Comments on: One last lunch

By: Sunday Brunch Buffet » Teeny Manolo

Sunday Brunch Buffet » Teeny Manolo — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 10:48:43 +0000

[...] Chichimama doesn’t really mourn making that last school lunch… [...]

By: Jody

Jody — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 01:45:09 +0000

Calder packed lunches for camp all last week, because I LOATHE it. Of course, I also loathe my part of the work, which is to empty all the uneaten food (superheated blueberries are SO DEPRESSING) and then clean the 8 million containers (OK, fine, 12 containers plus 3 boxes) plus the two sets of water bottles, and then getting all the ice packs back into the freezer, and freezing some of the water in the bottles but not TOO MUCH water….

Gah. We let/make them eat school lunches every day of the school year. It is TOO MUCH WORK.

Plus, at least that way, I don’t have to know how much of their lunch they’re not eating.

By: lieslf

lieslf — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 01:28:45 +0000

Liam is such a picky eater, and starting in the fall I have to pack his lunch every day, I am sweating it already, so trust me, Chichimama, I feel your pain on packing school lunches. We have a trial run starting next week since he’s going to camp for two weeks, and I’m scrounging for ideas.

But applesauce, bread, and cheese is an option he might actually eat and it could be packed in a lunchbox. I am entirely serious when I say “Thank you” for the idea!

By: A.J.

A.J. — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 21:00:34 +0000

I’m with you, I hate packing lunches! I usually let my kids eat from the cafeteria every Friday, to give myself a break. Eventually, they ended eating virtually the same thing every day because I just can’t be creative 180 days a year.

However, they are now at an age where I only make the sandwich, and they do the rest. My now-middle schooler is going to start doing it all herself in the fall! There definitely are benefits to the kids’ growing up.

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:51:58 +0000

That bread, cheese, applesauce combo is pretty much what Allie would eat every day if I let her!

Since we have half-day kindergarten, I haven’t yet had to pack two lunches a day. I’m sure I’ll be complaining starting mid-September.