Penelope's last day of preschool was last Thursday. I can't believe she will be starting kindergarten in the fall! Her preschool had an end of the year carnival, the theme was safari and complete with games, snow cones, and a little exploring. After some carnival fun her class performed all the songs they had learned throughout the school year. It was adorable and I wish I would have had my video camera with me. Boooo mom!

I Spy...

Waiting her turn to play some games

What do you see?

Snow Cone!

Face Painting!

More games...

Penelope is so excited she finally learned to swing on her own.

Getting ready for the performance.

Chris, Penelope and I worked on some more origami, or as Penelope calls it "omagami".


We made some penguins, boxes, and fortune tellers! Penelope absolutely loves this art.

On another note guess who just became a dolphin?! That's right, Penelope has mastered her side breaths and moved up another level. With only 2 more levels to go she is becoming a swim pro.

And on...my parents were here the last few days helping me pack up our house. Remember my earlier post when I mentioned we were moving again? We will be moving to Temecula, California early next month. Penelope finishes up preschool next week and will be starting Kindergarten in the fall. AAAHHH!!! I don't know if I am ready for that.

So once again until we are settled in our new place posting may be a little sporadic. Coming to you soon from the wine country!

Look what I found at Target the other day!


Another bento box! They also had a blue version of this box but of course Penelope chose this one. I love that this book has a little compartment on top with utensils. So cute! Go visit your local Target before these are all gone!

Penelope's favorite fast food is Subway, and her favorite sandwich at Subway is the Spicy Italian. That's right she has graduated from the Cold Cut to the much more impressive Spicy Italian. On wheat bread with American cheese, olives, and mayo and mustard. She will eat a whole 6 inch sandwich to herself! For today's bento I made her a homemade spicy Italian sandwich.


A hoagie roll filled with salami, pepperoni, spicy ham, black olives, and her preferred condiments mayo & mustard. She also had a Appleberry GOGO Squeez, maple leaf cookies with maple cream filling, diced avocado, and Voodoo chips.


You know me anytime I see a bag of chippy's I haven't tried well I get weak in the knees and have to buy them. These Zapp's New Orleans Kettle Style Voodoo chips were at our local Whole Foods. I have tried Zapp's Jalapeno chips before and they are sooo good. Salty, super crisp, and super spicy, everything a good Jalapeno chip should be. I had high hopes for these but unfortunately I was not impressed. For some reason I imagined these would be hotter then hot but instead they were slightly sweet BBQ-esque. Booo, if there is one chip flavor I can stop eating before I finish the whole bag it's barbecue. It is simply not one of my faves. Penelope on the other hand is enjoying these chips. I also tried Zapp's Spicy Cajun Crawtators and Cajun Dill Gator-Taters. Both satisfied my chip addiction but I probably wouldn't buy them again. Do you have a favorite Zapp's flavor?

I made another meatloaf today for dinner and it was pretty tasty. I am calling it Hide the Sausage Spicy Barbecue Meatloaf. :)

Hide the Sausage Spicy Barbecue Meatloaf

1 lb. ground beef
1/2 hot breakfast sausage
3/4 cups of crumbled crackers ( I used rosemary wheat crackers)
1 egg
1/2 cup ketchup
3/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1/2 tsp onion powder
2 garlic cloves minced
Barbecue sauce ( I used Bulls Eye Original)

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a large bowl combine all the ingredients except the barbecue sauce. I use my hands! Form meat mixture into a loaf and put in a baking dish. Spread some barbecue sauce over the top of the entire meatloaf and cover dish. Bake in oven covered for 30 minutes. Remove cover and then bake an additional 30 minutes. We ate this along with some corn on the cob. Unfortunately I did not get a picture. Enjoy!