Inside Oscar's PlanetBox

 

So here is a bit more about Oscar's PlanetBox, since it's awesome. He's got the rocket magnet set, blue carry bag and the ice pack to go with. There is a elastic place for his napkin and silverware. He loves taking his lunch to school and eating healthy foods to help him grow big muscles. He makes me very proud with some of his food choices, he even said it would be ok if I didn't put a treat in EVERY day.

During summer crafty days I pieced him together some napkins. Mom is worried that they will get tossed in the trash on accident, but since there is no other trash to throw out, I'm optimistic. 

 Here are a couple lunch examples from everyday, not as cool as batman, lunches. I can squeeze a massive amount of fruit and veggies in this, and most of the time it comes back empty. (there were a few times he said he ran out of time because he was talking to his friend, which I totally believe because he loves to talk.. and talk and talk and talk.)

I believe that top sandwich is egg salad on pumpernickel, and then bottom wrap might be orange glazed chicken with veggies. I made some teeny tiny cookies that fit in the treat section, and he loves cucumbers with carrot compartments. Lunch packing is a major time suck in the evenings, but so far we're all loving it (Jeremy included, since I'm packing his now, too).

Batman Lunch

Oscar started kindergarten at the beginning of August, so he needed some sort of lunch box device. We settled on a PlanetBox, and I'm LOVING it. (and i think oscar likes it too...) I generally do a protein/grain combo, cheese, veggie, two fruits and a small treat. Tomorrow night, Jeremy and Oscar are going to be renting Batman and Robin and having a sleepover, so Jeremy requested that I make Oscar a Batman lunch. He's got  grapes, cucumber strips with cheese letters, bat shaped PB&J, cantaloupe bats and some chocolate chips. It's definitely not as awesome as this, but it was fun!

tool party invite

it's already time to start working on the next party! oscar requested a tool party for his 5th birthday, so i made these tool box invitations.

the latches are glued down to hold it closed

it opens up and has the wording and some tools

the envelope has another hammer and some screw details on the back

alice's valentine

last year since alice was less than 2 weeks old on valentine's day, we didn't bother with making her valentines.  but this year, we made her these ones.  the plan was to get some pop rocks and put them on the back like these on pinterest, but i didn't find any pop rocks in time for valentine's day.  no one complained though, since they got a picture of a cute girl.

oscar's valentines

this was oscar's first year of trading valentines with classmates, and i was so excited! he has been a bit star wars obsessed, so we found the idea for these valentines on pinterest. i didn't pin it, and now i can't find the pin! but i used the 5 to a pack glow stick bracelets from dollar tree and we taped the connector on the back so that the kids could wear them. i liked that we sent something non-sugary for the kids, because i know oscar came home with PLENTY of candy! this year for his valentine's day present we took him to see star wars in 3d and he was one happy camper!

we also made some of these for the grown-ups. (pinspiration)

wonderland cake

alice's birthday cake was pinspired by this cake, but i really didnt want to do fondant because it's icky (yes it is. don't argue with me). so i frosted it in buttercream (the pink/purple, blue and greens) and used fondant to make the decorations. and since i got only an hour of sleep because i stayed up working on this, i'm putting FOUR pictures so you can enjoy from all sides.

and i totally left it on that turntable.. there was no way i was trying to lift that thing.

this was my first attempt at a tiered cake.. i was pretty happy with the fact that it was only SLIGHTLY crooked.

the top smash cake was red velvet, the second tier was white cake with a red velvet heart, and the bottom was chocolate/red velvet/chocolate.

and here is the inside of the heart cake. most people wanted chocolate cake, but i was ready to start forcing white cake on people just so i could see if this thing worked. (pinspiration) the chocolate/red velvet/chocolate with the white buttercream in between was actually pretty impressive looking itself...

alice's cake eating station

alice saying 'yay' about eating cake.

ok.. just one more picture of the cake..  my camera didn't quite capture how vibrant it was... but this picture makes it look sparkly... weird!

wonderland funderland

so for some party activities we had some photo booth props pinspired by these. i made this little flower centerpiece with googly eyes like these flowers on pinterest, but ended up just using it to stick the props in. i need to pawn this stuff off on someone else having an alice in wonderland party - it feels so wasteful to toss it all in the trash...

we also had a little place for the time capsule so that people could write letters for alice. i put one of the invitations and a party favor in there too and she'll open it up when she turns 18. out of town family - the capsule is not sealed if you would like to send any 2011 memorabilia or letters for in there.

we also decorated some party hats (pinspiration) and the kids searched for these little white rabbits that  i printed and cut out. (and you can probably find them in all these blog posts because we hid them before taking any pictures...)