Apple Lunch

We still have a couple of sick kids at home so I only made two lunches today. And they are all about apples.

We packed an apple shaped Sunbutter and Jelly sandwich in our Easylunchboxes, cucumbers and an all natural strawberry applesauce. As always there is also yogurt and water.

We packed two apple shaped Sunbutter and Jelly sandwiches in our yubo lunchbox, an apple cereal bar, apple chips and all natural berry apple sauce.

With a couple of picks and an apple ring a very simple lunch is all dressed up.

Here are some things I used to make this lunch. Click for more information :)

Simple Lunches

The first day back to school after Daylight Savings is always a little harder since my kids need time to adjust. Two of my kids were up very early and two slept in - so lunch today was very simple.

CuteZCute Sunbutter and Jelly sandwiches, popcorn chips, applesauce and a granola bar.

Two Sunbutter and Jelly CuteZCute frog sandwiches, popcorn chips and a few mini peppers. 

I also packed water and a yogurt.

Applesauce, more popcorn chips, a few dye-free chocolate Animal crackers, a CuteZCute frog fairy bread and apples in our Goodbyn.

I also packed a snack for my 5th Grader in our LunchBot Trio: trail mix, Somersault Salty Pepper crackers and apple bunnies. I found a great tutorial on how to make apple bunnies HERE.

Smoergasbord - or how we made lunch by having everyone add something to the lunch

I had no idea what theme to pack or what to pack for lunch at all this morning but my kids came to the rescue! They all helped pick one or two things to go in the lunchboxes and that is how we ended up with this kind of Smoergasbord for lunch, lol.

Today's lunch is apples and grapes, veggie sticks, four mini sunflower seed spread sandwiches, sunflower seeds and sunflower seed cookies in a muffin cup, a mini yogurt and a half a cereal bar.

Snacktime with LunchBots

This year my fifth grader will only have 20 min for lunch which - compared to Europe where kids have up to one hour for lunch - is very little. Thankfully the class is allowed to bring snack and now I am sending a bigger snack and a smaller lunch so there is still time to socialize at lunch and he eats enough during the day! I remembered that I won a LunchBots Trio a little while ago from Bobbi's Bentos and I knew that it would be the perfect size for a big mid-morning snack.

My son was thrilled with the LunchBots container and picked his own snack today: Somersaults sunflower seed nuggets, veggie sticks and an apple and SunButter sandwich, yum!

Happy TGIF!

We survived the first week of school ;)

A Fish-y Lunch

Today's lunch is all about fish. My son loves couscous and since I had some left overs I packed him couscous in a cute fish box. I also packed a Sunbutter sandwich in fish shape with UNREAL dye-free candy, Somersaults crunchy sunflower seed nuggets and grape and apple corrals. 

Things I used for this lunch:

Fish Box:

EasyLunchboxes:

Seashore Picks:

UNREAL candy:

First Day of School 2012/2013

We started school :)

Everybody was very excited for their first day and I wanted to make sure they had some healthy lunches to fuel them through the first exciting day!

For my First Grader I packed sunflower seeds in a cute dog silicone cup, sliced mini peppers decorated with a crayon pick, four mini sandwiches with Sunbutter spread, a high protein power bar and a lunchbox note wishing him luck :)

For my Second Grader I packed broccoli, carrots, sliced orange and yellow peppers with ranch dip in a small bottle and decorated with a crayon pick, four mini Sunbutter and jelly sandwiches, strawberries with blueberries and of course a little note :)

And my fifth grader requested broccoli, carrots and orange peppers with ranch dip which I decorated with a crayon pick, crackers, a roll with ham and cheese, a small treat and the lunch note was tucked into his lunch bag :)

I hope everyone had a good start on their first day!

Things I used to make this lunch: