mickey and Minnie as requested by my Miss A!!! Mickey and Minnie are cheese and seaweed (which she will not eat, just decoration) and the hat and bow are little picks I found online. Then we have some leftover sweet and sour chicken from last night and some pretty red ripe tomatoes. I am also throwing in a fruit roll up for her dessert! See ya tomorrow!!!

Planes, Suns and Automobiles?

Good moooooorning! We seem to be on a transportation theme this week....rocket ships and space ships yesterday and today we have Plane and Race Car. I found a cookie cutter set for $2 at TJ Maxx or Marshal's, can't remember! I am a huge fashionista bargain shopper! I got them because...well there is a boy in my tummy that will probably not appreciate all the flower, shoe, and dress cookies as much as Alexa! Well Alexa thought they were for her lunch and I did not want to disappoint! Except...she did not want the train....she just wanted the car and plane. Sooo we have a ham and cheese race car sandwich with black olive wheels. Pretzels for the road and a cheese & fruit roll up checkered flag. The plane is rice krispy treat with a blueberry sky and the peas...well I had to throw in a veggie but Miss A convinced me to put a smiling cheese sun on top of it!! So...Planes, Suns, and Automobiles....(I must say that Planes, Trains, and Automobiles is one of my fav Steve Martin and John Candy movies! CLASSIC!) And yes, I made homemade rice krispy treats last night because I am using it for a cake this weekend!!! :) Have a great one!

Space: The Lunch Frontier

Hope everyone had a great weekend! It is Monday....a whole new week of fresh ideas for Alexa's lunches. She is really into outer space so today we have a bed of rice, a space border of hot dog, a fruit roll up rocket ship and alien space ship. We have some fig newton planets, moon, and stars in one corner of the galaxy and the other side is your very friendly green Ed Edamame martian equipped with green antennas of course!!! Alexa was disappointed I did not have any shooting stars so may have to work that in this week with another space theme!!! Have a great Monday...I know it's hard but it is all what you make of it!!

She's a lady...

Well my friends...I have to go to my real job super early in the morning so I cheated and made the Bento Box tonight. Inspiration this time came from a future cake I am making. Ladybugs!!! I also went to a fabulous sample sale today for children's clothes and this time I took Miss A with me. She is a lady all the way...all she wanted were dresses! This makes my 8th sample sale for Miss A and this time I also went for the baby boy in the oven. It was twice as nice! Also Miss A....the forever lady and diva that she is was able to pick out her own clothes this time. All I can say is thank goodness the full hot pink sequin leggings did not fit her! This lunch was super fast and easy and I made it while cooking dinner and feeding the doggies! Ladybug sample sandwiches; one is a pepperoni and cheese the other is chicken and cheese. Head of ladybug is pepperoni with cheese wings and eyes. Then some sliced strawberries with some green ladybug picks, corn and her favorite candy....candy corn!!!! Have a great Friday everyone!!!

Old School!!!

Miss A came back home from Camp Ma and Pa's last night so we celebrated and went to Gatti Town. Nothing like an over indulgence of pizza and video games!!! Of course there is nothing like the old school video games like Pac Man, Asteroids, and Defender. So we pulled up Ms Pac Man Online (thought she would appreciate the girl vs normal boy Pac Man) and showed her the games we used to play! So we have a Ms Pac Man Bento Lunch, square turkey and cheese sandwiches, a yellow cheese Ms Pac Man, and a white cheese ghost. Fruit roll up for the bow and the little things the Pan Man eat. (What are those called?) Anyway, some tomatoes, cheese itz, and a few yogurt pretzels at top to fit everything all nice and snug!!!