Lunches: 5.31.16

It's the final day of May (and I still have that Pokemon birthday party to blog - soon!  Wait until you see it!) - and the kids are just in school until the 9th.  This is the final count down for the school year, and for lunches!  Summer is going to bring fun things (Hiking!  Boating!  Adventures!), but I cannot believe that my 8th year packing lunches is almost over...

Watermelon: 4g, sandwich: 20g, strawberries: 5g, blueberries:2g

Anyhow, for this Tuesday, we have a lot of fruit.  The fruit in the store looked amazing, and I swear, The Boy's happiest lunch ever would be if I just filled an Easylunchbox with watermelon for him.  I didn't quite go that far, but he has a big container of watermelon, a sandwich with muhammara, ham, and cheese, blueberries, and strawberries.  His snack is a strawberry applesauce (not pictured, 14g).

The Girl has watermelon (though less than her brother), blackberries, strawberries, and a sandwich with muhammara, ham, and cheese.

Lunches: 5.26.16

It's Thursday, and I'm still working through Taco Tuesday leftovers!

Salad with beans and corn salsa: 6g, taco shell: 6g, apple slices: 8g

The Boy has a salad with some refried beans and corn salsa, along with some taco sauce in the little container, and a taco shell for crunch, along with some apple slices.  His snack is a cereal bar (not pictured, 28g).

The Girl also has a salad with refried beans, corn salsa, taco sauce, and a taco shell, and some blueberries.

Lunches: 5.25.16

We had tacos for dinner last night, so we have leftovers in lunches today.

Of course, we ate all of the taco meat, so I improvised!

Soft taco: 20g, blueberries: 5g, apple slices: 10g, pita chips: 5g

The Boy has a soft taco with refried beans, cheese, and corn salsa.  He also has some blueberries, apple slices, and pita chips.  He has a field trip today, so I packed two snacks - cheese crackers (24g) and a cereal bar (28g).

The Girl has a soft taco with refried beans, cheese, guacamole, and corn salsa.  She also has apple slices, blueberries, and pita chips.

Lunches: 5.24.16

Happy Tuesday!

Slider sandwiches: 20g each, strawberries: 6g, blueberries: 4g, potato salad: 15g

The Boy has a couple strawberries, mini slider sandwiches with turkey, cheese, and muhammara, blueberries, and a potato salad with baby potatoes and hummus. His snack is cheese crackers (not pictured, 24g)

The Girl has a GIANT strawberry, mini slider sandwiches with turkey, cheese, and muhammara, blueberries, and potato salad with hummus.

Lunches: 5.23.16

Happy Monday!  The Boy's birthday party was this weekend, and if you follow me on Instagram, you got a little taste of the Blog Post to come... it was a great birthday party!

For now, lunches!

The Boy specifically asked for "the rest of the watermelon" - have I mentioned how much he loves watermelon?  I also put in some strawberries, a hard boiled egg, some cheese crackers, and a baby-pokeball-bell.  His snack is a apple sauce pouch (not pictured, 15g).

The Girl has blueberries, strawberries, cheese crackers, a hard boiled egg, a baby-pokeball-bell and a slider bun sandwich with ham, cheese, and muhamarra.

Lunches: 5.20.16

We went out for dinner last night to Buffalo Wild Wings, at The (Birthday) Boy's request.  I made leftovers into lunches.

Mac n' cheese: 40g, apple slices: 12g, peas: 2g

The Boy has leftover macaroni and cheese (he says he will heat it at school), along with apple slices and sugar snap peas.  His snack is another apple, because someone at the last granola bar in the house yesterday without telling me... (apple not pictured, 12g).

The Girl has a pita with thai curry boneless wings chopped up with ranch dressing to make a little chicken salad (it's delicious), and some cheese.  She also has cherries and freeze dried mango.

Lunches: 5.19.16

It's The Boy's 10th Birthday!  (His party is coming up this weekend, so look out for that blog post!)

He has been obsessed with fruit & yogurt parfaits since they got back from Disney, and has been having them for breakfast almost every day.  I made a special breakfast for his birthday (Trader Joe's frozen croissants!), so I gave him his parfait in lunch.

Parfait: 30g, apple slices: 10g, yogurt star cookies: 14g

He has strawberry slices, honey roasted almonds with oats, and honey yogurt - that's the parfait.  He also has apple slices and some yogurt star cookies.  His snack is a granola bar (not pictured, 14g)

The Girl has a sandwich with Muhammara, ham, cheese, and greens, along with cherries and apple slices.

Lunches: 5.16.16

Happy Monday - also known as "clean out the leftovers" day, at least this week!

Hot dogs & Tater tots: 3g per skewer, strawberries: 5g, apple slices: 10g, yogurt star cookies: 10g

The Boy has skewers with beef hot dogs and tater tots, strawberries, apple slices, and yogurt star cookies.  His snack is a granola bar (not pictured, 20g).

