some failed fun foods

i love all the cute food ideas in the family fun & parents magazines.  cute sandwiches in the shapes of butterflies, creative ways to eat the veggies.  how fun to eat i think!

so, i thought i'd try some out for my sweet kiddos..

first fun food attempt was the squid dogs from the famliy fun magazine.  oh what fun this will be for them to eat!" i thought as i broke countless numbers of spaghetti noodles trying to stick them into the dogs. 

look at how much fun those kids were having!

mine, not so much.

  "that's gross," said ben.  at least gracie gave it a try.

my next attempt at something special was valentine's morning. 

i added a lovely heart to their oatmeal & blueberries.  "i don't wike it," gracie informed me. 

"take it off!" ben begged.  check out that look on his face.

i think i'll just stick to cutting fun shapes out of their quesadillas for now.  that's always a hit.

fruity tooty pizza, yummm!

my go to dessert for any event is fruit pizza. we loooove it around here.

back in my younger, wilder days when daddio & i were dating; one of his friend's sisters would make it for parties. we would always eat it the next morning. it was the perfect hungover breakfast!

it's so easy to make, too.

i use the store bought cookie dough & bake it for the crust.

for the sauce, it's a package of cream cheese, 1 to 2 cups powdered sugar & a bit of vanilla. it's especially yummy with the homemade vanilla i made for christmas.

after the cookie has cooled, you spread on the icing. next, a can of cherry pie filling. then, go to town with whatever fruit you want. we like mandarin oranges, kiwi, strawberries, grapes, and so on. it's sooo easy & delish! mine usually look like a jumbled mess (picture above), but tastes so good. the first time i took it to church, very few people tried it. i wasn't too upset, because we had lots of leftovers!