As I have mentioned before, finding quail eggs has been a perpetual thorn in my side. I have been to over a dozen stores, from local asian markets, gourmet groceries and “world foods” vendors to chain stores like Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s and the like. Although I didn’t find quail eggs, I did go back a […]
Elephants were requested by Kidlet today. The box is a new lock and lock that I picked up from Uwajimaya yesterday. I want to post about that trip, it was a good one! Probably tomorrow. There’s no school, so most likely no bento to post anyway. PB and honey on whole wheat, a lunchmeat (hand cut) […]
This weeks open ended art project theme is “Matisse”. It’s a new thing; Open Ended Art will feature a specific artist once a month. We read “When Pig-Asso met Moo-Tisse” and “Drawing with Scissors” as well as checking out some Matisse art on the internet to get familiar with his work. I really loved this […]
I don’t know if a giraffe is actually a grasslands animal. They eat leaves, which means they need trees and there aren’t a lot of trees in the grasslands? I don’t know; the unit information page had little mini animals printed all over it, and it had giraffes and I adore them; Giraffes are my “can’t […]
 This week’s Food Network Chef’s Cooking Challenge features Claire Robinson. This is one of the rare weekend only shows (5 Ingredient Fix) that I have actually seen a few times. When it first premiered I watched several episodes. I like her; seems very warm and approachable, and her recipes are very easy (with only […]
The unit this week in Kidlet’s kindergarten class is “grassland animals”. The Lion is also the school’s mascot, so I decided that was the grassland animal I’d start with this week. Lion is turkey and cheddar on a sesame seed roll with meat and cheese features, scallion whiskers and carrot curl mane. The eyes are […]
When I was photographing today’s bento lunch, Kidlet asked if he could take the picture today. Why not? It’s digital, it’s not like its going to waste film. “sure,” says I. I thought I’d get a blurry photo or two of the whole lunch, perhaps off center. Instead, I got these:  Maybe I should have […]
The art literacy program at my son’s school is provided solely by volunteers on a class by class basis. There were no takers for kidlet’s class, so although I’m not particularly *artisitic* or passionate about any specific artists, I decided to take it on so he and his Kindergarten class wouldn’t go without the program. […]
I only managed to stick to my menu plan for half the week last week. Going to carry over a couple recipes since I have the ingredients for them. I really liked the Bacon Cheeseburger Wellingtons; the boys had mixed reactions. I ended up using some hamburger from the freezer that had been pre-cooked with […]