The Girl also has skewers with beef hot dogs and tater tots, strawberries, apple slices, and yogurt star cookies.

Lunches: 5.13.16

Sandwich: 40g, apple slices: 12g, strawberries: 3g

The Boy's Lunch for this Friday is a sandwich with ham, greens, and Muhammara, along with strawberries and apple slices.  His snack is a granola bar (not pictured, 20g).

The Girl has some leftover pizza, along with cherries and blackberries.

Happy Friday!

Lunches: 5.11.16

Happy Humpday!

Wrap: 20g, cheese: 1g, carrots: 3g, apple slices: 12g, strawberries: 4g

The Boy has a wrap with muhammara, greens, and ham, a cheese stick, carrots, apple slices, and strawberries.  His snack is a granola bar (not pictured, 20g).

The Girl has a wrap with muhammara, greens, and ham, with a cheese stick, carrots, cherries, and blackberries.

Lunches: 5.10.16

I was so excited when I saw cherries at the store!  So was The Girl... though The Boy is not into them... he will be much happier when I bring a watermelon home.

Wrap: 20g, carrots: 3g, cheese: 1g, green beans: 2g, apple slices: 8g, strawberries: 4g

The Boy has a wrap with greens, ham, and muhammara, along with a cheese stick, carrots, crispy green beans, apple slices, and strawberries.  His snack is a granola bar (not pictured, 20g).

The Girl has a wrap with greens, ham, and muhammara, along with a cheese stick, carrots, crispy green beans, cherries, and blackberries.

Lunches: 5.9.16

Happy Monday!  I hope that you all had a wonderful Mother's Day!  The only thing I asked for was for the kids to clean the kitchen, and you know?  They did a pretty decent job, with only minimal nagging about it.  And me?  I got a nap.  I'd say that's a win.

Sandwich: 40g, cheese: 1g, strawberries: 6g, green beans: 4g

For lunch this Monday, The Boy has a sandwich with green tahini dip and turkey, a string cheese, strawberries, and some crispy green beans.  His snack is a granola bar (not pictured, 24g).

The Girl has leftover pasta, Italian bread, a string cheese, strawberries, and crispy green beans.

Lunches: 5.6.16

Happy Friday!

Wrap: 15g, crackers: 8g, green beans: 2g, apple slices: 8g, yogurt star cookies: 10g

The Boy has a wrap with green tahini dip, turkey, and cheese, along with crackers, dried green beans, apple slices, and yogurt star cookies.  His snack is a granola bar (not pictured, 20g)

The Girl has a wrap with green tahini dip, turkey, and cheese, with crackers, dried green beans, apple slices, and yogurt stars.

Lunches: 5.4.16 - May the Fourth Be With You.

We are good Star Wars geeks around here.  One of my first memories was watching the original Star Wars at the Drive-in theatre.  It must have been a re-release when Empire came out, because I was less than a year old when A New Hope came out... But I have clear memories.

A few weeks ago, The Girl's school had a Star Wars Trivia night, and we had a lot of fun.  They even gave out buttons.  I got Han Solo.

So, for lunches, I had to celebrate Star Wars Day.

Tortilla sandwich: 20g, seaweed snacks: 1g, cheese stick: 1g, yogurt star cookies: 8g, strawberries: 6g

The Boy has a Yoda tortilla sandwich with green tahini dip and turkey, on a bed of seaweed snacks.  He also has a cheese stick, and Yoda's light saber is a dried green bean.  He has some yogurt star cookies in the Darth Vader container, and some strawberries.  His snack is a cereal bar (not pictured, 27g).

The Girl has an R2D2 tortilla sandwich (my red food coloring bled a little...oops), on a bed of seaweed snacks with a cheese stick (and there is also a cereal bar under there for her), strawberries, and yogurt star cookies in the Darth Vader container.

Lunches: 5.3.16

Happy Tuesday!

Wrap: 40g, strawberries: 6g, apple-carrot sauce: 14g, apple slices: 6g

The Boy has a wrap with Green tahini dip (from Trader Joe's), salami, turkey, and cheese, along with strawberries, carrot-apple sauce, and apple slices.  His snack is a cereal bar (not pictured, 28g).

The Girl has a wrap with Green tahini dip, salami, turkey, and cheese, along with strawberries, freeze-dried mango, and strawberries.

Lunches: 5.2.16 - and a try at Facebook Live Lunch Packing!

I decided to try something fun last night and used the new Facebook Live feature to show you how I pack lunches.  It was definitely my first try at it - I need a new tripod, and a better way of showing the lunch while I'm packing - but it was fun.  Want to see?  Check it out on my Facebook Page!

Wrap: 30g, strawberries: 5g, apple slices: 8g, carrots: 2g

The Boy has a wrap with green tahini dip (from Trader Joe's), salami, cheese, and lettuce, along with strawberries, carrots, and apple slices.  His snack is a granola bar (not pictured, 16g).

The Girl has the same thing - not packed live. ;)