Kids are funny. Mine are always cracking me up w/ the funny little annoying things they do. Take what happened w/ this lunch, for example. I got up this morning to make them lunch because I was just too not-in-the-mood to make them last night. Homemade pizza lunchables were on the brain – easy to throw together, yummy enough they’ll gobble it up and way healthier than the store-bought pre-packaged ones! For some reason, I got up extra early (just one of those mornings), so I spent a little extra time jazzing up their lunch. Plus, I was so excited to try the Applegate pepperonis I found at Target. Despite my better judgement (I know my girls and know they wouldn’t travel very well), I just couldn’t leave the pepperoni penguins eyeless, beak-less and belly-less so I embellished away.
When I was done I was like, OMG! These dudes are so cute!When the girls came downstairs, I showed them what the penguins look like since they wouldn’t be looking like that later. Both had pretty much the same reaction about their homemade pizza lunchables: “So cute, but I don’t want to eat those.” Little Sis even whined a little that she REALLY didn’t want to eat the penguins. For whatever reason, they just didn’t want to eat them. Punks! So, I gobbled up the eyes, beaks and bellies in one fell swoop (ewww, that sounds kinda yucky…) but not without snapping a quick pic and then the girls were left w/ plain ol’ penguin pepperoni’s… just the way they wanted them: eyeless, beak-less, belly-less. Oh well. Some days are like that. 🙂
In this lunch:
- Arnold’s 100% whole wheat flat rounds
- Applegate’s Uncured Pepperoni (No Nitrates except those occurring naturally from celery, etc) and Applegate’s American Cheese
- Shredded mozzerella cheese
- Bertolli’s Organic Garlic and Olive Oil Spaghetti Sauce
- Trader Joe’s Gummy Tummies Pengin with Soft Tummies (or something like that)
- Pirate’s Booty
- Grapes and Raisins
Be sure to check out my FB post professing my love for them: FB post professing my love for Applegate 🙂
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Christine, aka happyvballgirl 🙂
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What a brilliant idea….pepperoni penguins. LOVE!
Those penguins are adorable! Thanks for linking up~!!
Thanks, Diana! and thanks for hosting! 🙂
Cutest pizza I have ever seen and too cute to eat!! Definitely need to pin for my son, he love penguins!
Awwww, thanks so much, Rina. You are such a sweetie. Definitely had fun making these little guys, I bet you will too! 🙂