Hen Lunch

In Lily's Lunch:

Sliced chicken and cheese sandwich on enriched white

Cheddar hen and chicks

Chocolate chip granola bar

Carrot sticks

Red and green grapes

Strawberry

Cheddar scraps

Crackers

Sugar snap peas

Animals and Flower Lunch

In Lily's Lunch:

Animal crackers

Apple slice flowers

Cheese slice and sliced chicken breast on whole wheat

Cheese slice Rhino

Hearts and Bunnies Lunch

In Lily's Lunch:

Green grapes

Blueberries picked from our own bush

(Given to us as a housewarming gift)

Plain triscuit crackers

Cheddar cheese bunnies

Gluten-free blueberry heart pancakes

(Syrup on the side)

Side note:

Though the other time I sent syrup,

it went well,

this time, well...

not so much :/

Lets just say her toes got some extra scrubbing that night!

In Craig's Lunch:

Leftovers

(No picture)

Our beautiful blueberry bush
(which has since been planted)
(Huge thank you to Mike and Ashley for such a thoughtful housewarming gift!!)

Random Cute Duckie Lunch

In This Lunch:

Carrot sticks

Cheddar duckies

Green grapes

Fruit snacks

Cheese whiz sandwich on enriched white bread

Giraffe Lunch

Misc. Lunch

Farm Lunch

Circus Lunch

In This Lunch:

Carrot sticks

Green grapes

Strawberries

Cheese whiz sandwich on multigrain bread

Orange cheddar cheese slice lion

White cheddar cheese slice cage

Teddy grahams

Gator Lunch

Bunny Lunch

We have new picks!

I found them at Walmart as part of a peg game,

but they work great!

In This Lunch:

Cracker clouds

Sugar snap pea grass

Gummy flower with spinach leaves

White cheddar slice bunny

Strawberry jam sandwich on homestyle white bread

Strawberries

Carrot sticks

Spring Lunch

In This Lunch:

Cheddar bunnies

Sociables crackers

Raspberry cereal bar

Green grapes

Carrot sticks

"Spring chicken" (and cheese) wrap

on a whole wheat pita

Chickie Lunch

With all this rain, even the chicks need help to stay dry!

In This Lunch:

Red seedless grapes

Strawberries

Strawberry jam sandwich on whole wheat

Cheese slice foul

Strawberry fruit leather umbrella w/ toothpick handle

Spinach and snow pea foliage

Bunny Lunch

Day 6 of the flu, and my fever finally broke!

I'm still not myself, but getting there at least :)

I picked up some adorable Easter accessories 

at the Bulk Barn the other week, 

and it's such a warm day out (+14c and rainy)

that I couldn't help but do some sort of springy theme :)

In This Lunch:

3 Bite brownie (baked by my sister Dee Dee)

Carrot sticks

Strawberry jam sandwich on whole wheat

Cheese slice bunny

Strawberry fruit leather tulip

Snow peas

Ducky Lunch

Experimenting with bread and cheese again...

In This Lunch:

Whole wheat pita's stuffed with pizza sauce, 

and a mix of three shredded cheeses: Orange cheddar, havarti, parmesan

Havarti ducky

Carrot sticks

Cheesy heart crackers

Cherries

I placed picks in the corners of the pitas

to keep the food from flopping around in the container.

'Squirrel Love' Lunch

I love valentines day, 

(I'm a bit of a schmuck for love, hehe),

and doesn't love make us all a little squirrelly?

In This Lunch:

Cheesy heart crackers

Macintosh apple hearts

Havarti cheese hearts

Cheese slice squirrelly's and dots

Cheese whiz heart sandwich on whole wheat

Puppy Dog Lunch

Lunch from Jan 25th, 

Lily's next day back at school after missing over a week :(

In this lunch:

Jam sandwich on whole wheat

Cheese slice puppy dog

Green grapes (representing balls)

Carrot sticks (because puppies love sticks!)

Snow peas... 

(which are supposed to look like grass, for playing outside on)

House Hippo Lunch

Have you ever seen this commercial?

I LOVE it!

"It's night time in a kitchen just like yours; all is quiet, or is it?"

"The North American house hippo is found throughout Canada and the Eastern United States. House hippos are very timid creatures and they are rarely seen, but they will defend their territory if provoked. They come out at night to search for food, water, and materials for their nests."

"The favourite foods of the house hippo are chips, raisins and the crumbs from peanut butter on toast."

"They build their nests in bedroom closets using lost mittens, dryer lint and bits of string. The nests have to be very soft and warm; house hippos sleep about 16 hours a day."

That looked really real, but you knew it couldn't be true, didn't you? That's why it's good to think about what you're watching on TV, and ask questions, kind of like you just did.

A message from Concerned Children's Advertisers.

In This Lunch

Apple hippos

Graham crackers

Cheddar cheese kitty

Cheddar cheese hippos

White cheddar ball of green string 

(drawn with food marker)

White cheddar mitten

Strawberry jam sandwich on whole wheat

For Recess:

Yoghurt cup (not shown)

As you may have noticed,

We've got a new lunch container!

This one's made by tupperware, and I'll let you know how it turns out :)

So, yeah, I'm still sick.  I'd planned this one for a few days

so it didn't require a whole lot of effort

Sadly, the whole week is turning out to be a bit of a write-off :/

Next week will be better!

Random Rhino Lunch

 

Sooo, I'm still sick :(

Lily went back to school on Tuesday, 

and needed a lunch, 

and this is what my flu-coma'd brain thought made sense :/

Oh well,

*shrug*

Blame it on the flu :(

In this Lunch:

Strawberries

Carrot sticks

Strawberry jam sandwich on whole wheat

In this recess:

Apple Sauce

Rockstar Lunch

Lily requested this one today, and I was happy to oblige :)

Something I haven't really focused on in this blog yet 

is how big into music our family is!

Lily's dad, though a school teacher by day, 

plays percussion, and just about any type of guitar you can think of, 

(bass, electric, acoustic, etc), and also has his own recording set-up.

I'm a VP of a small company by day, 

but I'm also a singer who specializes in classical music, 

and I'm versatile in contemporary, folk, christian, and rock.

I sing A LOT (e.g. 4 gigs and a jam session this week alone),

 and at all sorts of gigs :)

(weddings, church services, corporate events, mall entertainment)

So, growing up around so much music

has made for a very musical Lily :)

(and apparently that includes musical lunches, haha)

In This Lunch:

Rosemary and olive oil triscuits with mozzarella stars

Apple stars

Mozzarella and Cheddar stars and speakers

Fruit leather rockstar

Cucumber skin microphone

Sweet snap pea string microphone cord

Sweet snap pea audience

Strawberry jam sandwich stage on whole wheat bread

In This Recess:

Animal crackers (because when Lily performs, 

she unleashes the animal within, haha)

And as a special treat, here's a video of Lils at 3 years old,

delighting a crowd of about 50 people

as our opening act at an all ages event :)

Barnyard Lunch

In This Lunch:

Apple piggies in a muddy (raisin) pig sty

A mischievous piggy loose in the pasture (cucumbers)

Carrot stick gates

Mommy and baby horses (cheese slices with food marker eyes)

Turkey (strawberry fruit leather) wandering around the yard (triscuit crackers)

Ham and cheese whiz sandwich on whole wheat bread

Snow pea foliage

Escaped piggy loose in the pasture!