Skulls Jack-o’-lantern
While I made his breakfast, he flipped through a pumpkin carving pattern book. Every year we meet up with friends for a pumpkin carving party. “You’re going to do this bat,” he informed me. “It...
October 2013
Tree Rex
I’m not sure exactly how or why, but we went from Halloween to Christmas to Skylanders and finally ended up with Tree Rex from Skylanders Giants. He got in trouble for playing with his toys...
Panther Set In Flames
“What should we do today?” I asked. “I have no idea,” he said and sat pensively. “You’ve done a battleship,” he added. “How about we do something with fire?” I suggested. A stack of fire...
Despicable Me Minions
He brought home a bunch of Despicable Me coloring pages from school on Friday. This morning, they were still on the counter untouched. I shuffled through them and asked, “How about this one for the snack sack?” It...
Meatbalrus
After a day off, we were sure we wanted to do another Foodimal from Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2. We had already done a Tacodile Supreme, Cheese Spider, and Bananostrich. I did a...
Surfer Dude
His class had a field trip planned to the pumpkin patch today so I wasn’t packing a snack. They asked us to put his lunch in a clear gallon sized Ziploc bag. I didn’t expect to...
Bananostrich
In sticking with the Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 theme, he asked, “Remember a banana-dolphin?” I didn’t even have to ask him for an idea today. “I do, but I don’t have much...
Cheese Spider
“What should we try today?” “This time a Cheese Spider because you did pretty good on the Tacodile.” I had a feeling we’d be sticking with the Foodimals today from Cloudy with a Chance of...
Tacodile Supreme
“What should we do today?” “One of those things from Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2.” We saw the movie on Friday night. We loved the first one and didn’t want to wait until...
Mickey Mouse Riding a Scooter in Croissant de Triomphe
“What should we do today?” He mumbled something I didn’t understand. “What?” He strung a bunch of random thoughts together still not making much sense. After some more probing, I was able to discern that...