October 2009

The Week in Bentos: October 26-30, 2009

October 30, 2009

Monday: Wyatt’s snack on Monday was two clementines and some cheese crackers. Tuesday: For Tuesday’s lunch, I packed garlic bread cut into a heart shape, turkey meatballs, ketchup and a couple of cuties. Snack was a half a banana and some pretzels. Wednesday: I like this lunch! I think it came out so pretty. It [...]

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Project 365: Week 41

October 28, 2009

October 8, 2009: Zach, Augie and I snuck away for lunch at Fatapples while Wyatt was at school. Aren’t we mean? I felt pretty bad about it, but Augie didn’t. He ate his multigrain roll with gusto. October 9, 2009: I ran a few errands and forgot to feed the meter after wrestling Augie into [...]

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I’m from Iowa

October 25, 2009

I had chance to do some scrapbooking yesterday and I made this page about my geographic heritage. This page was a bit of a departure from what I normally do. For starters, it was about me, not the kids. Then, I started with the story I wanted to tell and found photos to support it, [...]

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The Week in Bentos: October 19-23, 2009

October 23, 2009

Monday: Frances…I mean, Wyatt…wanted another jam sandwich for his snack on Monday, so I sent that along with a couple of cuties. Tuesday: The main part of Tuesday’s lunch was some leftover turkey corn chili that I sent in the thermos. I’ll confess that I was shocked that Wyatt ate this at dinner on Monday [...]

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Project 365: Week 40

October 19, 2009

October 1, 2009: Brotherly love? This is so typical of the boys’ relationship right now. Wyatt giving Augie a big hug and Augie trying to get the heck away. Wyatt really does mean well, it’s just that his hugs are a little…er…exuberant. I frequently find myself saying, “Tone it down a little, buddy. Nobody should [...]

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The Week in Bentos: October 12-15, 2009

October 16, 2009

Monday: I didn’t take a photo of the snack on Monday because I was running late and it was just pretzels and clementines. I’m sure you can imagine what that looks like after two straight weeks of pretzel and clementine photos… Tuesday: Tuesday I sent a combined lunch and snack in the laptop lunchbox. It [...]