0 Hot Lunch: Bow Ties, Snack: Hard Boiled Egg Robots, Chicken

October 19, 2012

Lunch:  Bought New Fantastic LunchBots Stainless Steel Food Container. Attempting to pack hot lunch again (See Previous Hot Lunch Post). Boiled water, poured over LunchBot Tin, while it sat in a collander. Heated left over bow ties and marinara sauce in microwave. Placed into Tin Foil, sealed in LunchBot Tin, and placed in insulated lunch box. Let's hope it works.

Snacks: Hard Boiled Eggs in Robot Containers, Leftover Rotisserie Chicken.

YumLunch? Hot Lunch?
Lunch All Gone! Boy said bow ties were warm.
Lot's of left over egg. Boy said not enough time to eat his snack - again. What is up with snack time?

LunchBots Stainless Steel Food Container

0 Rocket Man! To Mars and beyond....

September 27, 2012 

I bought these super cute Robot Egg Containers (from Japan) on Ebay. There are 4 in the pack, all different Robot Shapes. They operate much like the cute Egg Molds -- you must boil egg, peel while still warm, and place into Robot, then chill.

By accident, (I got distracted shopping on Ebay for more cute lunchy things) I left my eggs cooling on the stove longer than as prescribed in the how to make cute egg molds video. How long? Let's just say, I was afraid they would be cold.   Although I'd turned off the heat long ago, I'd left the lid on the pot, and to my surprise, the water was still very warm, and the eggs were warm to the touch-- thank goodness -- but they were not scalding hot, as they were the last time I tried making egg molds. The end result was the same, and I got to keep my fingerprints intact. Yay.

Lunch:  Rocket Hard Boiled Egg, Half a peach = Mars. PB Sandwich with cute stars. (I used cute Japanese tools to cut out stars in white American cheese). Cheese and PB?  not sure this will fly.

Snack AM: Geometric Colby-Jack.

Snack PM: Sad Grapes and Cheddar Bunnies.

YumLunch? 
Absolutely. Space theme prevailed over weird Cheese-PB combo.

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.