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Catching Up and Some More Bentos/Food Fun

Apr 19th, 2009 by Leslie

So yeah. It’s been a while since I posted to this blog. Life seems to get in the way of my better laid plans! We’ve had one heck of a few months — I was sick for an entire week (I’ve never been sicker in my life), John was hospitalized twice since January (once for a reaction to some medication and once for a strep throat infection that led to emergency throat surgery and 8 days in the hospital), Lauren turned 3 (and entered the Terrible Two’s one year too late), we’ve been dealing with Mom’s health issues and her stay in the hospital in February and finally the huge project I am managing at work is almost ready for launch and sucking up all my free time. Oh, and I am pregnant. No wonder I just want to run away to Mexico and lounge on the beach with a fruity drink.

But life seems to be calming down (at least for now, we all know it will change in August!). As I type this, Baby Tant #3 is happily kicking me in the stomach and making his/her presence known. For the record, I think this kiddo is a boy. The women in our family don’t usually like to find out what we are having so I will be waiting until August. I will say, it is HARD this time around, simply because I want to prepare clothes and rooms now. Plus I have one of each already, I really don’t care whether we have a boy or girl. I really really just want a healthy baby! So we shall see!

At any rate, I just pulled pics off my camera and thought I’d post some of the bentos and food fun things I have made in the past month or two. I don’t make fancy lunches all that often since things have been so crazy, but I do still make them when I have time. Descriptions of what is in each one are available if you click on the picture and go the Flickr page. Enjoy!

Lego Bento

Lauren’s Valentine’s Day Bento

Jamie’s Valentine’s Day Bento

Mouse Bento

Breakfast for Lunch Bento

Pizza Bagel Bento

St. Patrick’s Day Bento

Octopus Bento

Owl Bento

Kitty Cat Bento

April Fool’s Dinner - I tried to trick the kids but it did not work on James. This is ice cream with caramel, orange candy slices, PB nuggets and strawberry sauce.

Groundhog’s Day Cupcakes

Fatty Dog’s Birthday Cake - And yes, I make my dogs birthday cakes. They were my “kiddos” before James and Lauren and I love them more than words. This is Fatty’s 7th birthday cake. Wow, time flies!