Peanut Butter Bear

I've been at home with this terrible cold thing. Kept the 3 year old home today with me as she is congested and it seemed like the best thing to do. It's become apparently however that she and I do not have the same thing. Mine is the "want to lay on the couch and recover" strain and hers is the "want to monkey around, get into everything and generally cause mayhem" variety. Let's just say the 2 are not compatible!

Anyway, with her being home, no packed bento today. I did pack a quick one for the 6 year old but it was pretty standard so no pictures.

Here's what she got though. She said she was going to eat every bite and surprisingly, she actually did.

Peanut Butter Bear using rice cakes (regular and mini) and raisins for the face.

Caterpiller (fail - she thought they were turtles) with cucumbers and yellow peppers, dip, a "haystack" of yellow peppers with a pick and melon boats.

She also got a Motts sugar free applesauce with a melon boat and a pick, which you can see in this picture:

After eating she said, "Mom, when I'm big, I'm going to make cute lunches too". I said "Yep, you can make them for your babies when you are big" and she said "And you can have more babies to make them for". Um, no. One thousand times... no. I said "I'm happy making them for the babies I already have". To which she said "But you don't have any babies...." and gave me *the look*. Errr.... right. Cause lord help you if you ever refer to her as a baby!

Bentos from the past...

Robot bento.

The 6 year old loves a good robot. Cheese and lettuce sandwich with pretzel arms, crust mouth and circles cut out of fruit leather for eyes. Strawberries and the rest of the fruit leather speared with robot picks and a few fishy crackers.


Number 3 Bento

Leftover pancakes with jam inside - for the 3 year old (bet you figured that out!) Grapes with animal picks, fishy crackers and bear cereal things from the health food store.

Pirate Bento - dairy free version.

The 3 year old has a dairy allergy. Her pirate sandwich uses red pepper and cucumber peel for the face. Veggies on people picks (she loves those), strawberries with animal picks and some raisins and veggie booty.

Pirate bento.

Pirate sandwich with with a cheese face and cucumber peel and red pepper features. Homemade granola bar (remind me to post the recipe!), strawberries with animal picks, raisins and veggie booty.

Bear Bento

Quick bear sandwiches with raisins and craisins for the eyes and mouth. Strawberries with bear pics. Honey fishy crackers (bears like honey, they do match the theme!) and raisins in a bear cup.

French Toast Bento.

Leftover french toast (breakfast for dinner, yum!) rolled up with jam. Strawberries, whole grain rice cakes and cucumber people.