If You Give A Cat A Cupcake

Another If You Give... lunch! This time the super adorable If You Give a Cat a Cupcake!

For Wednesday John asked for a PB&J Cat, Alphabet cookies (there are 3 random letters under the c, a, t), Mini Slim Jims, clementine segments, colby jack "cupcakes" and an unpictured yogurt tub or tube.

The Mixed-Up Alphabet (@Scholastic - Metzger & Ho)

No school today because of Columbus Day or some such ridiculousness so John got to have a little more input than he usual for his Tuesday lunch. His first decision: the book had to be The Mixed-Up Alphabet which he read last night on his Scholastic Storia app!

Packing in the Lock & Lock box made things super-easy. Each of the four sections has 3 layers: a side, a quarter of a bologna sandwich, and then a colby jack letter (accessorized as closely as I could to how they are in the book).  Clockwise from top left the bottom layers are: grapes, alphabet cookies, Totally Ranch Munchies, and yogurt raisins.

John is thrilled with it! He loved the book and it's great for a beginning reader. There were quite a few words that he didn't know but when some of them were repeated later in the story he nailed them without hesitation. One of John's big issues has been retention. He can be told what a word is on one page and two pages later have to be told again. He pays such great attention with fun books like this and the others that we've read on Storia so far that even the hard words don't discourage him as much as they used to. He'll either ask, click, or work on sounding them out because he cares that much about getting to the next part of the tale! (Can you tell I'm thrilled???)

Doctor Who Pond Life - Ood On The Loo

Before the seventh season of Doctor Who began there was an online series of mini webisodes about Amy and Rory and their life at home that was aptly named "Pond Life." It was suggested that I use one of those as inspiration for tonight's lunch!

The complete set of clips (plus a pretty spot-on countdown of things learned from them) can be found at Den of Geek, but here's the specific webisode being used:

All packed up in my great new set given to be my one of the most awesome friends a girl could ever ask for:

(screen cap/calorie count from MyFitnessPal -- add me if you're on it, too!)

Being Human "Flotsam & Jetsam" in a Laptop Lunchbox

Now that we're on the mid-season break for Doctor Who I've decided to add Being Human back to my instant queue on Netflix .... even though I've already seen each episode at least twice.

Tonight's lunch is a tribute to Mitchell, George, and Annie from the episode "Flotsam and Jetsam."
The top left has mashed potatoes with Mitchell's quote in colby jack cheese.
The bottom left has rolled deli chicken breast topped with two small cheese sandwiches in the shape of a pigeon & George's shoe.
The top right has applesauce with Annie's tea cups.
The bottom right has Chobani Champions yogurt with Annie's book .... and yet one more tea cup.

Red Dwarf X - "Trojan"

Right now I only know one person who will get this. 

If you do (and you aren't him) let me know so I can oooh & aaah & claim your awesomeness!

FYI: The Moose was made with a combination of the CuteZCute face, frog pieces and acorn leaf cutter for the antlers.