Sunday, September 25, 2016

Labels: britt / lunches / school lunch

I posted recently a HUGE round up post of Lunch Box ideas that I used all of last school year when packing Kye's lunch. Britt felt very left out at the start of this school year. Kye got both a new book bag and lunch box for school and Tess required a book bag for her class as well. In Britt's age class they use tote bags which just aren't as fun and because her school is only half a day, she didn't need a lunch box either. I was over the moon thrilled when Personal Creations reached out to me and offered to send us a free lunchbox! Britt got to go through their awesome collection of choices and choose the one she liked best. My sweet girl picked herself out a yummy cupcake design and they personalized it with her name! SO CUTE and awesome quality! Britt's school has a monthly event called "Lunch Bunch" where you can pay and the kids can stay an extra hour to eat lunch with their friends. It's not something we usually partake in because a) ...

Realistic, Easy, Healthy Lunches

Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Labels: school / school lunch

When Kye started attending an all day school last year I stressed out a good bit about lunches. I am a VERY realistic parent. We don't "eat clean." Everything that enters my children's mouths is not always organic. But I try my best to offer healthier options. I'm not saying they are the healthiest but I strive to be healthier . If I buy chips for my kids, they are the ones with vegetables in the ingredients. I make sure they eat fruit and vegetables at each meal. I only buy wheat bread. Etc etc. I do my best but I don't overly stress about it either. My goal for his lunch box was to always have a variety of foods and to have them be as healthy as options as I could manage both easily and quickly . I wasn't striving for those cute little critter designs in his lunch box. I wasn't trying to be some gourmet chef each morning. I just wanted to get him out the door with a decent lunch for the day! I took pictures each morning of the lunch I pr...

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