Review: Slider Station - Awesome for Bento Lunches

I have been wanting one of these Slider Stations for a while- As seen on TV :)

, but personally didn't want to spend $20.

About a month ago I was in Five Below and they had them!! I was super stoked.. they were $5!!

The other night we were in the mood for burgers so I made sliders!!

Add the meat....

Cover for about 3 minutes on med heat

 

And Viola!  This is Mikes Plate (hubbys)

 

And the kid's plates

It was delicious.. just as if it came off the grill! I seasoned the meat and added flavor.. just as you would do any homeade burger.. and it still came out perfect!

Awesome for Bento Meals!

Surprise from Cali

My friend Stephanie from A Pocket Full of Buttons sent me an amazing package :) I felt like a kids at christmas with all the accessories! 

 All just for me.... I mean the  kids..haha The above items are for there bento lunches/ MTM... incase you were wondering mom =) Considering Stephanie is the one who got be addicted to this adventure...I love the gifts even more ;)

Thanks so much!

I can't wait to play :)

Off to First Grade she goes....

My baby girl started 1st grade today, I can't believe it..and this is my last year at home w/ Brayden since next year he will be in Pre-K.. My kids are growing up way to fast! The alarm went off  this morning at 7am.. I thought Mya was going to struggle  this morning since she was up an hour later  than we expected...Nope.. I softly woke her up.. saying "Mya it's time to wake up.. it's the 1st day of school" she literally almost knocked me down as she jumps up and screams YES!!!!!!!!!  It was so cute.. but she surely won't be screaming yes for long...  Mya  is not a morning person :)

Last night I made Mya her 1st grade cake, just as I did last year....

Last years's cake:

She loved her cake... I forgot to get her to pose w/ it this morning so I will need to add that into my collection :)

 

Here's hoping to a wonderful school year :)

Labor Day Weekend

So, It's Labor Day.. and I need to catch up from the weekend :) 

We had an amazing family weekend, spent with friends as well. Thank goodness I have such wonderful friends they are my family here in VA since my mom and step dad are in Florida and my dad , brother and sister in law live in MD..I miss them all and so wish we all lived close.. I hate being so far away.

Anyways...

Saturday Mya had a birthday party to go to at her friend Kylee's - but it was more a bday party/ labor day party.. We had loads of fun cornhole, good food and good company and so did the kids...They made tie dyed shirts, swam all day, played played and played some more... afterwords we went over my besties house and watched the Date Night Movie - Steve Carell and Nancy Fey are hilarious actors.. but this movie was not as funny as we expected. Yes, we liked it.. but we expected way more.

Mya and the birthday girl

 (above picture) Mike and Brayden are playing slap hands...lol

Sunday we had another Labor Day party to  attend- It turned out to be such a gorgeous day. The kids swam all day, played games as the adults drank and played cornhole and socialized at good food and once again great company! Once it was dark we lit up the fire pit.. that was really enjoyable :).. I  did "try" to make this really neat kid friendly Jello Treat.. It turned out very cute.. until I cut it.. It didn't do what I had intended it to do, so scooping it out was what we ended up doing regardless it was a huge hit overall :)

Today... was Muffin Tin Monday...

For Lunch:

Bologna & Cheese Rollups, Star-shaped Sticky Rice, Watermelon,Blueberry Yogurt and for dessert Resse cup

What a way to end summer vacation..

Mya starts 1st grade tomorrow. I am so excited for her but hate watching her grow up so fast... 

Stay tuned tomorrow for school pictures :)

 

The kiddos... and Me

 

Oh Yesteryday was a lazy day outside of making lunch and keeping the kids in line. I woke up once again w/ a migraine.  Everything hurt to have my eyes open. I took my new meds for my migraines and layed down... I felt so very nausea and new I was going to be sick like any other time I have a migraine..Sure enough.. I did. For the past few months my platelet count has been acting up again.  I've been back to the doctors for blood work done, I just had another CBC done along w/ them checking my thyroid. After having my emergency hysterectomy done 2 yrs ago  now,I was for sure this was all behind me.. Lately I have been feeling blah, and tired.. not sure whats going on really...


As for lunch....

