May 2009

Winners of the Bento-versary Giveaway!

May 15, 2009

Well, that was fun! You guys are AWESOME. Thank you so much for all the nice comments. I wasn’t fishing for compliments, I swear. The winners are: #59 — Laura, whose unusual food was: One of my all time favorite things to eat… chicken hearts with a lime squeeze. I am originally from Brazil and [...]

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Upcycled Baby Pants

May 13, 2009

I’ve been sewing up a storm — a storm of baby pants! Over the past few weeks, I’ve made six pairs of pants for August. Six pairs! I’m normally not so good at sewing pants or anything else with a curve or a hem, but these pants were hella easy. I used the Rookie Moms [...]

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One Year Bento-versary and Giveaway!

May 9, 2009

At the end of last month Wyatt marked his first full year in preschool. When I started thinking about it and reflecting a bit, I realized that I was having an anniversary of sorts myself — a Bento-versary, if you will — because I’ve been packing (and photographing and documenting) Wyatt’s bento lunches for a [...]

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The Week in Bentos: May 5-8, 2009

May 9, 2009

Whew! I’m back! Wyatt was out of school for all of last week because he was sick. His appetite was really low too, so he barely ate anything. But anyway, here we are back again with a round of lunches! Tuesday I managed to pack 7 different foods into Wyatt’s lunch. There were whole wheat [...]

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Project 365: Week 18

May 6, 2009

April 30, 2009: By the time Thursday rolled around, Wyatt had had a fever for over 5 days in a row and he had developed a bad cough. I wasn’t really worried about Swine Flu, but a little voice in the back of my head started to nag at me, making me think, “What if [...]