Happy Leap Day!

What a fun coincidence that Wyatt's turn to take class snack in this month happened to be on Leap Day! This was a perfect theme for an amphibian loving boy.

We brought frog eggs aka green grapes.

To make the tag I just googled frog clipart and added the words, frog eggs. Super easy!

Pond scum aka apple juice. I made the tag by googling lily pad clipart and adding the text. 

Pumpkin bread cupcakes:

2 cups sugar 

1 cup cooking oil (I used half oil and half applesauce)

4 eggs

3 1/2 cups flour (I used 1 cup whole wheat)

2 tsp. baking soda

1 1/2 tsp. salt

1 heaping tsp. cinnamon

1 heaping tsp. nutmeg

1/2 tsp. allspice

2/3 cup water

1 15 oz. can pumpkin

optional: mini semi-sweet chocolate chips

Grease two 9x5x3in loaf pans. 

Beat sugar and oil in electric mixer on medium speed. Add eggs and beat well.

In large bowl combine flour, baking soda, salt, and spices. Alternately add flour mixture and water to sugar mixture beating on low speed after each addition just until combined. Beat in pumpkin. Spoon into pans.

Bake 350 for 55-65 minutes. Cool on wire rack for 10 minutes then remove from pans.

I used a lightly sweetened cream cheese frosting since this is suppose to be a healthy snack. For the face I used scissors to cut marshmallows in slices, added chocolate chips to the sticky part of the marshmallow (with the point cut off), and then piped on a red mouth.

I had to add tongues on some of them! Some of these guys look so goofy! I love them!

Happy Leap Day!

To top this day off, Wyatt got to bring his turtle in for show and tell! The kids loved Mikey and Wyatt was beaming as he showed off his pet.