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Setting the Sandwich Bar Too High

It all started with a piece of toast.

Gingerbread Man Toast

Let’s back up a little. Actually, it all started with the book Chester’s Way, by Kevin Henkes.

Chester's WayChester’s Way by Kevin Henkes

Chester is a mouse, who has a certain way of doing things. When Lilly comes along, she teaches Chester and his best friend Wilson new ways of doing things. Among the fun Lilly brings, she shows Chester and Wilson how to use cookie cutters to make sandwiches more interesting.

After reading Chester’s Way to my Lily and Emmy, I started using a cookie cutter to make their toast more interesting. When Lily started school, I had to make a lunch for her, so I started to use heart and star cookie cutters to make her sandwiches. Emmy got the same sandwiches at home, and she requested regularly “the best peanut butter sandwich” for lunch.

Then one day, Emmy asked for a kitty sandwich.  I made this cheese sandwich for her:

Kitty Sandwich

Emmy loves black olives, and she likes carrots, so I knew she would eat the kitty’s whiskers. Emmy even tried the little sweet red pepper nose! (She didn’t like it, but at least she tried it!)

 As a birthday treat, I made this sandwich for Lily to take to lunch the day before her birthday. Her school mascot is an owl, and after seeing Little Page Turners’ owl sandwich, I had to try my own version! (I accidentally cut off his right ear, but a little peanut butter helped it stay put.)

Owl Sandwich
But now, what kind of sandwich can I make Lily for lunch tomorrow?
I think she’s just going to have to be happy with plain old salami. 
(Lily loves salami.)

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Halloween Recap

Someone crawled into bed with me at 4:00 a.m. on the morning of October 31 because she was too excited to sleep. And then around 5:00 a.m., another little someone crawled into bed with me! This necessitated me to move the first little one back to her own bed–which was a mistake, since she woke up and never went back to sleep.

*sigh*

We managed to stay in bed until 6:30, with me drifting in and out of sleep, knowing that the day ahead would be a long one. While the girls were at school having their Halloween parties, I was getting ready for a party at our house after school. Lily’s school had a noon dismissal and trick-or-treating didn’t start until 3:00, so I thought it would be nice to have some of their friends over.

You know how October has been a crafty month for me? I decided to get “crafty” with some Halloween food! I made mummy hot dogs and cheese stick bloody fingers. I made blood punch and a little red pepper jack o’ lantern with veggie dip inside. Unfortunately, I didn’t take pictures of all the food I made! You will have to trust me when I say it looked really cute (or gruesome, depending on how you look at it!).

After the party, we went trick-or-treating with some of Lily and Emmy’s friends. They both dressed up as Rapunzel. A couple of people were confused by Lily’s frying pan, but if you’ve seen the movie Tangled, you would know that Rapunzel used it like a weapon against “ruffians and thieves”.

Oh, Rapunzel! Let down your hair!

It was the perfect fall day, a little on the cool side, but no rain! The girls had a wonderful Halloween. So wonderful, in fact, that Emmy woke up on Tuesday morning and asked me if we could go trick-or-treating again.

This mommy is thankful we have to wait a whole ‘nother year ’til Hallowe’en comes around again!
 
Head on over to Sprite’s Keeper  for more entries in the Spooooky Cycle! (I think I added tooooo many o’s!)

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