The Week in Bentos: May 13-17, 2013

May 17, 2013

Another week, another batch of lunches! Let’s get to it: This post contains affiliate links. Monday We kicked off the week with this lunch for Wyatt, packed in a Laptop Lunches box: grapes, star-shaped apricot jam sandwiches, a chocolate chip cookie, corn, meatballs and ketchup (in the little box). The cookie was a sample I [...]

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The Week in Bentos: May 6-10, 2013

May 10, 2013

I was super busy with a couple of deadlines this week, and that translated into some pretty simple lunches for the kids. Although I like putting together cute lunches, sometimes it’s neither fun nor practical for me to do so and at those times the boys eat pretty plain lunches. Nothing wrong with that, though! [...]

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The Week in Bentos: April 29-May 3, 2013

May 3, 2013

Hey-o! How is everyone doing this fine Friday morning? We have had a great week here in Wendolonia Land. Zach is home (not traveling for work), the weather is awesome, and Wyatt is doing the big yearly STAR test at school so he doesn’t have homework in the afternoons. Supervising homework ranks up there with [...]

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Star Wars Lunch Ideas for your Little Jedi

May 2, 2013

Some of the links in this post are affiliate links. Do you know what Saturday is? It’s Star Wars Day! Do you know why it’s Star Wars Day? Because it’s May 4! May the fourth be with you! Get it? Get it? Since May 4 falls on a Saturday this year, I won’t be sending [...]

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The Week in Bentos: April 22-26, 2013

April 26, 2013

This was one of those weeks when I was not feeling the whole decorative bento thing at all. I wasn’t inspired by my tools or the food in the fridge. I didn’t want to experiment. I didn’t want to deal with washing a bunch of little picks. I didn’t want to coax anyone to eat [...]

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Quick Tip: Flatware Packets

April 23, 2013

I’m great at packing lunches for my family, but what I’m not so great at is remembering to include utensils they can use to eat those lunches. If I had a nickel for every time I sent applesauce in my kids lunch boxes and left the spoon on the kitchen counter…well…I’d have a lot of [...]