Alright, I can take a hint

So I'm not really a blogger, although I do like to talk and ramble and...stutter post....quite a bit, but it's been suggested on numerous occasions that I blog about my kids' lunches. I'll sure give it a shot but, to be honest, I'm not that original and I get most my ideas from fabulous other blogs out there. I'll try and keep those links handy for my posts in any case.

Since I'm not really a blogger, just who or what am I? Well, I'm a Domestic Goddess and Chief Boo-Boo Kisser to 3 of the most amazing, challenging, smart, and crazy little devils;  aka Alex (7), Noah (5) and Zoe (2).  Alex and Noah just started school a week ago so I've been trying out new things for their lunches.

Today was one of those "new" things. I wanted an under the sea type theme so I decided to try something a friend had done for her son's birthday; Octodogs!  I needed small ones to fit into the lunchbox so I used the ends for the octopi and then the middles I made crabs. They turned out cute but...will they eat them? I don't know how room temp hot dogs are going to go over with my little culinary cuties but it was worth a shot.

For the Octodogs I cut off the ends and then cut slits to create the legs. The crabs were the middles of the hot dogs sliced lengthwise and then the legs cut into them. Once they were all sliced and formed, I dropped them into a boiling pot of water to curl the legs. It didn't take long, maybe a minute tops.

To round out the lunch we have sour cream and onion Goldfish crackers, cucumber rings, strawberries and blueberries, a little container of ketchup for the octodogs/crabs and a little bit of mini chocolate chips as a treat.