Breakfast for lunch!

Can you tell I got some sleep last night? I did! :-D  I made the minions zoo animal waffles with a tube of yogurt, real maple syrup, and a banana.

I have 4 animals in each box. For breakfast, the minions *might* eat 3 with some juice. I make my waffles dense.

 

Here are the shapes in my waffle maker. A giraffe, lion, and an elephant. 

How much food can fit into a tiny container?

I was recently told that there was no way my minions could eat a decent lunch out of "that little container. It's not even large enough for a full sandwich!" Oh really?

This is what we will pack today, minus the crust. I will feed that to the minions as part of a snack. I have 1/4 cup of cashews (I know it looks a little shy, but it is just the angle), a heaping 1/4 cup of currants, 5 carrot sticks, between 2 1/2 to 2 3/4oz of cheese (about 1/3 of a 8oz brick of cheese), and most of a sandwich. The bread is Italian bread baked by Aunt Millies. So the bread is a bit larger than most other  varieties. That is a decent sized lunch for a kid, right?

And now our container. This is one of the ones I picked up at Target for a dollar. They had them in blue and yellow. Both are the same size. I added in a soda can for proportion. No, I did not share my soda with the minions. That is MY soda. It's kinda like coffee, mama doesn't share.

I cut up the carrots to make it easier for my 2, 3 and 5 year old to eat. I used cupcake liners to keep things separated.

Next I stack the 2 elephants on top of each other. It almost looks like the elephant is trying to eat some currants! I also added the cheese. Hmm... There is still some unused space. That drives me nuts. What else can I add to this quickly? I am a hair on the lazy side and refuse to spend to long making lunches.

There we go! That's much better. I added another slice of cheese and a package of fruit snacks. Now my container is full. So tell me, you still think you can't pack much food into my little container?

Boy and Elephant

Bologna boy and "B", with a peanut butter sandwich elephant, cheese "3" and "E", Pasta salad, pear slices (running under boy and elephant), Blood Oranges, and grapes.

I think my cell phone takes better pictures than my camera.

The pasta salad was left over from the night before. There really was not enough left over for an adult, but perfect amount for 2 little boys!

The letters and numbers are random in case you were wondering. Both of them can count to 20 or beyond and know their ABC's. So now I am teaching them to recognize letters and numbers. What better way than to incorporate them into lunch! Food makes everything fun.