A bunch of lunch, all at once.

Today is the first day of Lilly's Christmas break, so I figured

I'd post the lunches she's had for the last week or so.

She was sick last week (again) and missed two days of school.

Here's her lunch for the days she was actually well enough 

for school and ate home lunch.

Turkey and cheese sammies

Christmas pretzels with roasted garlic hummus 

Grapes

Christmas cookies

Juiceheads strawberry banana smoothies

Packed in the GoGreen Lunchbox

Christmas shaped PB&J sammies

Christmas pretzels with Babybel Swiss cheese wedge

Chocolate strawberry granola

Grapes

Cliff kid Z bar in chocolate brownie

Vanilla pudding with sprinkles

Juiceheads strawberry banana smoothie

This is one day that Lilly said she wished she would've had more

time at lunch to eat it all. :)

Christmas tree PB&J sammies

Christmas cookies

Raisins

Celery (with Ranch dip in the Christmas tree container)

Red & Green M & Ms

Horizon organic lowfat milk.

Chobani Vanilla Greek yogurt

M&Ms (in the snowman container)

Snowman shaped sammies

Pretzel thins with Babybel Swiss cheese wedge

Strawberries

Horizon organic lowfat milk

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Two days, Lilly wanted to eat school lunch and the other two

lunches were just tomato soup and mac n' cheese, so no pics.

We're off school until January 2nd, so have a very Merry Christmas!

No lunch post today.

Last Friday, the awful happenings at Sandy Hook Elementary School

left so many hearts broken forever.

I can't imagine what those parents and the entire community

must be going through.

I explained to Lilly what happened and her first reaction was

shock and then anger.

Anger that someone could do something so evil.

But we must focus on the lives lost that day,

the brave educators that gave their lives

to try and save the children in their care.

And the people who acted bravely to prevent further loss of such precious lives.

May they all never be forgotten.

Nyan Cat and other stuffs.

I'm so glad it's Friday!
Lilly ate school lunch one day this week, and macaroni

and cheese another day (no pic),

but here are the lunches for the rest of the week!

Bagel slices

Mozzarella cheese

Turkey pepperoni

Marinara

Buddy Fruits blended strawberry

Juiceheads strawberry banana smoothie (not pictured)

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Gingerbread girl shaped PB&J sammie

with four gingerbread marshmallows

Colby cheese squares

Dried strawberries

Penguin crackers (in the little gingerbread man box)

Gingerbread man cookie

Milk (not pictured)

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Nyan Cat PB&J sammie

Colby cubes

Chocolate strawberry granola

Carrots

Cucumber (with music note pics)

Ranch dip (not pictured)

Apple juice (not pictured)

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This lunch is special.

It's not exactly how I pictured it when I thought I'd make it for her,

but I really wanted to cheer her up.

She's had a tough week.

A playground fall left her with two busted up knees

and the drama with her bully is still happening.

I had a phone conference with her teacher and she

assured me she would take the necessary

steps to end the bullying.

I sincerely hope she does.

Anyway, the theme here is Nyan Cat.

If you aren't familiar with Nyan Cat,

you can watch the super popular video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH2-TGUlwu4

Lilly LOVES this video.

I can't explain why she (or countless others)

are so enthralled by this Pop-Tart, rainbow emitting cat.

She just loves it.

It's drawn in 8-bit style (which is Lilly's favorite),

it's set to a Japanese song (also one of Lilly's interests),

and it's a cat.

I guess I do understand why she likes it so much.

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I'm not super happy with how this turned out.

It was late and I decided on a whim to make it.

I WILL attempt a better, more aesthetically pleasing Nyan Cat

bento in the future!

This week's lunches.

This week, we packed lunch four days!

One day was just tomato soup, so no pic.

Here's the other three.

PB&J rectangle sammies

Freeze dried apple slices

Stila strawberry bits

Peach applesauce

Cheddar pretzels

Babybel cheese

Milk 

Angry Birds triple-decker PB&J sammie

German chocolate marshmallows

Angry Birds graham crackers (only the piggies)

Celery w/ranch

Sugar Free Vanilla yogurt

Juicy Juice Apple juice

1UP turkey & cheese sammie

German chocolate marshmallows

Colby Jack cheese cubes

Cheddar penguin crackers

Freeze dried apple slices with a Mario mustache

Mario fruit strip

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Very few lunches.

Today's post is showing two lunches: Last Thursday and today.

Lilly has only asked for home lunch TWICE in the last two weeks.

She says she wants to be like her friends

and eat at school.

I was trying to step back and let her try things

because it's a new experience and she's just getting into it.

But it's not working.

She has been STARVING the last couple of days

when I picked her up.

She doesn't like this or that on the lunch menu.

Yesterday, she only ate a clementine.

That's it!

I told her as much as she may want to

just eat what her friends eat,

she can't function without a proper lunch.

This is the last day before Thanksgiving break,

but after that, we'll be going back to home lunches 

at least four days a week.

I can make sure she's getting enough to eat

and I know what she's eating.

Here's Thursday's lunch.

Two ham & cheese leaf sammies

Cubed cheddar and mozerella

Grapes

Goldfish crackers

Buddy Fruits lemon tartlet

Juiceheads strawberry banana smoothie

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First off, the lemon tartlet.

Lilly specifically asked for this in the supermarket.

She did NOT like them.

They're not listed on the manufacturer's website,

which is odd, but they also came in raspberry.

Not a repeat purchase here, though.

Here's today's lunch.

PB&J double layer turkey and leaf sammies

Mini Babybel cheese with leaf cutout

Goldfish crackers

Dried strawberries

Sun Rype fruit & veggie strip

Juiceheads Berry smoothie

And a Hostess cupcake (!)

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I normally don't buy the cupcakes because I bake quite often

and I'd rather she eat home baked things.

I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Lilly asked for a salad...

Today's lunch is a little bit of a surprise.

Lilly asked for a salad.

I was so surprised that she asked for it.

She'll eat salad from time to time, but usually only when it's 

part of a larger meal.

Salad w/ranch dressing

Dried strawberries and bananas

Cocoa almonds

Carrots

One Hershey Kiss

Minute Maid Grape juice

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I found a little baking set at my local Wal-Mart last night.

I opened it before I thought to get a picture, but it's AWESOME.

It's a Christmas baking set for children that comes with an 

apron, a small rolling pin, a spoon, a spatula,

and the best part...

 LOTS OF SILICONE CUPS!

It came with the big star (the other star cups are from Amazon),

 a gingerbread man, a Christmas tree,

two larger than normal silicone cups, two regular size and two mini.

All for a total of $6.97 before tax!
VERY good deal, if you ask me.

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Check out your seasonal isle at Wal-mart to find it!

Fewer Bentos than I'd like.

Happy Wednesday!
Lately Lilly has been asking to eat school lunch.

She's actually tried a few things she normally wouldn't and the lunches

are very healthy, so why not?
We had a snowstorm last week that resulted in three days

off school and she asked for school lunch on Monday,

but today the school had something she knew she wouldn't like.

So we Bento'ed. :)

Turkey and cheese rollups

Mini Reese cups

Celery with peanut butter

Angry Birds graham crackers

Green and red grapes

Cheezy penguin crackers

Juiceheads Strawberry banana smoothie (not pictured)

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I used the Rubbermaid Lunch Blox again for this lunch.

They're really quite handy if your child doesn't mind opening

several containers to get at their lunch.

It might be a bit difficult for smaller children.

I especially like the ice pack that comes with this set.

It snaps onto the bottom of the sandwich container or 

all the small containers.

There are plenty of ways to use this system.

We like it!