Lovey-Dovey Lunches

Feeling particularly lovey-dovey this morning,

and wanting to show my loves some lovin,

We have hearts today :)

In Lily's Lunch:

Strawberry jam and crunchy soy-nut butter sandwich on italian white

Strawberry and raspberry fruit-to-go hearts

Green grapes

Carrot sticks

Cheddar hearts

Chocolate chip granola bar

In Craig's Lunch:

Strawberry jam and crunchy soy-nut butter sandwich on italian white

Strawberry and raspberry fruit-to-go hearts

Chocolate chip granola bar

Cheddar hearts

Cheesy heart crackers

Cucumber hearts

Green and black grapes

Shapes and Stars Lunches

In Lily's Lunch:

Green and red grapes (Ovals)

Cucumber triangles

Cheese whiz sandwich on enriched white

Green beans (lines)

Cheddar shapes

In Craig's Lunch:

Carrot sticks

Cucumber stars

Black grapes

Cheese and chicken sandwich on enriched white

Sugar snap peas

Cheddar stars

Up In The Sky Lunches

In Lily's Lunch:

Cheddar cheese stars

Carrot sticks

Strawberry jam sandwich on enriched white

Strawberry Fruit-to-go stars

I had been teasing Craig the day before,

that I might just start making themed lunches

for him, too, if he doesn't start making his own lunch...

In Craig's Lunch:

Carrot sticks

Red, green and black grapes

Mayo, white cheddar and ham sandwich on enriched white

Jalapeno havarti space ship with

Carrot stick flames

Random Cute Duckie Lunch

In This Lunch:

Carrot sticks

Cheddar duckies

Green grapes

Fruit snacks

Cheese whiz sandwich on enriched white bread

Heart Lunch

In This Lunch:

Ham and sliced orange cheddar sandwich on multigrain bread

Raspberry fruit leather hearts

Cucumber hearts

Green apple hearts that turn brown really quickly :/

Horsey Lunch

In This Lunch:

Ham and cheese whiz sandwich on multigrain bread

Carrot sticks

White cheddar horsey

Rosemary and olive oil triscuit cracker haybail

Gummy candy sun (held with yellow heart pick)

Green grapes

Sugar snaps

Extra note: (Even the muffin cups, 

though you can't see the bottoms of them,

have horsey pictures on them) :)

Farm Lunch

Aqua Lunch

Wednesday's Lunch!

This day I surprised Lily by taking her to the pool after school :)

She LOVED it!!

I thought I'd do this lunch as a subtle hint :)

In This Lunch:

Blueberry mini bagel life preservers

Teddy grahams

Red grape lane markers

Cheesy fishy crackers

Cheese string octopus

Bunny and Me Lunch

This lunch made by request :)

Lils, lying in bed this morning, hugging her bunny,

 sleepily asked for a lunch

dedicated to her best bud 'bunny' :)

In This Lunch:

Carrot stars

Strawberries

Cheese whiz sandwich on white bread

Mozzarella Lily

Cheese slice bunny

Cheddar cheese string stick

These two have been inseparable 

since she was old enough to have a favorite toy!

Though these days he spends most of his time at home,

he does love his long road trips ;)

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

St Paddy's Day Lunch

In This Lunch:

Whole wheat mini pitas (shamrock coins) 

stuffed with cheddar cheese spread

Assorted green fruit snacks

Sugar snap peas

Cucumber slices

Green grapes

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

I Love U Lunch

Getting back into the swing of things after a long break :)

In This Lunch:

Cucumber slices

Fruit snacks

Teddy Grahams

Fruit leather

Chocolate chip granola bar

Pita's filled with cheese whiz and grated marble cheddar,

(heated for 15 seconds so the cheese melts together)

'Be Mine' Lunch

Lunch from Wednesday, Jan 26th

In this lunch:

Strawberries

Blueberries

Cucumber hearts

Cheese whiz sandwich on whole wheat

Havarti letters

Strawberry fruit leather heart

Snowy Day Lunch

So yesterday we had a bit of a blizzard again!

Second one this week!

Not enough to cancel school though :(

(It's too bad! I was looking forward to a snow day!)

In This Lunch:

Star shaped poppy seed and cheesy crackers

(I was hoping they could pass for snow flakes, haha)

Snow flake apple slices

Cheese whiz and smoked turkey breast sandwich on whole wheat

Cheese slice snow flake

Kitty Tracks!

View from back deck

Snowy River :)

Hearts Lunch

In This Lunch:

Strawberries

Cucumber slices

Cheese whiz sandwich on whole wheat

Cheddar cheese hearts

Lily announced to her sitter the other day

That she LOVES cheese and bread.

(cheese with bread, cheese on bread, 

really any combination there-of)

We'll be trying out some different combinations of this in the near future :)

Simple Lunch

Still struggling with getting better, 

(this flu is kicking my rump!),

I took it easy with this one,

since I just couldn't find the energy :(

In This Lunch:

Strawberries

Strawberry jam sandwich on whole wheat

1/2 a banana

In This Recess:

Molasses bear paw

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 :)

Happy Hippy Lunch

In this Lunch:

Mini Chiquita banana hat

Strawberry jam on homestyle white bread

Sweet pea smile and eyes

Carrot nose

Green bean hair

Green grapes with frosting faces

Follow-Up:

She was grossed out at the idea of frosting on grapes, (go figure)

And refused to entertain the idea of licking the frosting off, so...

I ended up wiping the faces off before the frosting even had a chance to dry :(

Flower Garden 2

So I said I planned to give the flower garden another shot... 

Here's how it turned out :)

I also went nuts and in a moment of insanity turned the lunch container longways...GASP!

(Yay for trying different things!)

Sadly though, I'm afraid this lunch will probably still be being picked at up till supper,

since I completely forgot that today is a pizza day at school :(

Oh well, it still makes for a great recess and after school snack!

Here's What's In This Lunch:

Apple flowers with food marker centers and a paper leaf pick

Cucumber foliage (Lily thought they looked like leaves)

Snow peas

Ham and cheese slice sandwich on whole wheat bread

Pretzel flower pots

Cheesy pretzel stick flower stems

Snow pea leaves

Strawberry fruit leather flowers

Sugar icing flower