Bento Lunches

My Final Entry To the Dorky Mom Club: A Hello Kitty Bento

May 8, 2012 26 comments
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Forget the princesses. The Little Lady is a Hello Kitty girl … all. the. way. All throughout the school year, she has been begging for a Hello Kitty bento lunch to match her Hello Kitty lunch-bag, water bottle, finger-nail polish, lip-gloss, t-shirts, and sandals. She’s a wee bit obsessed. Last week, while wasting time in [...]

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The I Love You Bento

March 27, 2012 42 comments
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Our Life Group is studying the 5 Love Languages as a way to help one another better understand our spouses and strengthen our marriages. As I have spent time understanding the basic ways we receive and communicate love, I’ve realized when it comes to my kidlets’ Love Languages, the Little Lady’s are … Gifts (which [...]

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She Appreciates My Creativity But She Doesn’t … But She Does. (sigh)

January 17, 2012 9 comments
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For a myriad of reason — most of which I have explained before — I love making bento lunches for the Little Lady and Mr. Boy.  I *try* to make them fun but I’m not the greatest at creating the awe-inspiring, breath-taking lunches that some moms can turn out.  There have been a few sad [...]

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Kid Friendly Egg Meals

December 6, 2011 25 comments
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My kidlets have never been on the over-weight side of the scale.  The Little Lady, since infancy, has always hovered around the 3rd percentile for weight, and Mr. Boy stays around 25th percentile mark.  Because of their tendency to be “light-weights,” our pediatrician has pushed protein, healthy fats, fiber and “real” calorie snacks for the [...]

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Fall Themed Bentos

November 16, 2011 16 comments
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I’ve gotten behind on both photographing and sharing the Little Lady’s preschool lunches; mornings, like for most families with babies, are a bit unpredictable.  Just when you think you can move to the next agenda on the morning’s list, Baby Barney demands a diaper change, a feeding … or just some Mommy-loving. It’s hard being [...]

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A Smorgasboard of Bento Lunch Ideas

September 22, 2011 31 comments
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The Little Lady has been in school for nearly a month now and has eaten a Bento lunch each school-day. (Stuffed Biscuit Bento with steamed edemame, carrots, yogurt dip, and grapes) Or, eaten most of a Bento lunch.  It seems she’s a bit social at lunch time and doesn’t always get everything consumed — but, [...]

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