Why Do I Bento?  1.  Health. Better control over your childs diet. You know what’s in it, and can make sure you are packing a nutritionly sound meal that your child will eat. You can’t necessarily count on your school providing that. My kidlet is only in Kindergarten and although there is a healthy […]
Happy Friday! Egg salad sandwich (the kidlet calls them “deviled egg sandwiches”), plum, blackberries, apple, wavy carrot fries, broccoli, peas in a plastic broken-eggshell shaped cup, a little raspberry vinaigrette for his peas and my first ham flower (its a little raggedty). The hen, chicks, and “cluck” are done in cheese with black sesame seed […]
Today’s lunch is pretty simple. The kidlet loves Bakugan. It’s a game, a cartoon, and physical toys from Japan that is a bit of a craze in the elementary school set.  He doesn’t know how to play the game. He just came home from preschool one day knowing what they are and wanting to get some […]
Yo Gabba, Gabba is a nickoloeon program for preschoolers. It’s a crazy show. Yet another example demonstrating that the makers of kids programs must be on some wild drugs (think boobah — I rest my case). In spite of (or because of) the bizarro nature of it, the kidlet likes it. Eventually I hope to […]
Bento-ing can be contrary to my current frugal goal of tightening up my food budget. It could be very wasteful. I cut away a lot of bread to fit sandwiches to the box, Fruit and veggie shapes leave a lot behind, cheese buses and sonics leave tons of scraps, and so on. What do you […]
I am not real thrilled with today’s bento entry. I had no time last night for any elaborate prep; we had a school picnic followed immediately by the years first PTA meeting. It was after kidlets bedtime before we got out of there, baby L was tired, screaming, and would only calm and sleep by […]
The Kidlet loves Sonic the Hedgehog. He plays sonic unleashed on the xbox, and he and daddy have downloaded the oldskool versions of sonic (horrific graphics and all) and he loves playing those, too. He’s got an eductional sonic game for his leapster — well, you get the idea. He thinks the little blue speed […]
I haven’t planned out my meals in a long time, which is why my food spending is about 3 times what I’d like my food budget to be. I also end up throwing away a lot of food –  sinful amounts of produce, freezer burnt foods, even occasionally meat in the fridge I’ve bought and then don’t end […]
I got almost everything done that I wanted. I didn’t get things cleaned up as much as I’d like though. It’s just still so difficult since Baby L doesn’t want to be set down, even when napping. I did get my freezers and pantry inventoried and about have my meal plan done. I think I’ll […]
Nothing planned this weekend. My life is bound to get busier. There’s a school picnic, a PTA meeting, and a volunteer training this week. So this weekend I want to clean up a little, work on my weekly meal plan, hit the grocery, and otherwise relax with my family. I do expect to have my […]
