Well Hello! Long Time No See!

2 Little Birds has been off the map for a while, I'm sure you've noticed by the date on my last official post!

I want to thank you all for reading, and following on Twitter, and liking on Facebook and overall just hanging with me all this time, It really, truly means the world to me.

I mentioned a long long time ago that I was super busy working on a few personal projects which has kept me away from the blog for a while - and I've tried to at least keep the Facebook page updated but our lives have been so full and busy lately, it's been difficult to do a good job of that.

Well in case you were curious, this is what I've been so super busy doing:

Tiny Cakes on Facebook

Or just the webpage: www.TinyCakesNC.com

Thank you ALL SO much for hangin' with me and for continuing to read and share this blog. You are amazing :)

I'm hoping things settle down and we start to fall into a bit more organized of a routine and I can get back to posting with some form of editorial calendar. I promise to keep you updated as things come together a little more.

Emily

Pizza for Breakfast???

"A pizza?? For BREAKFAST, Mommy???" Alexis was puzzled but pleasantly surprised when I served this one up for breakfast.

This fun food I did for breakfast instead of lunch or snack like I usually do. AND It's not crafted to look like a critter, or a flower, or an ocean scene, but it sure was a hit - a healthy hit for that matter.

What kid doesn't like pizza??

What mom doesn't like when their kids eat a wholesome breakfast??

I think the answer to both of those is "none."

This was super easy. I'm sure you can guess how I made it just by looking at it.

It didn't require a lot of prep, or an oven, or a stove. Just a toaster and a knife.

The "crust" is a whole grain toaster waffle, that I toasted then let cool a little. On top of the waffle I spread some yogurt. I topped it off with diced peaches, cut it like a pizza with a pizza cutter and that was it!

Alexis eats a fruit, yogurt, and some kind of grain every morning for breakfast but lately breakfast has been less than exciting and she's been less than enthusiastic about it. It's amazing how styling the same foods to look like something totally different can really pique her interest again. She downed it in 5 minutes flat, I think without even stopping to talk to me in between bites.

This is an easy one, any one can do it probably with the stuff you already have sitting around your kitchen.

Enjoy!

Emily

A Very Hungry Snack

Sorry friends, I've been bad at posting updates on here except for once every week or two. I am working on multiple projects at the moment and it's been a juggling act but I can assure you, we are still having the same fun creating things as always around here. It just takes me a teensy weensy bit longer to post. I think I'm going to actually work out a posting schedule to give myself deadlines to make sure I keep you guys in the loop. Hmmm. I was thinking "Tuesday FunFoodsday" What do you think? and I promise there will be a new fun food posted every Tuesday - something reliable that you can count on. Eh??

Anyhoo, those of you who read children's books may have guessed what today's food is all about...

I love Eric Carle books (who doesn't?) and The Very Hungry Caterpillar is of course a classic, and a favorite of mine.

Hehe. This one is a little silly to me but Alexis knew who it was right away.

It was snack time around our way and the girls were itchin' to eat but Alexis asked for a "special" snack so I threw this together on the fly.

The very hungry caterpillar, who of course munched on those whole wheat crackers on the top of the plate before he perched himself on the pretzel rods on the bottom of the plate, is made from red Gala apple and Granny Smith apple slices. His head is actually three Gala slices (cut right from the side of the apple) stacked on top of each other, and each body segment is a Granny Smith slice. I cut out a crescent-shaped piece of apple skin to give him a mouth, and his eyes are candy eyes. His feet are raisins. There is also a little blog of Nutella for dipping the apples.

Cute, Quick, and fits the part!

We like to read books in the mornings at our house. It would be a perfect preschooler day to read The Very Hungry Caterpillar then serve this up for snack. You could even decorate the plate with other small snacks that have "bites" taken from them by the caterpillar.

Enjoy everyone!!

See you on the next "Tuesday FunFoodsDay!" or in the in between if there is something else fun to share :)

Emily