0 Provolone Moon Sandwich, Ham Cubes with Bats

 October 29 2012

Lunch: Turkey Sandwich with Provolone Cheese Moon. Ham cubes with cute Bat Picks.  Cheese Tortillas hiding under napkin. Tomatoes in halloween cupcake cup.

Snacks:  Bear Hard Boiled Eggs (refer to previous post for DIY instructions), Ham or Cheese, Grapes, with Halloween tooth picks.

YumLunch?  Yes. Although, minor issues with the cheese. If it winds up being eaten in the late afternoon, it starts to get sweaty, and boy doesn't finish.  Will try freezing cubes, and see if that works better.

Cute pics of the boy:  Pumpkin husband carved (boy drew what he wanted on dry erase board).  Cool battery run candle that changes color. Photo was shot while it was green. Spooky.

0 Attempting to Pack Hot Lunch: Mac Cheese in Foil

October 12, 2012

Lunch:  NOT A GLAMOUR SHOT -- I know. Steaming hot Mac & Cheese packed in double layer of tinfoil. Paired with PB sandwich (no jelly*).  Why, you ask? The boy has complained that lunches are SOOOOOO cold (Thanks to Fit & Fresh Cool Coolers Ice Packs )  Can he have hot lunch?  While his school does offer a hot lunch program, I am lame, and have missed the sign up now, thrice.

Snack AM: Ham Rolls, Tortilla Rolls filled with Cream Cheese, Colby Jack slices.

Snack PM: PB Sandwich, Tomatoes, Cheese.

YumLunch? Hot Lunch?
Lunch all gone - Boy said it was warm.  Cheese in the Snacks not totally gone -- it gets kind of melty later in the day, despite chilling. Frozen cheese cubes have a better track record staying fresh and getting eaten.

*For the record, whenever I say I'm making PB sandwiches, there is never jelly.  I'm sure the boy would love jelly with his PB - but I personally dislike the taste of this traditional combo, so I simply refuse to add the J to PB. Also, as an avid fan of Dr. Lustig, and his video "Sugar: The Bitter Truth," combined with my child's hypoglycemic metabolization, I skip the sugar whenever possible. That being said, I am not consistent, and sometimes pair jelly with meat - such as Lingonberry jelly with cornbread and chicken bites.  I have not trouble getting my boy to eat straight PB.  Sometimes meat needs a little help. Bluff totally called.

Hot Mac Cheese all wrapped up.

Dr. Lustig's Video: Sugar - The Bitter Truth

0 Fall! Ham, Ham Sandwich, PB Tortilla; Leaf and Pumpkin Cheese Cutouts

October 11, 2012


The Boy's PK class has a fall theme this week - they are studying trees and leaves and pumpkins.

Lunch: Ham Cream Cheese Sandwich cut outs Leafs, White and Yellow American Cheese Leaf and Pumpkin Cut-outs, Tree Trunk Tortilla with PEANUT BUTTER in it. (Boy asked me to put PB in tortilla. I say "What? " I think it will be gross, and give him small sample. Boy pre-approves the taste as YUM. Go figure.)

Snack AM: Grapes, Cheese.

Snack PM: Ham Rolls, American Cheese Pumpkin Cutouts, Grapes, Carrots.

YumLunch?
Mostly Yum.  Some ham rolls and pumpkin cut outs didn't get eaten. Boy says he ran out of time during snack.








Products Used:  Small Leaf / Pumpkin cookie cutter from Sur La Table, however, I can't rave. They rust very easily, even if you wash gently.

0 I Heart You Ham! Ham Sandwich & Ham Rolls

October 10, 2012        6th Week of School

After a long Columbus four-day-weekend, I have lots of creative energy this morning and a large and very small heart shaped cookie cutter.

Lunch: Ham and Cream Cheese (Heart) Sandwich, Peanut Butter Sandwich, Grapes

Snack AM:  Carrots with small "mayo" container (from eBay) full of Bolthouse Blue Cheese Yogurt Dressing, Tortillas with Cream Cheese.

