You can tell from my lack of super decorated bentos this week what kind of week I am having. We’ve had pediatrician visits, dentist appointments for me and kidlet, an instructional meeting on “gargoyles” for this months art literacy presentation that I am giving to kidlet’s class, a principals chat, a PTA meeting. Still to come […]
As requested yesterday, today’s bento is just shapes. Ovals and circles abound. Chicken meatballs hiding under the babybel cheese and grasshopper cookies. Hard boiled egg, zucchini and carrot rounds, grape tomatoes, kiwi and grapes. 10 minute toss together this morning. I made the chicken and apple meatballs last night.
This morning was hectic. I had a PTA meeting right after dropping of the kidlet, and I have to take Baby L for her 4 month pediatrician appointment today (eek to shots!). Kidlet had asked me to do a “shapes” bento, but I really didn’t have time for anything really special. I told him I’d […]
So the other day I stayed after I volunteered in kidlets classroom long enough to see him go to lunch. Boy, he gives his lunch a beating. He swings his bag around, slams it down. It spends as much time upside down as it does right side up. Because I send his bento in a […]
I was >< close to skipping bento today and having the kidlet get a hot lunch. My mom is coming to town to watch Baby L and I’m going to be volunteering at his school right before lunch and I thought I might stay through lunch and help him figure out how to use the card system […]
Simple bento today. Kidlet actually requested most of its contents (usually he just doesn’t really care, and is content to let me pack whatever I will). He wanted “devilled eggs” (all hard cooked eggs are deviled, whether they actually are or not ;)), muffins, pepperoni and corn. I used our Shinzi Katoh box again. I […]
Today the Kidlet’s school is having thier annual “Run for the Arts” event. Students collect pledges, then run laps for 30 minutes and collect the funds. This money pays for additional art education / productions; this year each class is getting a visit with a local artist with hands-on fun. It’s a worthy thing. I know this. […]
I bought the nail picks a long time ago with the intention of doing a construction / Bob the Builder bento. At the time, he was really into using his little work bench, and we were watching Bob regularly. Then I saw this bento by JBDoodles, and had a hard time coming up with something […]
It was over a year ago that I first decided that I wanted to pack bento style lunches for my kidlet. I started looking at bento sites, and sought out gear. I only made 3 bentos in all of 2008 through july 2009. I found out that my son wouldn’t be needing a meal packed […]
I’ve mentioned that I plan out / sketch my bentos before and someone asked me about that. Basically I have a three ring binder and I jot down my ideas for a bento on a piece of paper and stick it in there. Sometimes I actually trace around the box I’m going to use and […]
