Let's Dance Little Pookie!

Another favorite Boynton book today! The new laptop arrived yesterday and I have yet to load it with the files from the other one (like my actual watermark), but didn't want that to hold me back from showing you the cute:

Sandra Boynton's Blue Hat, Green Hat

A special request from my little Boynton fanatic: the Oops turkey from Blue Hat, Green Hat!

For My Star

Last night was John's first grade mini-musical and today in school they're doing it all over again for their schoolmates. It was a super cute show and all of the kids seemed to enjoy themselves and today he has a lunch that celebrates the star that he is!

Grapes, Omega 3 Gummies, Tings, Beef & Cheese Quesadillas

Look! Sandra Boynton's "Your Personal Penguin"!

Too tired and too drugged on pain killers for my knee to write anything but oh how cute!!!

Another Not-So-Manic Monday

It always amuses me that Monday is the day that I have the most time to prepare and plan for .... and the day that John consistently asks for a "snacky lunch". The hardest part is probably picking out which box to use!

Itty Bitty Butterflies

John asked for pb&j butterflies today and the only cutter I could find was our itty bitty one .... so itty bitty butterflies he got (along with yogurt raisins, veggie sticks, his Omega 3s and a frozen yogurt cup!):

Mr. Wrinkles

While at the Dollar Tree of all places I found this sweet book for John called Mr. Wrinkles so that's the inspiration for today's lunch!
John has a peanut butter and jelly elephant, colby jack cheese giraffe, veggie sticks, grapes, a Mini Slim Jim and his Omega 3 gummies in his lunch box. There's also a frozen yogurt tube in his bag.

Ocean Life in @EasyLunchboxes (Thanks, @Storia_eBooks!)

Last night we were trying to figure out what to read for John's homework and swung over to the Storia store where we saw that they have Ocean Life -- for free! Of course we got it and loved it and he had to have it for lunch today.

John has tortellini with colby jack cheese sea creatures, veggie sticks with sour cream & onion Goldfish, grapes, mini cookies and his Omega 3 fish gummies. All, of course, in an EasyLunchbox!

Doctor Who in a Beaba Tray

Today John gets a fun little snacky Doctor Who lunch!  I packed it in his blue Beaba tray. He as three small pb&j sandwiches -- one with a TARDIS and one with a Dalek. Grapes, LifeSaver Gummies (his Omega 3s are underneath), carrot sticks, Fritos, and colby jack "WHO." He also has a container of yogurt on the side.

Linking To:

May The Fourth Be With You!

It's May the Fourth! A day to celebrate all things Star Wars (and other stuff) ... and a great day for a BBF Blog Hop!

John hasn't watched much Star Wars but he has played an awful lot of Angry Birds Star Wars and was given some lunch boxes by a friend so we went with the Yoda one for inspiration for his lunch:

PB&J on top of veggie sticks, grapes, cheese, alphabet cookies, Omega 3 gummies in little container

Once you've completed the hop and made your way back here ...

A Snacky Li'l Iron Man

A few days ago one of the packages I ordered for John's June birthday arrived -- a set of Avengers MiniMates (including his favorite -- Iron Man)! Today after school he has to go with me to work and will be spending the night there and I decided that it would be more fun for him if he had some new toys to take .... so ended up giving him his MiniMates before school. He had already requested a "snacky lunch" for today but I decided to turn it into a snacky Iron Man lunch -- especially after I found out that my two besties had done Iron Man lunches today at BentOnBetterLunches and BentoForKidlet!

John has turkey bites, a colby jack Iron Man, veggie sticks, grapes, his Omega 3 gummies and alphabet cookies spelling out Iron Man. He also has some flavored water in Belly Splashers bottle with an Iron Man top and an unpictured frozen yogurt tube.

I love you more...

John and I have a regular conversation.

Me: "I love you more than anything!"

Him: "Anything?"

Me: "I love you more than the sun and the moon and the stars in the sky!"

That's what he asked to have for lunch today. Makes me love him even more!

Minecraft Goes To The Zoo! (a disposable field trip lunch)

Today was the first grade field trip to the zoo and thanks to a good friend providing transportation (and, as it turned out, moral support) I was able to go, too! Rather than have John worry about losing or forgetting one of his lunch bags & boxes we go disposable/recyclable for field trips. Last year he had super heroes and this year Minecraft!

