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The Week in Bentos: Back to School 2017

August 25, 2017

The kids are just wrapping up their last day of school (they’ll be home any minute!) and barring any unforeseen playground disasters, I think it’s safe to say we had a pretty good week. And I think my back-to-school lunch game was pretty strong, if I do say so myself! Here are the lunches the […]

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First Day of School Bentos: Eclipse Edition

August 21, 2017

Today was the first day of school for my boys and it was the day of the big eclipse that went all the way across North America (and parts of South and Central America too). We were all very excited — or maybe it was just me — and after a reminder from a friend, […]

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How to Pack a Bento Lunch for a Teen or Middle Schooler

August 14, 2017

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Yumbox. All opinions are my own. In just a few weeks, I’ll have a teenager living in my house. What the heck?! I started packing this kid’s lunches ten years ago when he was just a little three-year-old heading off to preschool. In those […]

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Golden State Warriors Championship Bento Box

June 14, 2017

(This post contains affiliate links) Wahooooo! My beloved Warriors won the NBA playoffs this week and they are officially the champs! We were all on a high after Monday night’s game, so of course I had to make Augie a Warriors lunch for day camp yesterday. I hadn’t planned this lunch in advance so I […]

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Cute Stuff from BentoUSA

February 17, 2017

(This post contains affiliate links.) The postman delivered a big box of fun stuff from BentoUSA today! Yay! I was busy with some other stuff when it arrived, so I decided to open it with Augie when he got home from school. And then I decided to do a spur of the moment Facebook Live […]

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Happy Valentine’s Day! Here are some bento boxes.

February 14, 2017

Happy Valentine’s Day! Cutesy lunches — especially ones filled with hearts and pink stuff — are not exactly my boys’ favorite right now, but I usually can get them to let me make them something on this lovely day. Here’s what I sent them to school with: Augie let me go all out with a […]