Back to our regularly scheduled programming. I apologize for being AWOL. I've had the plague.... Well, I've got a super sore, swallowing shards of glass, sore throat... Well, I guess I had that as I'm definitely getting better today. Yesterday however was another story. I was a mere step away from this...Thankfully I survived and made it back to bento another day! Today's … [Read more...]
Happy Birthday Bento
Three times a year at minimum I have a little major, holy shit moment. I've discovered that parenting does this to you... Or rather, not so much parenting, but becoming a parent. Time used to pass, with only such significant events as mine or my hubbys birthdays and major holidays marking time come and gone. Days.Weeks.Months.Years.All used to pass in the blink of an eye, … [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...]
“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...]
