letter "c" snack friend

maddux was snack friend last tuesday (i forgot to take a picture, but we made the peanut butter oatmeal 'bees' i have made before) and mason was snack friend today.  mason's class is doing the letter "c" this week so we tried to go with that theme.  and because i am me, i could not just do carrots, celery and cumbers or cheese and crackers.  after looking at a few options, mason selected these "apple cars".

they were easy enough to make - apple slices, toothpicks and grapes. but i always forget that apples brown and have to be cut the morning of... sigh.  i did think about throwing lemon juice on the apples but i never like that taste.  thankfully, the morning went relatively smoothly because i got up extra early and did not make breakfast.

mason's 24 'cars' for his friends

mason stuck with the theme and picked a car to bring for show-and-tell too.  they really love getting to be the snack friend.  i think madelyn gets a little sad that she doesn't get to any more.

the boys were very excited that there were a few left for them to eat when we got home!  see how manning is saying "cheese" for the camera.

it was also picture day for the boys (madelyn had hers several weeks ago) but i failed to take a picture of them before we left this morning.  they were already in their coats so i just went without a nice one.

i did try to take a picture before mason went into his room but it is literally right next to the front door in a very narrow hallway - it was impossible to get a good one.

over breakfast i had asked the boys how they were going to smile for their pictures and without a second thought maddux put his fingers in his mouth and pulled back his cheeks to make a silly face.  i was very happy to hear from his teacher that he smiled nicely come picture time.  i asked them again after school to show me their smiles.

another full day of preschool!  love.