I did a decorative bento type lunch. Capture this, it may never happen again! My son asked for dino sandwiches with eyes AND polka dots, AND stripes.
So I did it. He had an amazing day and he deserved an awesome lunch :)
Here's what he's got: A double cheese sandwich (American and Swiss. Yuck!), with candy eyes and Cliff kids fruit twists cut for the dots and stripes. Mixed fruit (mango, strawberries, grapes), and the rest of the fruit twist with marshmallows and a couple chocolate chips.
I'm a little overly proud of this lunch! He can't wait to show his new best friend! :)
For his last lunch of the school week my son asked for a "plain" lunch. When I asked what that meant he said, "you know... pancakes, grapes... whatever you want."
So, that's what we've got for Friday! Mini pancakes, grapes, sweet goldfish crackers and yogurt raisins. Nothing fancy. Plain *shrug* No yogurt to dip the pancakes in, no cream cheese to make a pancake sandwich. Nothing.
He is having a hard boiled egg and oranges for snack... so maybe he was feeling like breakfast? Who knows? LOL
Edited: it was bugging me, so I added some strawberry Greek yogurt :)
Wednesday is a short day at my sons school, so we went out to lunch :) But here's his lunch for Thursday!
Again, his choice :) I find that if he chooses what he gets, he eats better. Big shocker, huh??
We've got: Baby carrots, half of a piece of flat bread cut in strips, frozen strawberries (they were too yummy to let spoil, so we froze them quick!) and roasted garlic hummus. I'll also add a little container of ranch, but I have to go get some. Oops!
I've posted 2 pictures so you could see my GENIUS idea (stolen from pinterest!) of using press and seal wrap over the sections that might get gooey. Strawberry juice in hummus doesn't sound good at all! The press and seal wrap is ridiculously easy to use (and remove!), I just cut it to the size I needed and pressed it down! I kind if pushed it down into the sections a little, to accommodate the lid pressing down on it.
This lunch includes: Easy lunchbox container, press and seal wrap and silicone cupcake cups :)
well... I haven't used this blog in a looong time, but my son starts kindergarten tomorrow and I'm packing his lunches. eep!
I've scoured the net searching for kindergarten lunch ideas, packaging ideas, etc. and I actually think we're ready! I've got the easy lunchbox 3 sectioned containers (from amazon) and rectangle lunch bags from old navy - and a Ninjago one from khols! they fit the container+ice pack+juice/water and that's the important part!
my son is kind of a finicky eater. he likes "different" things, but he likes what he likes... and if he doesn't like something, he WILL NOT eat it. which makes it interesting. :) so you won't see a lot of sandwiches here... and you won't see a lot of originality LOL he originally said he wanted hummus and bread every single day... so we'll see!
so here it is - day one of kindergarten tomorrow!! and this is what he chose for the special day: salami and cheese bat shaped sandwich, Parmesan goldfish and raisins, and raspberries with chocolate chips for dessert :) he'll also take a bottle of water or box juice every day.
my goal is to take a picture every day. im a nut who likes to see these things... :)
here's a wonderful blogger mom that has some cool bento lunch ideas!
