Safari Through the Rainforest

I volunteered at Ethan's school today for a "cooking" project - really it was just getting the ingredients ready for a safari trail mix of cashews, chocolate chips, dried bananas, dates and coconut. The kids made a bag made from paperbags for their trail mix snack and they each had a safari hat and binoculars. They all looked so cute! After getting their snacks together, they prepared for a safari treck down the rainforest (hallways of the school) where they looked at all the different rainforest animal pictures posted on the wall. They each got a surprise of either a monkey, boa constrictor, frog, butterly, etc. After a long treck, they sat down for some snacks. They also performed a couple of songs about the rainforest and I learned about the 4 layers of the rainforest - forest floor, understory layer, canopy layer and emergent layer. What a fun day!

Chocolate Zucchini Brownies

I'm always looking for more ideas to incorporate vegetables to the kids' diet. I found this recipe from Allrecipes.com called Grandma's Chocolate Zucchini Brownies and decided to try it. I had the kids help and was nervous about them seeing the zucchini, but the brownies were a big hit and tasted so yummie. This is a definitely a recipe to make again.

Kale Chips

I finally got around to making baked kale chips and was pleasantly surprised by how crispy they turned out. The kids were not too crazy about them, but still ate them.

Happy Birthday to Gung Gung 公公

Birthday card for Grandpa Chia 公公 from Ethan and Hayley.

Made with Love

Ethan only has 20 minutes for lunch at school, so I've been trying to be creative when making lunch. I like how this turned out. Other fixings include cheese puffs and grape tomato with cheese skewers and of course a juice box which is always a hit.

Yummie Bakery

I had a nice lunch with a co-worker today at Chompie's - yes matzo ball soup again and this time with a half rueben sandwich. On our way out I had to stop by the bakery to get some yummie dessert - got the rugelach and butter cookies.

Happy Birthday Po Po 婆婆

Birthday card for Grandma Chia Po Po 婆婆 from Ethan and Hayley