I had 45 minutes to get the kidlet dressed, fed and ready to go. I also had to make his snack, his lunch, and prepare the baked goods tray for Grandparents Day in that same time frame. It was a rushed morning. Bento turned out fairly one note in color. Pepperoni and mozzarella puff pastry […]
I’m really tired and dragging, with another 2 hours of classroom volunteering and the baking left to do. I know I’m complaining, but honestly, I feel very fortunate that I AM able to take the time to do this. A full time working mom wouldn’t have the chance to exhause herself this way; and it’s […]
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 […]
I didn’t spend much on groceries last week. I didn’t entirely follow my meal plan, but instead we ended up eating out of the freezer and pantry more. The hubby wanted pizza one night, didn’t feel well another night (so I didn’t make what we’d planned, and just fed the kidlet and I something easy). […]
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 […]
Because of the kidlet’s early history (he is adopted, was badly neglected the first six months of his life, and was very delayed), we did our own version of homeschooling from the time he was very little. At first we worked with an early head start program; after the adoption was final we didn’t qualify […]
Today is an inservice day in our school district, so no school. Probably no bento either. I have a question for you moms out there though … how much does your child eat for a snack when they get home from school? The kidlet has breakfast around 7am. I *try* to give him a decent […]
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 […]
