I'm having so much fun with the kids lunches this year. Not only is it instant gratification and fun to create something cute, I'm getting lots of external motivation from kids and teachers alike! Eli's teacher told me today that she can't wait for lunch time to open his box and see what cute lunch I've packed that day. Ryan's picked lunch from home over school lunch all but a couple times this year and Makenna oohs and ahhhs over her lunch every time I pack one for her. Fun, a quick creative outlet for me, helps the kids eat healthier, probably cheaper and definitely less wasteful. It's a win/win for all involved, yay!By the way, the lunch above has a turkey and cheese butterfly sandwich on whole grain bread, ants on a log, grapes and blueberries, homemade zucchini lemon mini muffin and on the right a flower composed of a pickle stem, green pepper leaves and silicone flower cup filled with cheddar bunnies. I needed something to keep the wet fruit away from dry sandwich and muffin so a piece of parchment paper did the trick.
3 comments:
Awesome!!! I wish my kids would eat that stuff, darn picky eaters!
Makenna ate everything but the green pepper leaves. Some days she eats peppers, some days she doesn't. Eli ate all his fruit, the pickle and the raisin off his log...lol. Ryan ate it all. He would have only eaten the muffin and the celery/peanut butter/raisins two years ago. Progress!
Yeah they would eat everything but the celery, peppers and the pickle--basically all the green. They WILL eat that stuff but I have to stand over them making them. Gavin is the only good veggie eater so long as they are cooked...but he eats NO fruit. So yeah it's a juggle.
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