Earth Day!

This week we've been looking at the Earth and it's inhabitants. Yesterday we watched DisneyNature documentary called Wings of Life. Was all about flowers, pollinators, and how they interact with each other and help the world and people. Monkey got really into it! Monday's lunch featured some flowers just to tie together with the video.

IN THIS LUNCH: 

Leftover Fried Rice
Leftover General Tso Chicken
Grapes
Cheese Flowers
Milk







Today is April 22, 2014 and it is Earth Day! It took some real brainstorming to figure out what to make. Here's what I came up with.

IN THIS LUNCH: 

Bagel with Cream Cheese
Broccoli (with one annie's bunny cracker)
Blueberries
Chocolate pudding w/ crushed cookies and worms







I hope that you all enjoy the lunches that have been themed to go with our learning about the Earth so far. Monkey is really enjoying the curriculum and has been delighted opening each lunch. They have been easy to put together too. The hardest part was keeping the blue and green cream cheese from mixing together.

This Earth Day lunch is part of the Earth Day link up with Bento Bloggers and Friends. Click the link to check it out!

Happy Packing!

More April Lunches and Easter!

Lunch Round Up - 4/15 - 4/18

This week we got to enjoy a couple non-packed lunches which were a nice treat. However I am excited to share the lunches we did have this week. I hope you all have been having a great week and if you celebrate Easter that you have been able to get excited about the coming holiday. I love spring themed lunches, if you've been making any feel free to share!

April 15, 2014

In this lunch:

1/2 bagel sandwich with veggie cream cheese and turkey,

Carrots, Tomatoes, and Kiwi

Annie's Bunny Grahams

Water

[Laptop Lunch Box]

April 16, 2014

In this lunch:

Salad of spring salad and baby spinach with tomatoes and shrimp

Cheese

Applesauce w/ cinnamon

Popcorn

[Lunchblox]

April 18, 2014

In this lunch:

Bunny sandwich of ham and swiss on wheat

Carrots

Dessert - Apple grass and egg shaped candy

Happy Packing!

Sneaky Lil' thing

So a while back during a Roald Dahl blog hop by the Bento Bloggers & Friends there was a fantastic lunch posted by Organized Bites for The Witches (one of my favorite Roald Dahl pieces) and I fell in love with this cute little kiwi mouse she made. I thought it was totally clever and I decided to try my hand at making my own little kiwi friend today. It's not as good as hers but both Monkey and I still really enjoyed it. Please do check out her post HERE.

But, here's my lunch. :)

IN THIS LUNCH: 

• Leftover chicken from last night's dinner
• Grape Tomatoes
• Kiwi
• Popcorn
• String Cheese
• Chocolate Almond Milk (not pictured) 

Happy Packing!! 

A little slow

So, today I was again feeling in the lunchy mood so I decided to try out a new cutter on the sandwich my daughter requested. I also decided to bust out a veggie that she keeps insisting she now likes, though she hated it before. Will we end up with an empty box or will it still have that veggie that I am skeptical at best she's liking now?

IN THIS LUNCH:

• Snail Sammy - Sunflower butter and Jelly
• Broccoli
• Blueberries
• Cottage Cheese with Pepper
• Flavored water

Well, I am pleased as punch to report that it was an empty box! She ate the broccoli with no comment other than it was clever that I used it as grass. Hey, who doesn't like appreciation? What are you all having? 

Happy Packing!

April 7th -- A New Bento Box

So maybe it's dorky but I was super excited to put this together. I found a fantastic new bento box at Target and let us just say, it's got me lunch inspired! Been dying to use it for a few days and here is what we've got.

UPPER LEVEL: One clementine, some grapes, two strawberries, string cheese, and pretzels.

LOWER LEVEL: Meat/lettuce roll ups, mixed greens salad with almonds, dried cranberries, and catalina dressing with tomato hearts.

Happy Packing!

March 31 - April 4: Round Up

Life certainly has gotten hectic lately! We've begun homeschooling and have added a new baby to the family which has been keeping us all busy and tired! However the lunches must go on. It is one of the things I truly enjoy doing and gives me something to look forward to. If you'd like to see the lunches daily, make sure to like us on Facebook. You can catch the weekly lunch round ups here :)

3/31

IN THIS LUNCH: 

Leftover Enchiladas

Corn on the Cob

Orange

2 Fig Cookies

4/1

IN THIS LUNCH:

Salad w/ Catalina Dressing

Annie's Organic Mac n Cheese

Shrimp

Blueberries

4/2

IN THIS LUNCH:

Chicken Nuggets w/ BBQ Sauce

Cottage Cheese

Orange

Banana

Hello Panda Cookies

4/3

IN THIS LUNCH:

French Bread Sandwich

Leftover Peas

Frozen Raspberries (from last summer)

Strawberries

4/4

IN THIS LUNCH:

Seafood Salad (was on a fantastic sale) w/ Crackers

Lima Beans

Blueberries

Orange

Cheddar Cheese

Happy Packing!