I saw these cute lunch boxes really cheap on Pick Your Plum a while back and tucked them away for this school year. The one on the left is Luke's, the one on the right is Hannah's.
I tend to pack boring lunches. I lamented on Facebook recently that the trend of lunchbox art makes me feel inadequate as a parent, and slightly annoyed all at the same time.
My kids tease me about labeling everything, but the way they scatter everything about like pixie dust, I'd never see it again if it didn't have name stickers on it.
Here's Lukey's lunch. He takes a boxed toddler meal or a leftover, depending on what's available. The princess bag (I know, I know, I ordered him some boy bags) has crackers in it. The school likes us to send something he can pick up as part of his meal so they can help him practice. His drink is a generic similar to Pediasure. And his cute turtle bib by Bumkins, I got at zulily.com (affiliate link).
Hannah's Tupperware sandwich keeper came from an adoption fundraiser. I love these, because the lid is attached, so the kids can't lose it. She usually takes either a sandwich, a bagel, or noodles in her sandwich keeper. I'm liking the reusable snack bags. We use them for crackers or pretzels.
I could use some suggestions on variety in the lunch box. I'd love to hear what you pack for your kids.
I used to have a lunch box that was Japanese. It had different compartments, and it was like a thermos that kept hot food hot and cold food cold. This was wonderful to me as a kid because I hated sandwiches.
ReplyDeleteI ate peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and bananas over and over and over as a kid. I won't touch either one of them now.
DeleteI picked up a couple of stainless steel thermos on clearance which are nice for mac & cheese, soup or rice & butter. I usually throw in string cheese if my daughter is having soup or rice for a bit more protein. Occasionally, greek yogurt and a blueberry muffin. And my daughter insists on always having fresh fruit like blueberries, grapes, watermelon, strawberries or cantaloupe.
ReplyDeleteYum! Her lunches sound delicious!
DeleteI'm like you. I can't eat another PB&J sandwich or salami. My mom made them by the dozens and froze them. Each morning we'd put one in our paper lunch bag and by lunch time it'd be a soggy squashed icky thing.
ReplyDeleteI have reusable plastic sandwich containers for my kids and it's usually PB&J. I add string cheese, a frozen natural juice, natural chips or something similar, little Asian jellies for dessert, fresh fruit or a little container of apple sauce, and a cereal or granola bar if they need a snack. Sometimes I'll put in yogurt and carrots or snack-sized bell peppers and cold pasta salad.
Ugh, frozen sandwiches? Yuck!
DeleteI like the pasta salad idea.