You've all heard them before... Friends don't let friends drink and drive, Friends don't let friends vote republican/democrat, well... Friends don't let friends make ugly bentos! (Well, they shouldn't anyways!)Some time ago I ordered a super cute (or so I thought) sandwich cutter/press thing from eBay. As with every bento related thing that I purchase, I was … [Read more...]
A Stormy Bento Lunch
Last night we had an absolutely amazing thunder and lightning storm. Seemed very metaphorical for my life right now in fact. The last 2 weeks have been insane a little crazy to say the least and as a result I've been on a blogging hiatus while I attended a "family" funeral 7 hours away. I've still been bentoing, of course, so stay tuned for "a week of forgotten … [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...]
Wrap, wrap, wrap it up Bento Lunch
Last night was a late one as I worked until 6:30, stopped off to pick up a super exciting item for an upcoming giveaway, a coffee visit with a couple of Heart Momma's at Children's hospital, a visit to an unexpected sick little man that my kids used to go to daycare with, and a late night MRI for my knee (holy crap that machine is all kinds of noisy!). Needless to … [Read more...]
We’re going to DISNEYLAND!
...For today's lunch, and by going to DisneyLand for lunch I mean there's a Mickey in your lunch box... Psych! Hehehe... Don't worry... I didn't play the same game with my kids, that could have been bad! There was a killer travel deal to Disney the other day on the news though, kids fly and stay free, that I would have loved to jump on, but alas I'll just live out my … [Read more...]