Happy 100th Birthday Oreo's

I found this in the Correspondent today about Oreo's:
"Oreo cookie turns 100 today, celebrating a century as the top-selling cookie in America. Nabisco has launched a limited edition "Birthday Cake" Oreo cookie in honor of the centennial.

By Schuyler Velasco, / March 6, 2012

March is a big month for cookie milestones. Next week, the Girl Scouts organization will turn 100 years old. But first, the most enduring and dominant cookie sandwich in the world celebrates its own centennial: the Oreo cookie turns 100 today, March 6, 2012. That makes “Milk’s favorite cookie” older than the sinking of the Titanic (by a month), women’s voting rights, and the Russian Revolution, just to name a few."

What a better way to celebrate Oreo's 100th birthday then with their Birthday Oreo's. Since we're knee deep in Girl Scout Cookies, in was a nice break to have some Oreo's today!


We tried the Birthday Cake Oreo's. They have a different sweeter filling in them. I think I prefer the original ones.

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss

Today was Dr. Seuss's 108th birthday so we celebrated with Cat in the Hat jello cups, green eggs and ham and One fish, Two fish, Red fish, Blue fish goldfish.
I made green eggs and ham for Corrine, Ammon and Rebecca (Simeon had science club at the school this morning). Corrine was brave and tried it, but the other 2 decided it wasn't for them.


The jello cups were raspberry jello with frozen raspberries and Ready whip. The kids really liked having this treat for breakfast!



Rebecca loved her One Fish, Two Fish Red Fish, Blue Fish and she called them that all day as she carried the bag around eating them.

Ammon did some Dr. Seuss worksheets at school today too.

Raspberry Fingers

We have been so into these sweet, red, little thimble shaped berries for months!


We eat them from the package, add them to muffins and use them in our fruit smoothies. I really think they are a little piece of heaven on earth!!

I discovered that Target has the best crop all the time and thier price is very comparable to the grocery stores.

I was talking with a friend a few months back about how I feel like I spend so much on produce. She told me she never feels bad for spending money on produce because she only has to pay for it once. If you buy sugary and junk food you pay for it with your waist line, at the dentist and at the doctors. I loved that gem of wisdom and since then I don't feel bad for how much I spend on produce. It keeps our family healthy and that's what matters most.

Gotcha!!

I've never been much in to April Fools Day. Usually I think about it the day of and don't have time to do anything. This year was different-I planned ahead. I'd been looking at some different ideas and found what I wanted to do.

It started in the morning. The kids got up and Ammon asked for a drink. I said sure and went and got 6 six drinks from the fridge and put them on the table.


Simeon took a big stuck on his straw and said it wouldn't come out. He said "My straw must be clogged." Then Ammon did the same thing and he couldn't get anything. By then I was smiling and Simeon caught on that I had gotten them. Ammon pulled his straw out and found out the trick. I made red jello, put it in their cups with a straw. It looked just like the fruit punch crystal light we had in the pitcher!!

Then came dinner.

Spaghetti and meatballs. I first saw this idea on my sister Laurie's blog (Gallamore West) and then this year it's popping up on all sorts of blogs. The meatball is a Ferrero Rocher hazelnut ball dipped in raspberry sauce. I didn't have any white chocolate to shave for the Parmesan cheese, so I used some vanilla astronaut ice cream I had in the cupboard.




Next we had peas and carrots. The peas are runts and the carrots are orange starburst cut into 4 pieces.



Since Rebecca had a tummy ache today we also had some nice and easy to eat mashed potatoes and gravy with butter on top. The gravy is caramel sauce and the butter is a yellow starburst flattened.




When I brought the food to the table the kids just looked at it. Then after a few seconds they said "Is this really dinner?" Then they studied it some more.
Corrine was the 1st to realize that the peas and carrots were on top of cupcakes, then they all figured it out.

Simeon so sweetly said "Mom, is there any real food to eat. I'm starving, we can have these for dessert."

I guess I'm going to have to work harder to trick them next year. I've already seen some good ideas I just may have to use!!

I saw an idea for popcorn cupcakes but didn't have time to get to those. I'll save those for Simeon's movie party.