Friday, October 8

One of the good things about keeping this kind of daily blog is that you can look back at what you've made and get a sense of whether you're making too much or too little of something. I realize that I've been making a lot of sandwiches. Easy, good cold... but maybe I've gone too far? E did ask for a grilled cheese today, which I made. Not sure how good it will be sitting in his bento box for three hours, but hopefully he likes it.

Anyhow, it can't be worse than yesterday, when I completely blew lunch. I totally forgot that they were going on a field trip to an apple farm. We were told to leave the lunch box at home and brown bag it. And no nuts. So what did I do? I sent him to school with a bento box AND a peanut butter sandwich. Luckily, the teachers put most things in baggies for him, but he said it was too cold at the farm to eat so he pretty much didn't touch anything.

Of course he ate the apple cider donut that the farm gave to them... :-)

• grilled cheese on whole wheat
• hummos
• carrots and sugar snap peas to dip
• grapes, strawberries, and cantaloupe
• water
• morning snack: pretzels and soymilk