muffin tin monday : 8.23.10.

hooray – themes are back!  for some reason, themes tend to make me be a bit more creative.  this week’s theme was the alphabet.  something we’re obsessed about around here as of late.  C will sing the alphabet song all the time and L thinks it’s a riot.  whatever entertains them, right?

as i was thinking about the theme, i realized that the tin i use has six cups and C’s name has six letters – tada, an idea was born.  i cut each letter of C’s name out of fruit leather – plus two flowers out of the remaining leather – and labeled each cup.  each cup was then filled with food that started with that letter.

this week’s tin included :

• grilled Cheese sandwiches – cut into heart shapes.
• Apples
• Marshmallows – although C kept telling me they were cheese and for awhile i insisted they were really marshmallows until i grew tired of telling her otherwise.
• Red strawberries – yes, i’m stretching a bit on this one.  i had purchased raspberries for this but they were already molded and i just bought them today.  don’t even get me started on the produce department at my grocery store.  ugh.  C loves raspberries and we were lucky to receive some in our csa box last week.  csa strawberries are a-maz-ing.
• Yogurt with sprinkles – she’s also all about sprinkles lately because her daddy has been treating her to a donut with sprinkles on the weekend for breakfast.
• Noodles – C loves her pasta.  and most often will request noodles or “butter jelly” for a meal.  these are “curly noodles” (ramen) that she particularly finds amusing.  i don’t use the seasoning for them but rather usually toss them with veggies or something else for her.

the fruit leather was a big hit and the first time that she’d had it.  she ate all of her letters and her flowers first and then her noodles and marshmallows.  she ate everything but a few slices of apple and a bit of yogurt.

to see what others did with this week’s theme, check out the muffin tin monday blog.