Lunch at home

Peanut butter and jelly on whole wheat butterfly. Black grapes, carrots and celery. Chocolate (barely) milk not shown.

So, seeing as this is a lunch blog and I'm not packing the lunches yet, I figured I'd include one of our typical lunches around here. I don't do the fancy stuff every day, maybe 50/50. This was from earlier this week.

This day way a major victory. All that was left was a single 1" section of celery! Out of two identical plates, served to two non celery fans, 90 % ish gone! I was very excited. That old rule of offering it over and over, actually does work. Had I just given them sticks and not flower stems though, I'm betting it would have gone untouched.

The Sun, the Stars and the Moon

The Sun:

My oldest. The brightest light my world has ever seen. She is pure sunshine. Pure joy. Purely sweet. She has an innocence to her, a gentle soul. My big girl. My school girl. Tall with a waterfall of blond hair and deep hazel eyes. I am dreading losing so much time with her this fall.

The Stars:

My passionate middle child with whom there is no middle ground. This little lady doesn't do anything half way. You are her greatest friend or her worst enemy. She is strong, determined and brave. She gives the tightest hugs I have ever had. They make your heart pound and your eyes close. Wonderful. She has the most amazing will power I've ever seen. She keeps me on my toes.

The Moon:

My boy. Mr. Baby. He brings happiness and a sense of completeness to our crazy chaos. He is the one in the center of it all, soaking up the love and kisses. He is smiles and laughter. Sweet snuggles. Squeals of glee. I can not wait to hear what he has to say, but I do not want him to get any bigger, ever.

The new tools

My brand new collection of bento stuff. It's all so shiny and fun still. I hope it stays that way. I must admit that I'm a little bit addicted to the "stuff". Already planning on expanding the collection, a lot. I think I'll get into it first and see what I actually need.

I won't include pictures of my cookie cutters. That would take way too long.

The kids are really excited about their new boxes.

That's a standard 12" ruler there, lined up very poorly, to show just how small they are. The blue one is mine. The top two are for the girls. The froggy (baby boy's) will probably only house puffs and finger foods for awhile.

And of course I should show what's inside those neat little boxes:

That's a lot of pieces to keep track of! I might do an official count, just to see what survives the whole year.