Anything Goes

Every night before bed I ask the monkeys what they would like for lunch the next day. After they are asleep I go to work. I'd love to be one of those morning people that hop out of bed and get a jump on the day...but I'm not. I'm a zombie, even after coffee, and the monkeys are no better at mornings. So we all take a good hour to get up, fed, dressed, and out the door. So I bento at night. Last night it was 3 lunches for today and a cute snack for little monkey's class. They are on transportation so I made apple and grape cars, not pictured but you know the ones. If you ever see good outdoor lighting...it was probably a sick day :)

Pixar Transportation 

Cars and Planes 2 of his favorite movies in one bento!

In this lunch : In an ELB

• Dusty Crophopper - Low -carb tortilla with ham
• Lightning McQueen - Peanutbutter and jelly sandwich
• Carrots
• Yogurt pretzels

Spider 

In this lunch : In an ELB

• Spider - Ham and cheese sandwich with candy eyes
• Ghost Peep
• Carrot and orange spider

Jack-O-Lantern 

My class is studying pumpkins this week so I played with my food

In this lunch : In an ELB

• Jack-o-lantern - beans with cheese and nori details
• Rice crisps
• Roasted seaweed under everything
• Jack skeleton orange
• Cucumbers and tomatoes

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Eggciting days ahead

I'm still playing with all my new bento toys. You can win some cute picks in my 1st Blogiversary Giveaway. Today I'm playing with egg molds from All Things For Sale. These are great you can mold your hard boiled eggs, and since it snaps shut they even kept in the fridge for a couple days before I needed them. The back of the molds has a sandwich cutter so you can make matching sandwiches, or fruit. This is their first time trying hard-boiled eggs so cross your fingers. I also wanted a little extra love in their boxes as we get into the busy schedules of school and me working for the first time in their lives, so I added some Lunchbox Love from Say Please.

Bunny 

 In this lunch:

• Trader Joe's veggie straws
• Bunny ham and cheese sandwiches
• Carrots
• Bunny hard-boiled egg
• Grapes
• Watermelon

Fish

 

In this lunch :

• Goldfish crackers
• Fish ham sandwiches
• Carrots
• Fish hard-boiled egg
• Grapes
• Fish watermelon

Cars - Busy parents second home

In this lunch :

• Mixed green and veggie salad with heart tomatoes
• Ham and cheese cars
• Carrots
• Car hard-boiled egg
• Grapes
• Car watermelon

Similar ingredients made packing 3 lunches pretty quick and easy.