So, the first day of school went off with no problems. I got the Bentos finished last night, and was worried about if the kids had enough food in them. I only sent the bento boxes, and a container of milk. Last year they had wraps in one container, dessert in another, and veggies in a third, so this was a little weird, not to pack their lunchpails full with containers. But, all in all, it went well. So, here's the Bentos!
Bento #1 was for my son. His "monster sandwich". Bologne and cheese on flax bread. Black Olive eyes, and cheese centers. Grapes and Grape Tomatoes. Second box had a Clementine, Babybel cheese, pepperettes, mini brownie with a chocolate car treat, strawberry and cucumbers. A Fruit-to-go was a nice little divider. My son said that the sandwich was too big, so tomorrow we may make it a little smaller, and see where we can go from there.
Bento #2 is our nice smiley guy in a Lock & Lock! Eyes are Bologne and Cheese sandwiches with cheese, bologne and black olive eyes. Babybell nose, and underneath is a mini chocolate brownie. Grape tomatoes, strawberries, clementine slices, and mini cucumber strips. I also snuck in a chocolate car after the photo was taken. My daughter had no complaints except she would rather applesauce instead of the clementines. No problem!
Yay! Success!!
I also broke down today and ordered some bento boxes from fitjpstore.com out of Texas. They don't ship to Canada, but I have my mother-in-law coming up shortly. Hopefully it ships in time, and I can get her to bring it up! There were some really inexpensive bentos there. I know that they may not work well, but at least
I we get to give it a try with the inexpensive ones, and then buy really nice ones when we know what
I we want. Okay, I guess that's it for now. I have to go make the bentos for tomorrow. I get to make 5 of them! Whew! Good thing we have leftovers! :) Yay... meatballs! (3 kids, 2 adults).... Night!
Edit: This entry was added at: What's for Lunch Wednesday over at Bentolunch