Snack PM: Ham Rolls with Grape Tomatoes

Yum Lunch?
All Gone!

Mayo Container,
Found on eBay

Sausage Cutter Kit,
Found on eBay

0 Wacky Wednesday

Wacky Wednesday, Oct 3, 2012


Our son's teacher told us this is opposite week, and the kids would meet Ms. Wacky W. Today is wacky opposite hair day. My son is blonde, so we found a purple hairspray (purple is opposite yellow on the color wheel). Also, my son has not yet adopted any gender color bias yet.

We styled his hair in a purple faux-hawk. We shrouded him in towels and sprayed the purple stuff, then ran out of the bathroom because the smell was so noxious.

Lunch: Opposite sandwich - ham on outside. Cream cheese spread instead of mayo. Cut into wacky W.

Snack: Wrong Way Car on Carrot road. Wrong way sign cut out leftover from sandwich.

Snack: Hard Boiled Egg Car, some Rotisserie Chicken, Grapes.

YumLunch?
Yep. All Gone

2 Robot! Rotate! 4th Week of School

September 25, 2012         

Today is picture day. We went to the trouble to pick out and launder the outfit our child picked out in advance. Our boy, however, was less pristine.

I'll admit, we are kind of lax about bathing our son. When he was a baby, I discovered that all the parenting book advice -- to bathe my baby before bed so it would soothe, and prime him for sleep -- did not work.  A bath did the opposite and revved him up.  

As a result, a regular bath is NOT baked into my son's bedtime routine. And we lose track. Hmmmm.  When was the last bath or shower?  A few days ago? Last week?

This morning, a sniff test told us our boy was not fit for any public appearance, let alone picture day.  

My kid prefers baths, but avoids hair-washing. The usual "What-a-Big-Boy" compliments were not incentivizing him to shampoo. He was not havin' it. 

Thankfully, my funny improviser husband busted out his Robot bit. In his best mechanical voice, he asks our son to do things, like "Rotate" and "Commence Rinse." 

Yay. Success. Clean Boy.  Thank goodness for funny husband, Robot bits, more joy and using humor to reduce arguing.   

Bonus - I remembered that today is Robot making class after school, hence Cheese + Ham Robot man. 

Lunch: Ham Cheese Toothpick Robot, Carrots, Grapes. 

Snack AM & PM: Red Grapes, PB Sandwich

YumLunch?  Yes. All Gone. 

0 Nana Banana Sandwich with Cute Monkeys

YAY Nana!  She's been visiting with us, and we are so happy to have her here.  She also shared a favorite of hers when she was a girl - Peanut Butter Banana "Sandwich" (no bread - just peanut butter and bananas.)

Did I mention? No one in our son's class has a peanut allergy.

While here, we say my husband's improv team Whirled News Tonight on their 9th anniversary show. As a reward for not disrupting the show, the boy received a bag of pretzels. He requested more pretzels to be incorporated into lunch.

September 19, 2012

Lunch:  Nana Banana Sandwich, with cute Japanese Bento Monkey Picks. Liverwurst sandwich - just phoned it in with no cute cookie cutter action today, and pretzels - as requested.

Snack AM: Avocado!  (Much better picture than last time.)

Snack PM: frozen cheese and ham cubes (they thaw by 2PM).

YumLunch? 
Oh yeah.  Although my son commented that "the monkeys did not work at all - they did not hold the banana together, and it was a total mess."   Oh well.






















Cute pictures of the boy and his Nana.

0 First Day of school. Sept 4.

So excited about the first day, I forgot to take a picture of lunch. Derrrrrr.

Oh well, it was only a single snack because school let out early @ 11:30. Lunch and afternoon snack at home.

Snack: ham & cheese cubes plus grape tomatoes - all favorites.

YumLunch? Yes!
All the snack was eaten.