Work Lunch For Two

I'm the VP of a small company,

which also happens to be a family business :)

I remember as a child spending time there with my father, 

(who has since passed),

as he showed me off, calling me his little helper,

and I'm proud to share that same experience with my own daughter.

From time to time, I'll bring Lily with me to work 

when it just seems like the easiest option for child care, 

and this day was one of those days!

In This Lunch (For Lily):

Peanut butter sandwich with homemade white bread

Heart shaped chocolate chip cookie

2 cheese stick skewers

Carrot sticks

Strawberry/kiwi fruit juice box

In This Lunch (For Me):

Strawberry jam sandwich with homemade white bread

Heart shaped chocolate chip cookie

2 cheese stick skewers

One (halved) kiwi

1 can of Lipton green tea with citrus (not shown)

In This Lunch (To Share):

Aussie cut macintosh apple (with our own creative look)

Lily's feeling better btw, 

and is beginning to put some weight back on...

YAY!!!

Last try with the Not-So-Good-byn

My last attempt at the Goodbyn :*(

As it turns out, it's just too big!

It makes her backpack too heavy,

and you could feed 2-3 people with the amount of food it holds.

Just not practical!

It's being put away until she's a little older, I think :(

Tried to do a fishy theme here with the crackers and picks, but ran out of time to think of more ideas.

What's for lunch:
Blueberries and Strawberries
Vanilla yoghurt with pink sprinkles, which she didn't eat because she thought the pink
meant it was strawberry :(
Carrot sticks
Juice box
Fishy crackers
Turkey and cheese sandwich on white bread
Banana slices on fishy picks, which she didn't eat because they turned brown :(

Another try with the Goodbyn

What's for lunch:
Blueberries and green grapes
Cheddar cheese scraps (leftover from stars...waste not!)
Vanilla yoghurt
Carrot sticks
Juice box and spoon
Chocolate chip banana cookie made by Lily and Mhomas
Ham and cheese whiz sandwich on whole wheat
Love note ♥

I thought I'd be creative, and keep the itty bitty foods from traveling by placing another silicone cup on top, but unfortunately, it just made a big mess :(

Lesson learned!

Introducing... The Goodbyn!

Our Goodbyn

Front decorated by Lily herself 

(Except the tidy placement of her name, mom helped with that)

The back of the Goodbyn (decorated by mom). 

The panel under the tail is where we put our phone number with the stickers provided :)

The Water Bottle

(We labeled ours with love on one side and amour on the other)

It's pretty, stays closed well enough without leaking into other compartments, 

but half of this lunch ended up coming home.  

The thing is, it's so huge, 

that to put enough food in there to make it look full,

you have enough food for 2 people!

The search for the perfect bento continues...