A Sea-faring Snack

Yesterday, I set up an ocean activity area for Sly with some of her sea creature books and toys, and some seashells. I decided to keep the theme going with her snack and got a little creative!

A sea-themed snack for Sly!

Along with the obvious vanilla-graham goldfish, the water is melted marshmallows with a bit of blue food coloring; the clouds are yogurt-covered raisins, and the sun is made of banana slices.

She was quite happy with it, except that by the time the marshmallow goo was cool enough to eat, she really had to work hard to get the fish out. It was entertaining for her to play with, though! I probably should’ve gone with cream cheese instead.

Different waffles, different cream cheese

I snagged a box of 8 Whole Grains frozen waffles by Van’s Natural Foods yesterday at the grocery store and I’m impressed. These are super hearty, substantial waffles that put Eggos to shame!

They also have 8% of the RDA of iron, and 22% of the RDA for fiber. And Sly is devouring one as I type, so apparently they are tasty. Quite tasty, considering that she’s ignoring her raspberries and banana in favor of the waffle!

I usually don’t do syrup on her waffles; I put cream cheese on them instead. She needs the dairy, for one thing, and it also makes breakfast less messy than syrup.

And for non-run-of-the-mill cream cheese, I’ve been picking the occasional container from Einstein Bros. Bagels. Sly particularly likes the honey-almond and mango-and-peach cream cheeses, but they also have garden veggie, sun-dried tomato and a few other interesting flavors.