Mario Birthday Part 2 – Kiwi turtles, carrot flowers, cheese coin blocks
I told you that birthdays are all about the cake and food around here. Well it’s not limited to just the party. On your birthday, you get a special dinner. For me growing up, that meant every birthday I request spaghetti. My mom didn’t like it but it was my absolute favorite (I *still* adore it), so it was a big treat for me.
Well for the Mario birthday, I decided to just run with it. N loves sub sandwiches, so we were going to be having those. I considered making whole wheat buns and trying to make them look like goombas, but because I already had lots of fondant goombas from the cake, I went a different route and served veggies and fruits with standard subs. She loves veggies and fruits, too, so it wasn’t a stretch at all.
And of course, they were a huge, huge hit. She wasn’t expecting anything “themed” for her birthday dinner, so she was thoroughly surprised at supper time. She was so full from cake and such a few hours before that she couldn’t finish her food, though. She looked like she was going to cry before it was suggested she just wrap her plate, put it in the fridge, and save it for the next day. Starts of tears quickly turned to twinkling and there were bits of more excitement the following day when she got to experience it all over again!
Here are a few more pictures of her personalized vegetable tray:
When QJ moves – Part 7 – Yeah, the washer, too
Yep, just like how the fireplace became a dining room table in the middle of the kitchen, here’s a shot of fresh muffins being served on the washer. We had teenagers still in the house who had been helping move, so this double batch was destroyed in a matter of minutes, straight from the pan atop the washer.
The rest of the posts about my big move can be found here.
Amazing deals make me squeal
No, I’m not going to show you weekly coupons or how I get $800 worth of food for $5 because I’m just that awesome. I *do* get excited over things like this, though:
That’s a $45 piece of meat….for $18…..except I shopped on a day where it was 10% off, so I actually got that for $16.30. At less than $1.99 a pound, that’s a whole sirloin tip for less per pound than I pay for ground beef.
And I just so happened to have been planning a large house warming party for dozens of people, so this couldn’t have showed up at a better time. I turned it into some delicious kabobs that I’ll show you guys more pictures of later.
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