Once upon a time I posted pictures on this blog.  But lately it’s all been food this and recipe that.  Yeah, yeah, yeah:  I’ve been missing out on the good stuff.  As my kids get older, and able to read, I’m starting to be a bit more selective of what I put out there.  Because looking back, dang:  my donations to their “My Mom Exploited Me On the Internet for Laughs:  She Didn’t Even Get Any Adsense or Amazon Associates Revenue So Now I Need Years of Therapy” fund is getting quite hefty.

And I find that just as there is a time to laugh and a time to mourn, there is a time to photograph and a time to . . . not.  Perhaps it’s that life has found a comfortable rhythm that doesn’t seem all that photo-worthy.  Or perhaps I’m tired of trying to explain why I don’t want to share my camera (which mostly is not explanations, but a barking, repetitive “No.  No.  No.  No.”  Etc., etc., etc.

However, on the ol’ Powershot I found some images.  Scenes of preppy boys:

And flattering self-portraits:

And flattering brotherly portraits (seriously:  could use the term Block Head in this case):

And cousins sitting:

And scholarly exhausted boys:

And getting their weekly body treatment of yogurt, banana, and granola boys:

And boys with bonks:

And boys who comply:

And boys who don’t:

Fairly typical of life around here.

We also plan on eating, this week out of the critically-acclaimed, French cuisine-inspired staple of the Cordon Bleu curriculum C is for Cooking.

Monday:  Big Bird’s Banana & Berry Delicious Toast (which the kids actually thought was delicious.  I was shocked:  my brother and I would not have touched anything cream cheese-ish with a ten foot pole), cheddar cheese; Rosita’s Pita Pizzas (a resounding “Yum!” from the hubby), apples w/peanut butter; Tofu & Veggie Stir-Fry with Beth’s Peanut Sauce (Beth is not a Sesame Street character, but rather a friend from my former meal-cooping days.  I found a container of her peanut sauce in my freezer and did a dance of glee.  Really.  Ask my hubby), crackers, raisins.

Tuesday:  Cookie Monster’s Yummy Pancakes with Strawberry Sauce (I thawed some of my strawberries from last year:  heaven in a ziplock freezer bag), sausage; Cookie Monster’s Peanut Butter Sandwich with grated apples on cinnamon raisin bread, string cheese, carrots; Grover’s Egg Sausage Strata (which we were supposed to have tonight, but someone forgot to read the instructions beyond the ingredients to notice things like “refrigerate overnight or for at least four hours” until three hours before dinner), fruit salad

Wednesday:  Ernie’s Jelly Omelet (sounds yucky, but hey:  maybe Ernie can work his magic), Abby Cadabby’s Pumpkin Muffins (which we already made last week – huge hit); Rosita’s Turkey & Cheese Quesadillas, bananas w/ peanut butter, snap peas; Ernie’s Roast Lemon Chicken, Cookie Monster’s Stuffed Potatoes, garlic bread

Thursday:  Leftovers; PB & J, string cheese, crackers, raisins; Leftovers

Friday:  Ernie’s Breakfast Banana Split; Rosita’s Strawberry Mango Smoothie, cheese toast; Grover’s Little & Adorable Chicken Nuggets, garlic fries, peaches

Saturday:  Elmo’s Dutch Baby Pancakes with Buttery Apples (expecting this to fly really well with the Hubby), sausage; Oscar’s Egg Drop Soup (not expecting this to fly with the little ones, but it just sounded so good), crackers, applesauce;  Leftover Chicken & Leftover Peanut Sauce pizza, carrots, bananas

Sunday:  Leftovers; Leftovers; Zoe’s Easy Cheesy Waffles, apple chicken sausage, applesauce

As I was coupon clipping, recipe organizing, and grocery shopping on Sunday, I told the Hubby that this is a lot of work.  But I think it’s good work, which he affirmed in his laid-back way:  “Yeah, it’s good for me not to eat only pizza and Hot Pockets.”  Oh, that’s right:  I’m feeding people *beyond* the kids:  sometimes I forget that.  Which could also be why there aren’t so many pictures of people above four feet featured on this site.  Hmmm…

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