100805 Friday: Gretta's lunch for art class

Top:  Whole wheat waffles (made with cane sugar) with container of maple syrup for dipping
Bottom:  Clementine orange, pickles, cheese sandwich in shape of a dolphin swimming in a sea of medjul dates
Right:  White rice under "bouquet" of peppers (stems = green, flowers = red, orange, yellow) accompanied by packet of duck sauce

100804 Thursday: Abigail, Emily, Gretta's lunches for art/pottery class

Abigail's lunch:




Top:  Medjul dates, large portion cheddar cheese cubes with (reusable) heart toothpick, corn on the cob

Bottom:  Clementine orange, cherry red tomatoes from our garden, green peppers, dolphin-shaped cheese sandwich, red silicone mini-heart with tuna salad topped with pickle-shaped teddy bear (mustard seed eyes), pink silicone mini-heart with licorice candy bits

Right:  Watermelon with (reusable) elephant fork



Emily's lunch:




Top left:  Medjul dates, medium-sized portion cheddar cheese cubes with (reusable) heart toothpick, corn on the cob

Bottom left:  Clementine orange, carrots, green peppers, dolphin-shaped cheese sandwich, red silicone mini-heart with tuna salad topped with pickle-shaped teddy bear (mustard seed eyes), pink silicone mini-heart with licorice candy bits

Top right:  Watermelon with (reusable) elephant fork

Bottom right:  Plain pasta "salad"

Gretta's lunch:

Top:  Medjul dates, small portion cheddar cheese cubes with (reusable) heart toothpick, corn on the cob

Bottom left:  Clementine orange, cherry red and yellow pear tomatoes from our garden, green peppers, dolphin-shaped cheese sandwich, red silicone mini-heart with tuna salad topped with pickle-shaped teddy bear (mustard seed eyes), pink silicone mini-heart with licorice candy bits

Right:  Watermelon with (reusable) elephant fork

100803 Wednesday: Abigail, Emily, and Gretta's lunches for art/pottery class

For most of the summer, I made lunches only for my youngest daughter, Gretta (aged 6), because the older girls wanted to make their own.  
Sometime in the middle of the summer, we acquired a bunch of "kawaii" (cute) bento supplies.  
Then, suddenly, two of the older girls (aged 12 and 10) wanted me to make lunches for them, too.  That lasted about three weeks, until they decided that menu autonomy was worth their own effort.   (Eldest two children (aged 18 and 14) were unwilling to give up control for a single day.)
For those few weeks, the kitchen counter was an assembly line.   

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Abigail's lunch:






Top left:  Bag of leftover pizza (made by my husband for dinner)
Bottom left:  Dill pickles, Clementine orange, cherries, Cinnamon Harvest Kashi cereal
Top right: Watermelon with (reusable) lion mini fork
Bottom right: Cherry red tomatoes from our garden, dried cranberries, No-Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies





Emily's lunch:





Top left:  Cheese sandwich shaped like Hello Kitty (with cheese eyes and dried cranberry nose), No-Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies
Bottom left:  Dill pickles, apricot, cherries, Cinnamon Harvest Kashi cereal
Top right: Watermelon with (reusable) lion mini fork
Bottom right: White rice ball in frog-shaped silicone cup, dried cranberries, croutons in dried-out and reused tea bag (closed with plastic bread-bag-closer)

Gretta's lunch:


Top left:  Cheese sandwich shaped like Hello Kitty (with cheese eyes and dried cranberry nose), red cherry and yellow pear tomatoes from our garden, No-Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies
Bottom left:  Dill pickles, Clementine orange, cherries, Cinnamon Harvest Kashi cereal
Top right: Watermelon with (reusable) lion mini fork
Bottom right: White rice ball in frog-shaped silicone cup, dried cranberries, croutons in dried-out and reused tea bag (closed with plastic bread-bag-closer)