Week in Bentos - 1/21 - 1/24

No school on Monday for MLK day. 

Tuesday - Chick, cheese and ranch sandwich on a mini French roll, pretzel rods, fruit roll up, carrots w/ ranch, and grapes.

Wednesday - Soy nut butter, banana and chocolate chip wrap, mandarin oranges, Kitty cat hard boiled egg, carrots w/ ranch.

Thursday - Cheese quesadilla, carrots w/ ranch, raspberry tart, apple and banana kabob.

Friday - Soy nut butter and jelly sandwich on a French roll, carrots w/ ranch, apples, and mozzerella cheese.

Have a good week!!

Week in bentos 1/13 - 1/17

Monday - Chicken, cheese and ranch roll up on a whole wheat tortilla, carrots w/ranch, munchie mix, and pear slices.

Tuesday - Soy nut butter, banana and chocolate chip wrap on a whole wheat tortilla, cheese cubes, popcorn, fruit snacks, and carrots w/ ranch. 

Wednesday the little Princess was home sick.

Thursday - Carrots with ranch, homemade cheddar biscuit, Boca "chick" patty strips, and applesauce pouch. 

Friday - my daughter was frothing at the mouth for another Boca chick patty, so I made cous cous with "chicken" in the thermos, carrots w/ranch, and cheese cubes with apple & mango applesauce pouch. 

Happy Friday!! 

Week in Bentos - 1/6 - 1/10/ 2014

I skipped Monday because we were in a rush after two beautiful long weeks of sleeping in. Bad mommy!! Sorry! Anywho... 

Tuesday - Chicken noodles, banana bread and banana kabob, cheese cubes, carrots w/ ranch.

Wednesday - Soy nut butter and jelly sandwiches, carrots w/ ranch, bananas, pretzel rods, and apple strawberry applesauce in a pouch.

Thursday - half a chicken and cheese sandwich on a roll, munchie mix, jello, and carrots w/ ranch.

Friday - My daughter loved the sandwich so much she asked for another one, only she wanted the whole thing!! With carrots and ranch, Mott's fruit and veggie fruit snacks, and apple slices. 

Homework Box

My daughter is always needing supplies to complete her cute little kindergarten homework packet after school leaving us to pull items from all over the house to do homework. So I made this little prepared box to keep near the table to pull out just during homework time so we aren't scrambling to put everything back in its proper place when she is finished because by then she's over it. 

 Total cost $8.00 for all brand new items including decorative stickers, but you could easily grab items from around the house. One step closer to total organization domination! 

Week in Bentos - 12/16 - 12/20

I realize this is way far behind. What can I say? It's the holidays! For it being the week before Christmas these bentos ended up being a little lack luster, but the week flew by so fast, and there was so much going on, I wanted to say, "are you sure it's not Christmas break yet?!" Anywho...

Monday - Homemade whole wheat pancakes with chocolate chip eyes & mouth, carrot nose, cheese scarf and pomegranate buttons, served with syrup. Cheese stick bites, hard boiled egg bear with little Holly leaf and berry, and apple strawberry applesauce pouch.

Tuesday- Tomato star soup, carrots w/ ranch, apple slices, cheese and crackers with a little snowflake from edible paper, and snowflake jello. 

Wednesday - Soy nut butter and jelly sandwich Christmas tree with cheese star and ornaments, and pomagranate seeds, carrots w/ ranch, Christmas ornament jello, and apple slices. 

Thursday - Brown rice star and heart molds, with soy sauce in a little flying pig container from Japan (so cute), carrots w/ ranch, snowflake jello, cheese stick bites, and applesauce pouch.

Friday before school got out - I meant for this to be amazing, but it turned out more like, "yeah I'm ready for break" - Orange slices, cheese sandwich sticks, carrots w/ ranch, and raspberry tart with holiday sprinkles :) 

We still have all of next week off too, and I'm loving all the family time!!

Quick Tip - Christmas Skirt

I can never find a Christmas Skirt for our new bigger tree that I just love, and there is no way I'm going to pay $20.00 for a tree skirt! That, my friends, is a box of diapers in this house! So I went to our local thrift store and found this round plaid table cloth for obviously a round table of which we don't own. And just to be clear it really is cloth, not plastic, it's so soft, and I actually trust it more as a tree skirt than a table cloth that my sweet darling children would inevitably spill stuff all over. This table cloth cost me $1.99. I cut a slit half way down the middle, and wrapped it around our tree. Voila! 

Merry Christmas! 

Teacher Gift - Christmas 2013

My daughter's first year of school and what better way to spread holiday cheer and to say thank you for being such great teachers then to give her teacher and the other kindergarten teacher she sees all the time a little pampering Christmas gift. I didn't come up with this idea on my own, but my version of it. 

This is a "For your mistletoes" gift. And we included these plush aloe infused socks, lotion and a beautiful red nail polish. 

For packaging I used white paper sacks, some pretty ribbon, and white paper filler.

And downloaded a free Mistletoes printable, from here... 

http://www.dresdencarrie.com/2012/12/for-your-mistletoes-free-printable.html

I also added some ink edging around the edges, you may notice in the final product.

This is how I fit it all in the bag...

I folded the bag over and punched two holes, strung the ribbon through, finished with a bow, and then slid the tag up onto the ribbon, it's thick enough ribbon the tag won't slide off. 

And there you have it. A cute little Christmas gift you could give to any woman that deserves aloe infused socks! :)