Muffin Tin Monday - Easter

For the first part of the month, we've been enjoying the secular imagery and fun of Easter but during this holy week leading up to Easter, we have changed our focus to the real reason for Easter and this was reflected in our muffin tin meal this week. 

Top Row: Red veggie juice representing the blood of Christ, a chocolate raspberry crisp representing the body of Christ, an apple ring crown of thorns

Bottom Row: Carrot sticks to represent the nails, a tortilla cross with peanut butter, onigiri with sesame seed to represent the stone rolled away from an empty tomb

Laural ate her entire lunch and some of Micah's too. I ended up making them each another tortilla cross which Micah called a "Jesus T" which had me trying to figure out what he wanted for a minutes. Too cute. I forgot to take pics of the kids with their meals because I was munching on the leftovers.

To help bridge the changeover in our focus, our book of the day is "My Easter Basket and the true story of Easter" which takes a look through the Easter basket and connects the colorful treats in the basket to a point in the Easter story. It's a sturdy, glittery board book so both kids can enjoy looking at it.

My Bunny Bento

I decided to make myself a bento to go along with the kids' Muffin Tin Monday meal and I also decided to make a separate post for it so when I link up to What's For Lunch Wednesday, it isn't cluttered with all the extra stuff. I went with a bunny theme for lunch and here is what I had:

A tiny clementine with a heart cut to make for easier peeling, apple bunnies, a carrot with a broccoli top, edamame & a few snap peas, a bunny sandwich (cheese inside) with fruit leather facial features and jelly bread ears, a ham flower, and a boiled Easter egg decorated with nori & cheese.

I used the ham flower and some of the lettuce baran on the bunny bread & cheese to make for a yummy sandwich. Tucked under the bunny and out of sight are pieces of scrap bread that i used as mini sandwiches with ham & lettuce. It was a yummy lunch but a bit too big so the clementine was saved to be a tasty treat for later.

I'm linking to What's for Lunch Wednesday so click on the button to what made it's way into bento boxes  around the world this week!

Coloring Easter Eggs

We had quite the time coloring Easter eggs tonight. We've been so busy the past couple of days that we just finally were able to get to it tonight. While this was not Micah's 1st Easter - and not even his 2nd, it was the first year he was able to participate a bit in the fun. At first he was content sitting in his high chair, coloring with some crayons. But, that must have grown boring after a short time because he started letting us know he wanted what we had. "Ee-yet!" The little arm stretched out in a futile attempt to reach the various cups filled with brightly colored liquid. So, being the sometimes brave mommy that I am, I decided to let him have a try. I held on to the cup as he splashed the spoon into the cup and around the egg. I was a bit concerned that he was going to crack the egg, but he managed to avoid that. After a couple of minutes, he realized he could lift the egg out and was quite surprised and pleased with what he had done. It was very cute watching Micah color his first Easter eggs.

Laural did a fine job as well. After she had done her first egg, I broke out the crayons so she could make designs on the eggs before dipping them. She decided that the egg she had already dyed needed to be decorated, so she made an alien face on it. It was quite fun to watch her get so into coloring the eggs. She loves to be creative anyhow, so this was right up her alley. Now all that is left to do is wait for the Easter Bunny to come for a visit!

 Here are a couple other pics of Micah learning how to dye eggs:

Dipping

Lifting

Mine!

CRACK!!