'twas the night before 2nd grade

'Twas the night before second grade, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even the pug.  His backpack was hung from the dining room chair, loaded with notebooks and back to school gear.  Monkey butt was nestled, all snug in his bed, while visions of zombie killing pea shooters danced in his head. Regi and her Mac book, and I, with iPad, had just settled down for an episode of Breaking Bad. Then in the kitchen there arose such a clatter, I sprung from the sofa to see what was the matter. Away to the doorway I flew like a flash, tripped over the vacuum and caused quite a crash. The moon light reflecting off Hootie the Beta's fish bowl, illuminated the counters, and floor down below. When, what to my wondering eyes should appear, but a new, shiny red bento, and cutlery set from last year. With tofu bunnies, and penguins, and frog, atop of rotini they sat like a dog. With agave in a bear, and a sliced pink pearl apple, and chocolate almond milk, so much better than Snapple! There was a sprinkling of Oppenheimer white chocolate chips, and carrot expressions on the tofu critters, to cross over his lips. Sliced olives, and rotini, in a smoky tomato vinaigrette sauce,and a little note card, with a funny joke about math, I thought "Surely this is a lunch he won't toss." And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the stove, the zipping of a sparkly Spider-Man lunch bag; what a trove! As I drew in my head and was turning around, down onto the floor it fell without sound.  He was made of green paper, of the construction sort. In a green hue similar to that of a caper. An origami yoda to help brighten his morn, "Great first day of school, have you will" he would say. His eyes, they were drawn on, and his mouth was too. His ears were crumpled bits of tree pulp, but alas, the poor fellow's saber was gone.  I folded, and creased, and used a bit of tape. i hope in the morning, the boy's mouth is agape. i shall hide him some where, with out a rest break. i know, by the potty, that's his first stop once he's awake! Now I am quite tired, and anxious with delight, so  Happy eve of school to all, and to all a good night!

Back to school

So my computer crashed in the midst of vegan mofo last year, and I didn't get it working right again until sometime in January, and by then it seemed as though most of the year had gone by, so I sadly let it be. But I'm back this year, and trying to keep track of every day again. Lets see how it goes :) Day 1 lunch consisted of organic sliced carrots, with ginger soy vinagrette dressing to dip them in, peach mango fruit gel from trader joe's, silk almond milk, and a home made seitan pepperoni sammie on trader joes sprouted bread,. I found some cute little lunch box notes at Target in the dollar section, which ironically coordinate with his ice pack. They're adorable, and he liked getting a note from me in his lunch. He said it made him smile and reminded him  that I love him. <3 First day of first grade outfit consisted of DKNY t-shirt and jeans, a Shawn White hoodie, and a pyramid spike belt which was sadly not pictured. I'm thinking it's going to be a good year!

The first day of school

So little man started off to school today. As a range of emotions swept over me, I tried to keep my cool, after all, it was his big day, I didn't want to make it seem too important, or let him see my cry like all those other silly mamas were XD Lunch box was smoked tofurky on Sesame Ezekiel 4:9 bread with spicy dijon mustard, late july crackers, Wildwood blueberry soy yogurt, and a cute lil aseptic single serve pouch of Chocolate Silk soymilk. There was also a half of a banana, but he didn't eat it for some odd reason. Honestly, I think he was talking too much and ran out of time, but Zaria sure enjoyed it. Outfit picture, first day of school shown below: