"H" is for hippo, and happy face, and horse. "H" is also for hurry up and make a lunch because it's 7:45am and everyone should have been out the door already! Yes, that was me this morning. I try to have all lunches prepared the night before so as to have less things to do the morning of. I drank 2 beers while watching an America's Got Talent Marathon was tired and decided … [Read more...]
“G” is for green, green bento lunch
Today's lunch is brought to you by the letter G... And Mr.MoreThanYourAverageMom! I was not even a little bit excited for G day in our thematic alphabet unit... Goose, Goat, Giraffe? None of these were very bento friendly in my opinion. Enter Mr.MoreThanYourAverageMom! His swift suggestion of doing a green lunch turned the lightbulb on, especially timely as I just so happened … [Read more...]
“F” is for French Toast, Fish, and Fudge… Oh my! Bento Lunch
Today's lunch is brought to you by the letter "F", and believe it or not I'm thankful for that! I seem to have passed down my inherent love for breakfast to my children, so I knew that a breakfast for lunch bento would go over well with the kids. Did I mention that the biggest kid at TEN pancakes for breafast the other weekend?! That kid seriously loves his breakfast food! … [Read more...]
“E” is for Elephant Bento Lunch
Nathan's favorite guy in the whole entire world is his "Ellie", a stuffed elephant that I received from good friend of mine for my baby shower waaay back in 2008. It was love at first sight, and the two of them have been inseparable ever since... Well, we did have a close call when we lost him in the Seattle airport en route to Mexico. Thankfully, quick thinking … [Read more...]
“D” is for Dora Bento Lunch
I've been wanting to do a Dora lunch for some time now as the smallest kid is a HUGE fan, and, well with today being "D" Day (hehe) in my thematic alphabet lunch theme I figured now was as good a time as any! Not going to lie, this lunch took me 1 full hour to do. A little insane if you ask me, especially given that 85% of that was spent on the two little sammies, but in the … [Read more...]