Happy Little Dino-Cakes

A few days ago, Matthew came to me with a pancake proposal. The proposal was as follows: on Wednesday (today) when Matthew had only half a day of school because he would be taking the ACT in the morning, could we make pancakes for lunch. Matthew then proceeded to show me what the proposed pancakes should look like. I responded with a counter proposal: making the afore-mentioned pancakes for dinner so Malia could partake as well. The counter proposal was accepted and thus a plan was born. 

This evening, I was in charge of pancakes and Matthew headed up the decorating committee. The end result was tasty and so, so cute! 

I could not be more pleased that my penchant for fun pancakes has rubbed off on my offspring. 😊

Dessert Dinos

After a brief hiatus from drawing because she was struggling to get one aspect of her dragons just right, Malia has returned to her artistic endeavors. She has also begun exploring a new subject. I’m not sure where the idea came from, but for the past several days she has been drawing food dinosaurs. Yes, you heard me right. Food dinosaurs. And they are so stinkin’ cute! She’s as pleased as cupcakes and ice cream with her creations.

Here There Be Dragons

Several days ago, I got a digital flyer from our school district highlighting a coming attraction. We get those from time to time, but I don’t usually pay much attention as they aren’t generally things my kids are interested in. However, this time the word “dragon” leaped off the page and captured my attention. Upon closer inspection, I discovered that the event was in town one weekend only and the school district had arranged for a free ticket for every student in the district age 17 and under. I checked out the website and Kev and I decided it would be a jolly outing that Malia, our dragon lover, would enjoy. As such, we got our tickets, two of which were completely free, and headed to the expo center this afternoon.

The attraction was called “Dino and Dragon Stroll.” Based on the pictures, we thought it would be big statues of dinosaurs and dragons. We were sort of right, but what we didn’t expect was the fact that all the figures moved. The heads, arms, and wings moved. They opened and closed their mouths. They blinked their eyes. They even looked like they were breathing. It was pretty impressive. And of course, there were roars and other sounds that accompanied the movement.

Most of the kids in attendance were much younger than Matthew and Malia. The bounce house and rides were all geared for younger kids. But that did not detract from the enjoyment. We wouldn’t have wanted to spend an entire afternoon there, but we were all entertained for over an hour. And Malia got up close and personal with a dragon. I call that a successful outing.