My kids wanted a "fun lunch" as they call it, but I only had this and that .. so I tried to make it work. I think it turned out fairly good, but I would like to attempt this again in the future. Like I mentioned I  wasn't feeling very well yesterday so since they wanted a fun lunch I did something easy..

Left over rice, cheese faces,  For Mya she has bologna hair and fruit leather eyes/mouth along with a mini pepperoni body..lol  .  Brayden has a Cucumber body w/ a cucumber hat w/ fruit leather as eyes and mouth as well.. they both have Fresh green grapes. Along side of that is Mini Toast from Trader Joes w/ cream cheese a drizzle of ranch and Red Robin Seasoning... w/ a pinch of Honey Ham and left over cheese.

Muffin Tin Monday- Number Themed

Wow.. it's Monday already.. only 1 more week until school starts here in VA.

I can't believe that my daughter's already in 1st grade , next yr my son will be in preschool.. Why , oh why do they need to grow up so fast...

Anyways last week started the themed Muffin Tin Monday .. but I was busy w/ just returning home the night before from our weekend extravaganza I passed on MTM.. 

So today is my 1st themed Monday.. and it was Numbers...

We have... 

1 Graham cracker w/ peanut butter and fluff

2 Mini Egg Salad Sandwiches

3 Slices Cucumbers with a drizzle of Ranch

and

4 Green Grapes

Kids sure did scarf there food down, its been a while since I have made egg salad so they were in heaven, as I was too!

Yippie... My Lunch Punch Arrived!

Yay!!!!!!!! It finally arrived.  The excitement was so worth it once they arrived, my kids were so tickled and I was even more excited because I thought I was only winning 1 of the 2... not both! So when I saw I had received both I was more than thrilled, one for my daughter and one for my son!!

Anyways...A few weeks ago I won a giveaway on Another Lunch's blog and the give away was from The Lunch Punch! These lunch punches are adorable you must check out there site.. a mommy invented them :) I think I did pretty good on my 1st attempt .

VA Natural Bridge Safari Weekend

What a great weekend! My family and best friends family went to Natural Bridge, VA It was amazing! We drove up Friday evening that way we could get an early start Saturday since it was a 3.5 hr trip from our house.  Saturday we went to Virginia Safari Park .   

We loved it. You drove your own pace through 110 acres- took us about 2.5 hrs but it really didn't feel like that at all... Time flew by. We got to feed the animals..pet them and just enjoy looking at them. We all had such a blast! It's a must do for any family regardless of age.

Back at the hotel we went swimming, took empty boxes and watched the kids slide down the mountain..haha that was fun.. Sunday we were off to another adventure... Natural Bridge itself.. 20 stories of solid limestone rock, carved by the fingers of nature-

It was breath taking, gorgeous and totally worth it. We walked the whole 3 miles... but this was satisfying and gave us much glory just to see what nature had made. The kids in the above picture are watching a water snake, slither along trying to eat the minnows.

On our way to the Natural Bridge we spotted FoamHedge.. haha we had to stop on our way home... 

Christmas in August!

 Good Afternoon.. So for todays lunch we did a Roasted Chicken Salad w/ Ritz Crackers. Italian Pasta and Purple Grapes. For Dessert I just made a little shortbread cookie w/ icing and sprinkles :) The other day Brayden had asked about Christmas since I am sure he over heard me talking, I thought he would enjoy a Christmas Lunch.. He thought it was awesome..Especially the mini tree's on the cookie :)

- I can't believe Christmas is in 4 months!!

And My Daughters MTM

I am new at all of this so, I would like to get a little more traffic.. So for those of you who see this through the MTM site.. "follow me" and next month I am doing a giveaway!! 

Mommys Helper!

Wheww today was a busy day!  I had a Scentsy Party earlier today, and if you have no idea what Scentsy is... it's awesome!!

Anyways, Brayden was sleeping and it was dinner time. So I thought it would be a good idea to see if Mya wanted to make dinner that she had requested. Well she did :)

Oven Time

 I helped a little by peeling the potatoes and cutting them for her.

 She had fun doing this and adding seasoning.. Popped in the the microwave and she was impressed how fast that was...lol

All done :)  I think it looks yummy!  and below she is making her Daddys dinner.

She did a great job!! 

Now off to watch Howard the Duck w. the kids!