Believe it or not, this slippery little sucker is a jellyfish. A combination of bad lighting, and not so awesome execution resulted in a less than jellyfish looking jellyfish, but I'm ok with that! The lunch was quick to make, and still cute and delicious in my opinion and that's what really counts!In keeping with my alphabet thematic unit, This lunch consists of a Jambon and … [Read more...]
“I” is for Igloo
I assure you it's there... To you the untrained bento eye, it may appear that I've simply cut cut a bun in half and stuck it cut side down in the back of a lunch container, but to those of us who are well versed in the delicate art of bento-making know full well what that bun is. See, you can even see all those little penguins trying to get in the front. There's also a … [Read more...]
“H” is for House Bento Lunch
"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...]