We Should Be Folding Laundry

For today’s bento lunch, I made Cam two small bear-shaped chicken sandwiches. She still not crazy about sandwiches unless they have chocolate on them so I’m trying to warm her up to lunch meat sandwiches a little at a time. She did eat a chicken sandwich for lunch on Saturday. She wasn’t crazy about it but she ate the whole thing so I’m hoping she ate a little at lunch time today.

Right next to her sandwiches, I sliced half a mozzarella stick & put small animal picks in each piece which should make it easier for her to eat. Next to the mozzarella cheese are some Cheez-Its.

On the far right side, I put some steamed french green beans & yellow tomatoes.

I was running later than usual this morning so I didn’t have time to snap a more flattering picture. I do think that this lunch goes to show that you don’t have to invest in actual bento boxes to pack a bento style lunch. You probably already have something in your kitchen cabinets that will do just fine.

Today’s lunch was packed in a sandwich container that I got for free when Rudy’s was doing an awesome promotion a while back where if you sent them a picture of a drawing your child had done, they would put it on a sandwich box & ship it to you for free! I was all over that one.

I love this box because it’s a bit wider than most sandwich boxes so my silicone cups fit and I can really pile up the fruit or veg.

For lunch today, Cam has half of a chicken sandwich, grapes, and a cupcake left over from our Halloween party last night. I also packed her some tortilla chips in a separate container.

Happy Friday! Today’s bento has a slight Halloween theme happening. I used a pumpkin-shaped cookie cutter to make a jack-o-lantern chicken sandwich. I used a sharp knife to cut the facial features out of muenster cheese. I also used a small bat-shaped cookie cutter to make the two bat shaped sandwiches which are filled with Jif hazelnut spread.

The other tier has grape tomatoes, pineapple, Angry Birds graham crackers & caramel apple candy corn.

Today is the Halloween parade at Camryn’s school. The kids put on their costumes at 2, march around the school & then promptly remove their costumes & go home. Why they aren’t doing this on Halloween instead of a regular Thursday is beyond me. Regardless, I made some chocolate glazed pumpkin donuts yesterday to help Cam get in the parade marchin’ spirit.

Next to those two donuts is a fruit salad of mandarin oranges & watermelon. She also has 3 teddy sandwiches in the other tier of her bento.

I also packed some crackers in a separate container so she’d have some salt to go with all that sweetness.

Today’s bento has two little bunny-shaped nutella sandwiches & Scrabble Cheez-It crackers in the bottom tier. In the top tier, there is a fruit & cereal bar cut in half to fit in the bento, carrot sticks & star-shaped watermelon.