Life in the Bento: Week Five || 28 Sept - 2 October 2015

Hellooooo cupcakes!

Welcome to the fifth installment of the Life in the Bento series! Want to play catch up? You can catch all your favorite Bento posts here. Now, onto this weeks boxes!

Monday, 28 September 2015

H decided to step a little outside realm of "bento" today with a side "dish" of spaghettios & IN the bento he chose: cut up hotdogs (he said he wanted to mix them into the spaghettios himself at school), sliced apples soaked in gingerale, & animal crackers. 

J decided he was extra hungry & wanted 2 tuna sandwiches with sliced apples soaked in gingerale & animal cookies.

We're starting to run out of food options because they keep wanting the same thing over & over again. I'm trying to let them pick their own lunches but I'm starting to feel like one of those boring moms who only pack sammiches. **nothing against moms who only pack sandwiches. I just have a HUGE pinterest board of cool bento box ideas & my kids won't partake in any of them now. *super sad face*

Tuesday, 29 September 2015

Woo! Okay, so J picked something a little different than a sandwich (finally!). He chose fresh slice turkey & cheese roll ups with carrots & fudge brownie little bites. Couldn't get this kid to choose a fruit today to save his life. But hey! At least he has his veggies.

H seems to have chosen a somewhat balanced meal. He wanted fresh turkey & ham roll ups with gingerale soaked apples, cubes of cheddar cheese (why he didn't just do cheese in the roll up is beyond me), carrots, & fudge brownie little bites.

Wednesday, 30 September 2015

H went a little "complicated" here. He wanted fish sticks mac&cheese, & animal crackers with ketchup for dipping. Again, couldn't make him choose a fruit or veggie to save his life. This meal kinda kills me because its nothing but carbs & yellow foods (sans the ketchup).

Thursday, 1 October 2015

Today was a little better. H chose penguins (think Goldfish crackers but not name brand), spaghettis, gingerale soaked apples, & mixed veggies. Not sure how this kid can eat cold pasta, but he does & he enjoys it.

Friday, 2 October 2015

Today both the kids got the same thing for lunch. They each got some of those vienna hotdog/sausages, 2 graham crackers, "whales" (dollar tree's version of gold fish}, mixed veggies, & a box of raisins. Overall a well rounded meal, yeah?

For drink each day they are sent with a bottle of water & come home & eat a healthy snack (usually an apple with some peanut butter or celery with peanut butter); then it's time for 20 minutes of rest (not a nap, just time to unwind from a hectic day at school - they are only 4 & 5 afterall) - at which point it is then homework time.

Curious about their Bentos?
Their "bento boxes" aren't real fancy. The blue one is a Paw Patrol themed plastic one from the Target Dollar Spot & the white/clear ones are just reused Chinese take out containers & little serving cup things I found in my moms tupperware cupboard. You can make your own Bento style boxes by utilizing what you have around your house if you can't afford the more expensive Planet Box or YumBox.

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Life in the Bento: Week Four || 21-25 Sept 2015

Hellooooo cupcakes! 

Hope you all had an amazing amazing week! Our week consisted on a nasty sickness going around the entire house (my parents, my sister, both minion, & myself). Everyone was over it within 2-3 days; a week later & I'm still battling it. supersadface.

Anyhow! We are in week four of Life in the Bento. You can revisit all our past weeks here:
Week 1: 3-4 Sept
Week 2: 8-11 Sept
Week 3: 14-18 Sept

Now lets hop into this weeks Bento meals!

Monday & Tuesday 21/22 Sept. 2015

So this was J's lunch for 2 days only because he stayed home from school Monday (& ultimately Tuesday). He requested a grape & mint jelly sandwich on a thick, amoroso roll; some gingerale soaked apples, carrots, & fudge brownie little bites. Not the healthiest thing in the world, but I started feeling quite horrible Sunday night when I was prepping their lunches.

H's lunch (which he ended up taking to school on Tuesday since he was sick on Monday) we a peanut butter & jelly on an amoroso roll, some gingerale soaked apples, green beans, & chocolate chip muffin little bites. Again, not entirely healthy, but when momma can barely stay standing, you do what you gotta do.

Wednesday, 23 Sept 2015

Starting this week, J is only in Pre-K Mondays, Tuesdays, & Fridays so the rest is just H's meals for the week. If you'd like to see what I make J for lunch on those "off days", let me know!

For H's meal today he chose his make your own pizza (sans the pizza sauce) with turkey pepperoni & shredded, mild cheddar cheese, apples, a drinkable Danimal's yogurt, & some pringles.

Thursday, 24 Sept 2015

Finally got H to step out of the sandwich box & try something new. Hooray! So for lunch today he had ham & cheese roll ups, some apples with peanut butter, animal crackers, & a drinkable Danimal's yogurt. (**side note: he actually enjoyed the roll ups! So you may be seeing more of those)

Friday, 25 Sept 2015

Hooray! It's friyay! The minions ended up having similar lunches today due to the simple fact that I still wasn't any better & was having a hard time creating anything cute for them to eat. Eat minion had 2 sandwiches (H had pb&j & J had cheese), some peas, animal crackers, & Danimal's drinkable yogurt. Quick, simple, & a total carb over load which I feel horrible about but, again, when momma is sick not much gets done. 

Every day the kids drink water with their lunches & have a healthy snack upon arriving home from school. That is something that never changes. (:

In terms of their "Bentos": The blue Bento is a Paw Patrol 3 compartment, plastic lunch "kit" from the Target Dollar spot - & I totally should've picked up more than the 2 I did when I found them because the dog got ahold of 1 & now I can't find them.  The white rectangle-ish one is actually a Chinese take-out box reused & repurposed. It's definitely not as cute but it works! I am eventually upgrading to a PlanetBox or a YumBox. Maybe I can convince Santa to gift them to the kids for Christmas. Hahah. 

What do you guys pack for your kids during the week? Do you do anything cutesy? I am so excited to start doing fall/halloween themed boxes starting Oct 1! If you would like your kiddos Bentos to be featured in a blog post, tag me on Instagram @LoveofFilo &/or use the hashtag #NavyLifeinBento & you may see your works of art added to the blog!