Mmm, Gluten-Free Apple Crisp, om nom nom...

In This Lunch:

GF Apple crisp (Made with apples Lily picked herself)

Green grapes

Whipped cream

Soy nut butter sandwich on whole wheat

Recipe for Crisp to follow...

Leaks and Fires... Oh My!

In Craig's Lunch:

Gluten-Free Chicken noodle soup from scratch!

Ingredients:

Egg noodles

Chicken

Potatoes

Carrots

Snow peas

Onion

Summer savory

Fresh basil

Spices

Tbsp MSG-Free GF Chicken soup powder

In Lily's Lunch:

Green grapes

Carrot sticks

Marble cheddar umbrellas

Soy nut butter sandwich on whole wheat

Fruit to go Lily and flames

Chocolate chip granola bar

So the day before this lunch was a crazy day!!

We had started the morning off with our first leak,

(See previous post),

and then had some house guests for the morning 

who had come from Pictou, and I was so glad to see them :)

They left, and it all went downhill after that :(

I apparently left my brain somewhere,

and went to pick Lily and my 3pm Wed voice student

up from school while leaving the dryer on downstairs.

I was gone about 20 minutes, and when we got home,

we immediately smelled smoke!

We went around to the back door, and saw smoke billowing 

out of the dryer vent!!

I ran inside, 

(Which I'm positive is the exact opposite thing I should have done),

telling the kids to stay out,

and turned off the dryer.

There was no smoke in the house,

but the inside of the dryer was smokey,

leaving the clothes with the smell.

Long story short,

We had a clog! 

Our vent is easily about 20 ft long,

and goes up inside the walls of the house to reach the outside.

I don't know what the culprit was, but it's in my vaccume bag now!

Yeesh, it was a close call!

What if I'd gone out for the day?

Would I still have had a home to come home to??

I knew better than to leave with it on, 

but as I said, 

I left my brain somewhere :/

Never again, (hopefully!)!!

"Love"ly Lunch

In This Lunch:

Half a Banana

Strawberry jam sandwich on whole wheat

Cheddar hearts

Cheesy heart crackers

Green apple hearts

Shapes and Stars Lunches

In Lily's Lunch:

Green and red grapes (Ovals)

Cucumber triangles

Cheese whiz sandwich on enriched white

Green beans (lines)

Cheddar shapes

In Craig's Lunch:

Carrot sticks

Cucumber stars

Black grapes

Cheese and chicken sandwich on enriched white

Sugar snap peas

Cheddar stars

Dinosaur Lunches

In Lily's Lunch:

Green grape dino eggs

Cucumber mini dinos

Dino fruit snacks

Lettuce foliage

Ham and cheese sandwich on enriched white

Chocolate chip granola bar

In Craig's Lunch:

Dino fruit snacks

Green grape dino eggs

Lettuce foliage

Cucumber mini dinos

Ham and cheese sandwich on enriched white

Dino cheddar slices

Lettuce pterodactyls

Chocolate chip granola bar

Animals and Flower Lunch

In Lily's Lunch:

Animal crackers

Apple slice flowers

Cheese slice and sliced chicken breast on whole wheat

Cheese slice Rhino

Cross Lunch

In This Lunch:

Cucumber slices

Carrot sticks

Green grapes

Ham and cheddar cheese sandwich on enriched white bread

Fruit twist fruit snacks

Spaceship Lunch

This lunch was totally inspired by the fact that 

not all of Lily's apples would fit in one compartment,

so I put them in beside the banana,

and thought:

"Hey, that looks like a spaceship!"

And a spaceship was born :)

Yay for inspiration :)

In This Lunch:

1/2 a banana

1/2 an apple

Cheese whiz sandwich on white bread

White cheddar slice ship and moon

Shredded orange & white cheddar cheese flames

Chocolate chip granola bar ground

Misc. Lunch

Bunny Lunch

In This Lunch:

Raisins

Carrot sticks

Grapes with bunny picks

Sliced turkey sandwich on whole wheat

Snow peas

Cheese string (Cut in half)

Misc. Lunch

Cake Pop Lunch

In This Lunch:

Cake pop with spinach garnish

Blueberry mini bagels with butter

Carrot sticks

Strawberries

Good Bye March!!

So long, buh bye, 

don't let the door hit you on the way out...

Is it obvious that I'm not a fan of March?

Yeaaaah, it's not my favorite :/

Here where we live, 

it's a mix of melting dog poo, mud,

browny yellow lawns,

Pot Holes,

and freak snow storms 

that kill the plants that try to pop up too early.

It's a month where you dare not 

wear your favorite shoes, 

(unless they're rainboots),

and dressing in layers is a must.

Ugh, March :(

One more day to go, and it's April showers, here we come, haha!

In This Lunch:

Cheese whiz sandwich on white bread

Cheese slice letters and clover

Mozzarella March Hare

Fruit leather top hat

Chocolate chip granola bar

Carrot sticks

Strawberries and red grapes

Dancer Lunch

Feeling rather stressed out and uninspired this day,

led to this haphazard uninspired lunch :(

In This Lunch:

Apple sauce

Strawberries

Green grapes

Sugar snap peas

Raspberry granola bar

Strawberry jam sandwich on homestyle white bread

Butterfly Lunch

In This Lunch:

Green grapes

Cucumber slices

Vanilla yoghurt

Cheese whiz sandwich on whole wheat

Gummy butterfly

Raspberry cereal bar

Multigrain cheerio skewers with cheddar cheese stoppers

(Cheerios for stirring in with the yoghurt)

'Mr Valentine' Lunch

Lily drew me an early special valentine picture, 

who I've dubbed 'Mr Valentine'

due to his suave and dashing good looks ;)

I've made this lunch in his honor :)

In this lunch:

Strawberries

Cheesy heart crackers

Strawberry jam sandwich on whole wheat

Havarti cheese heart

Cheese slice cheese heart

Food-safe marker face

Cheesy pretzel stick limbs

Valentine Hearts Lunch

Since Thursday was a snow day, this is Friday's lunch

In this lunch:

Strawberry jam sandwich on whole wheat

Havarti hearts with food coloring

Strawberries

Carrot sticks

Cucumber heart sticks

Puppy Dog Lunch

Lunch from Jan 25th, 

Lily's next day back at school after missing over a week :(

In this lunch:

Jam sandwich on whole wheat

Cheese slice puppy dog

Green grapes (representing balls)

Carrot sticks (because puppies love sticks!)

Snow peas... 

(which are supposed to look like grass, for playing outside on)

Star Lunch

In This Lunch:

Strawberry jam sandwich on whole wheat

Cheddar cheese star

Green grapes

Cucumber slices on a bed of

Sweet peas

Holly Berry Lunch

In This Lunch:

Strawberries

Strawberry jam sandwich on whole wheat

Cheese slice leaves

Fruit leather berries

Hard candy trees and snowmen

In This Recess:

Cookie decorated by Lily at a recently attended playdate