Look Lunch!

We survived our first week back to school. A few hiccups along the way but we managed. Friday's they get to buy lunch if they have been good, and they were, so this is the last set of lunches for this week. We are definitely looking forward to a nice long 3 day weekend.

Minecraft Slime 

In this lunch : In an Easy Lunch Box

• Slime - Jelly sandwich
• Slime - Scrabble Jr. Cheez-its
• 2 Gluten Free chocolate chip banana muffins (recipe posted yesterday)
• Heart straberries
• Carrots

 Plants VS Zombies 2 Pea Shooters

In this lunch : In an Easy Lunch Box

• Frozen Pea Shooter (Blue) - Peanut butter and jelly sandwich
• Frozen peas - red grapes (he hates blue berries)
• Green Pea Shooter - Peanut butter and jelly sandwich
• Green peas - green grapes
• Strawberries
• Cantaloup cones

These were simple and fast and done in 5 min. Not every lunch has to be fancy to make them smile.
We are so glad the first week of school is behind us, here's to a nice long weekend and a fun next week.

Two more down hundreds to go

We've made it to Wednesday of the first week of school. Only 173 more days to go....too soon to count down to summer? Well we can dream anyway. In the meantime there's lunches and many fun days ahead too.

A Whovian Hug 

My little one has had a tough time adjusting to Kindergarten so we made all his favorite Doctor Who friends to help him through the day.

In  this lunch : In an Easy Lunch Box

• Dalek and TARDIS - peanutbutter and jelly sandwich
• TARDIS and K-9 - cantaloup
• Gluten Free chocolate chip banana muffin

 Minecraft Skeleton

The big green monkey is a pro, barely even says good bye when heading in the building.

In this lunch : In an Easy Lunch Box

• Skeleton - jelly sandwich with string cheese bones
• Gluten Free chocolate chip banana muffins
• Strawberries 
• Carrots

Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Banana Muffin Recipe 

• 1 1/2 cups Bob's Red Mill all purpose flour
• 1 egg
• 1/3 cup butter melted
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 - 3/4 cup Stevia for baking
• 2-3 very ripe bananas
• 1 cup chocolate chips

Mix it all together, I tend to mix wet ingredients first, then add the dry. Spray a loaf pan or in this case mini muffin pan. Fill almost to the top. Bake at 350 for 50-60 min depending on the size of pans you use.

Minecraft Maniacs

Like many, many, many other kids across the country, my little monkeys are obsessed with Minecraft. While I may prefer getting up to play outside from time to time, I can't really fault the engineering skills they learn from playing. So it comes as no surprise that they would request their favorite characters from their favorite game right off the bat this year.

Zombie 

My little blue monkey chose the Zombie, and while my photo is a bit tough to make out he loved it.

In this lunch : In an Easy Lunchbox

• Zombie - Peanutbutter and jelly sandwich
• Cantaloup "blocks"
• Green - celery and peanutbutter
• Zombie  - Scrabble Jr. Cheez-its

Creeper 

 My big green monkey chose a Creeper, creepers gonna creep y'all.

In this lunch : In an Easy Lunchbox

• Creeper - Jelly sandwich
• Green crayons in carrots
• Heart strawberries
• Creeper - Scrabble Jr. Cheez-its

* Tip - When  I pack crackers I put them in a Lil' dipper container (not pictured but in my tools section) to keep them from getting soggy from the sandwich in transit.

Minecraft meets Legos

Ok so Monday back to school kicked off with my son's favorite game Minecraft, it's not surprising that he wanted more Minecraft characters for today's lunch. Some say obsessed, we'll go with passionate :) I also got our Back to School supplies from All Things For Sale in the mail yesterday so we celebrated our very 1st Blogiversary with our 1st Giveaway, you have one week to enter and win 53 pieces of flair.

Minecraft Villains

In this lunch :

• Spider holding swiss cheese
• Skeleton - Swiss cheese on peanut butter and honey sandwich
• Zombie - Carrot sticks, grapes, fruit leather
• Steve (ok not a villain but a requested dessert) Caramel rice crispy treat with Nutella and candy eyes

Green monkey was so excited to see this bento box come in the mail yesterday, he had no idea I ordered it. We also found Minecraft legos at Legoland during our summer road trip, he was so excited to meld his 2 loves, and wants more sets.

Back to school !

Nothing is quite as exciting as the first day. Green Monkey headed off to his 1st day of 1st grade today, and is starting at a new school so it's his first day! We are very sad to see summer go, no more sleeping in, back to bed times, and homework. Back to school also means back to bento lunches. We had our favorite bedtime discussion...what do you want for lunch tomorrow? This year he's kicking it off with his favorite game of the summer...Minecraft! But don't fear the creepers, just dig in.

Good Luck Green Monkey!

Don't Fear the Creepers

In this lunch :

• Minecraft - Scrabble Cheese-its
• Creeper - Peanut butter and jelly with fruit leather face and food coloring
• Pick  and sword - Carrot and cucumbers
• Steve - Caramel rice crispy treat with nutella, peanut butter, and candy eyes
• Grapes (unseen under Steve)

Teacher Survival Kit

 

T - Tissues to dry the tears

E - Extra sparkle for the smiles

A - Aspirin for the hard days

C - Clorox to wipe away the germs

H - Hersheys to sweeten your day

E - Energy to get through the day

R - Rejuvenate after the day

Hopefully it will be a wonderful year, making new friends, and loving his new school.