I had a clean container from some Chinese take-out and a clean sauce cup from something or other and, as luck would have it, they fit perfectly together AND perfectly in the brown paper bag from a local deli that I drew a Creeper face on (his name is on the back -- just in case anyone didn't realize it was his if I hadn't been able to go). For lunch he had a bologna and cheese zombie sandwich, veggie sticks, grapes, LifeSaver Gummies, his Omega-3s and a little brownie.
And now for the obligatory "ermagersh he's soooooooo cute" picture:

Want some other ideas on field trip lunch fare? Check out the post and linky over at BentOnBetterLunches where ....

Super Simple Earth Day Lunch

If you ask John "every day is Earth Day" .... but according to our calendar today is the official one so he gets a super simple Earth Day lunch! I cut his peanut butter & jelly sandwich into a circle using a drinking glass and then colored it "Earthy" using AmeriColor markers. The letters were cut from colby jack cheese using Wilton mini cutters. He also has his usual Omega-3 gummies, grapes, veggie sticks and a frozen yogurt tube (unpictured).

An Awesome Book of Love by @DallasClayton

We read Dallas Clayton's An Awesome Book of Love on John's iPad last night during a good snuggle. When I showed him his lunch this morning I got a big "Awwwwwww" out of him.
Yeah. It's definitely an "awwwwww" kinda lunch from an "awwwwww" kinda book.

It's a ... Stitchable?

John wanted a Lunchables-type "snacky lunch" today .... but he also wanted Stitch and he also wanted this specific box. I think he'll be pleased when he opens his bag at lunch today!

Minecraft Creeper

A few weeks back John took a Minecraft Steve lunch to school ... and today it's time for a Creeper! We're both still pretty addicted to the Pocket Edition of the game and now even Daddy is playing it, too. It's pretty funny some nights when we're all sitting around with our various i-whatevers playing. Right now I'm the only one willing to turn off Peaceful Mode so I'm the only one who actually gets to see the Creepers up close and personal ... unless John decides he wants to play with me (which he does. Often.). 

Packed in one of his +EasyLunchboxes John has peanut butter and jelly on wheat for the Creeper and the "C." The rest of the letters were cut out of colby jack cheese and are sitting on top of Original Tings. In the side compartments he has a clementine, a couple of Golden Oreos and his Omega 3 fish gummies.

I wasn't actually planning on doing another Minecraft lunch right away but then one of my favorite bento blogs posted one yesterday along with a great giveaway for a ThrifTee Gear bag and I decided it was a good time for the Creeper to make an appearance here so I could also help share the awesomeness there! We already have two ThrifTee Gear bags and we love them so click on the image below to head on over and see the impetus for this lunch .... and enter to win your own bag!

John Nickle's The Ant Bully (@Storia_eBooks)

John has seen the animated version of The Ant Bully at least a dozen times. When he saw that the original book version was available for his Storia app he was thrilled and asked to have it added to his bookshelf. I was afraid it would be too advanced for him but he read it with very little help .... and then asked for lunch. Actually, he asked for lunches so there may be more Ant Bully appearances this week!

In his lunch today John has Lucas made out of a peanut butter & jelly sandwich, veggie chips, grapes, fruit snacks with Omega 3s, and monterey jack letters.

'Gators Have To Eat!

Today's lunch for John is based on some homework he did last night. They've been learning about animals, habitats and needs in school and last night John had to draw a picture of a favorite animal meeting a need in its habitat. John drew alligators in a swamp .... eating people. Sure! Let's turn it into lunch!
His alligators are pb&j. His people and the "yum" are empire jack cheese. He also has veggie chips, grapes, Fritos and his fruit snacks with Omega-3 gummies.

Simple Add-ons Make It Simply Awesome!

This morning I woke up and had no ideas for lunch for John. Well, I had a ton of ideas but not enough time or energy to get them done. I thought I would break the "fun lunch" trend and I was gutted. I know he probably wouldn't have cared, but I felt awful. I poked and prodded and then remembered some picks we had recently received from a friend but had not used yet. Problem solved! Those picks and some bright colored silicone cups and a very simple lunch became, in John's words, "simply awesome!"

John has a couple of smallish blueberry muffins, clementine slices, monterey jack cheese diamonds, fruit snacks (with his Omega 3 gummies), and a tube of Sixlets (and a tube of yogurt still in the freezer at the time the picture was taken). All on their own not a very exciting lunch. A little silicone, a fun box, and some simple picks? Mom is back to rocking the lunch bag :)