The Minions are back!

I was trying to be a cool mom today. I think I failed. No one understood what it was I was trying to get them to do. Oh well...  I am not sure how well you can see it, but in ham I have 1 2 _ 4. Then I had 3 slices of sausage, grape tomatoes, and kiwi. I was trying to get the minions to give me the missing number.

The bottom tier continued with the 3 theme. I have 3 wedges of Biscoff spread on a tortilla and 3 slices of cheese.

Isn't Pork handsome! I am so glad they all feel better!

Colonel Sanders was lucky enough to get my bento from Japan today! She has diced kiwi, grape tomatoes, sausage, cheese, and some sandwich wedges.

Can you believe The Colonel has all her baby teeth now? That's right, she has 16 teeth and is 13 1/2 months old.

Tyke and Colonel Sanders checking out their lunches.

Mama's first day of work.

 
I am now working part time. Today was a 9 hour shift which took up pretty much the whole day. I have to admit that I missed the minions eating lunch.

The boys had Biscoff sandwich cars, snap peas, carrots, cheese, ham, and blackberries. I put the milk down


on a lower shelf so that Tyke could help daddy out and pour some milk with lunch.

The Elder had leftover potatoes, lemon pepper pork, and AJ in sweet potato. I also have a sweet potato space ship and stars. To the right of that he has carrots, peas, and blackberries.

Yes, that is butter, real butter on his potatoes. I don't use that overly processed fake stuff here. Believe it or not, I have managed to lose weight too. It's all about moderation.

This is my lunch. Spring rolls made with  shrimp and salad greens, a sweet pepper, tomato, broccoli, and cottage cheese mixed with pineapple. I ended up buying some nuts out of the vending machine since I was still a little hungry.

My and The Elders lunches were in Easy Lunchboxes
The minions had their lunch in a little container that was found in the Target dollar section.

In a rush lunch

Look. Lunch.

I credit the above to Jenn from Bento for Kidlet for suggesting it, Cristi from Bent On Better Lunches for being an enabler, and Karen from Our Lunch Bags for being the original that we all want to be like. Even if she is a Whovian...

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Pig on the Farm & 100th Bento!

Today we have a pig on the farm. The pig and barn are made from a Biscoff sandwich. The barn window and door are made from slices of grapes. I tried to use a green food safe marker, but it did not work to well.  This all sits on a bed of spinach. I made a fence out of matchstick carrots. To the left of that I have grapes and cheese.

In honor of making it to 100 bento lunches, I have decided to host a giveaway. All items are brand new. I had to take the egg mold out of its package in order to get a decent picture of it. Included in this giveaway is a package of food picks, a heart egg mold, a package of food separator sheets, and a Stitch cookie press. The cookie presses work pretty well to make cute mini sandwiches.  To enter the giveaway, use the Rafflecopter box at the end of this post. 

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A Very Quick Mechanic Lunch

Today was a super rush job. We managed to kill the motor in our dishwasher. So we picked out a new one and scheduled to have it put in later in the afternoon of the following day. Well, guess what? They came early! I received the warning call right as I was making the sandwiches. So in a rush, I quickly put together some apple cars, made Colonel Sanders her sandwich and got everyone upstairs and out of the way.

We have a Biscoff and jelly sandwiches in the shape of a car, wrench, and mechanic shop. I did not have a small car cutter, so I used the back side of my car egg mold. If I pressed the bread flat, it worked rather well.

The car cars are made from a small apple and have cheese for wheels. Apple slices run under the sandwiches. Each box has a full small apple. The minions were pleased. They love apples.

Countdown: 7

Pumpkin and wonton

I wanted wontons for lunch. Sadly, the minions do not enjoy wontons as much as I do. So I came up with this compromise. I have 2 homemade wontons, a biscoff sandwich pumpkin sitting on a bed of carrot sticks, with little mozzarella headstones, and a sword with 2 grapes.

Tyke wanted nothing to do with his wontons. Pork and Colonel Sanders gladly gobbled theirs up.

Countdown: 10