From the monthly archives:

April 2009

Bento #67 – Crab bento

April 28, 2009

Whenever I have no idea what to pack for lunch, I always end up making macaroni and cheese. It’s always a favorite. Topped it with a few crab hot dogs. The bottom tier consists of broccoli, grape-flavored pocky and oranges.

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Red Fish Blue Fish @ Victoria BC

April 24, 2009

Continuing with more Victoria post! We got to Victoria late in the afternoon. All because DH wanted to make a detour to Richmond for early lunch before catching the BC ferries across to Victoria. By the time we got to Victoria, it was too early for dinner but we were very hungry due to [...]

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Bento #66 – A day at the ocean

April 21, 2009

Summer is almost here and soon it will be time to head out to the beaches. I thought it was a good idea to remind Lil’ C about that since she has talking about the beach a lot lately. So today’s bento contains mini corn dog on sea creature picks, little colorful goldfish, celery sticks [...]

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Win a trip to Kissimmee

April 20, 2009

It has been 2 years since we moved from Florida. Do I miss it? Not really except for one place and that is Kissimmee. We used to make weekend trips to Kissimmee once month to shop, eat and check out different attractions. Unfortunately those trips were taken during the pre-kid days. Poor Lil’ C was [...]

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Blue Fox Cafe @ Victoria, BC

April 16, 2009

I am so behind on my restaurant reviews!! So what else is new, right??hehe… I confess, I have been spending way too much time indulging in my latest hobby – couponing!! Check out my latest profit deal here.
Another reason for the backlog is getting the photos ready. The sorting, selecting and finally editing of photos takes time. It doesn’t [...]

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Bento #65 – Rainbow Hearts

April 13, 2009

Spring break is over! We took a short trip up to Victoria, British Columbia and had a great relaxing time. Now it’s back to our busy schedules for another 2 months before summer break. I really can’t wait for summer to get here. It snowed again today! This has been a very long winter!!
Anyway, back [...]

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Bento #64 – Spring Garden

April 7, 2009

It’s spring and the weather has been so awesome these last few days. Lil’ C is on spring break so we have been spending a lot of time outdoors just enjoying the weather, allergies and all! So here’s a little spring garden bento that I made last week,

The little garden is made up of chicken [...]

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Trophy Cupcakes

April 3, 2009

Even though I have lived here for 2 years, there are still a lot of restaurants that I have never been. This year, I plan to try out as many restaurants and bakeries as I can. DH has no problems trying out new restaurants but he is not a big fan of breads and desserts. [...]

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Stock up for next winter

April 2, 2009

When we moved to the Pacific Northwest, the first thing we did was shop for winter clothes. We had just moved from sunny Florida, so we did not have many winter clothes especially Lil’ C. I had to buy a whole new wardrobe for her. Now after 2 winters, she is already outgrowing all her [...]