Happy Little Dino and Happy Little Rainbow Lunch, plus I do feed the other kids--I swear!

This lunch:
packed in an EasyLunchbox container
pb&honey on whole wheat cut with a double dino sandwich cutter
Thousand Island dressing
raw green beans
cantaloupe with a dino pick
yogurt tube

This lunch:

packed in a rectangle Lock & Lock

pb&honey circle pockets made with a mini-pie pop press

raw green beans

Ranch dressing

homemade applesauce

yogurt tube

spork

Well, it looks like I may enjoy using those lids after all.  I did a little water test over my sink and despite vigorous shaking, they didn't appear to leak!  This is huge news!  I thought they were just extra plastic parts but it appears that they will serve a fantastic purpose.  I've been looking for a leakproof container for quite some time now and haven't been thrilled with what I've purchased in the past.  Oh happy day.

You'll see I packed the dips for the green beans in little disposable containers.  We have some cute reusable dip containers but there is just a special kind of yuck involved in cleaning them out.  One day it dawned on me to use disposable and I haven't really looked back.  Our lunches are so green most of the time I allow for this little bit of trash now and then.  A little sticker on top cutes it up a bit.

This lunch:

packed in a rectangle Lock & Lock

tuna salad

tortilla boats

pretzel sticks

apple slices

cantaloupe

spork

Not quite as fun but still worth mentioning are my other two lunch eaters!  We have a precious little toddler with us through foster care and a 7th grade son.  I swear I do feed them ;) but their lunches aren't quite as fun so haven't posted before.  Andrew's cantaloupe is packed in a "leakproof" container that I purchased last year.  I'll put wet-ish things in there but that's about it.  The seal is stronger than a normal food storage container but not to where I'd trust it with anything leaky.  Did you notice the sporks I packed?  Cool, right?!  We've used these for the last several years and they've worked great.  My kids often choose them for eating regular meals at home too.  (And they tell me that other kids at school always comment that their sporks are cool.  Not that I'm trying to be cool but...you know...I'll take the Mom Points where I can get them.)  ;)  

Andrew's lunch is maybe a little bigger today than what I'd normally pack him.  He is an athlete and his appetite lately with fall sports starting is HUGE.  I'd rather fill him up with healthy food while I can or he'll come home from school famished and seek out junk.  My kids are pretty healthy eaters in general but school is my favorite place to get healthy food into them because they're my captive audience there.  There literally is no other food to eat.  There go my Mom Points.  ;)

This lunch:

packed in a Dory container from Dollar Tree

pb&honey scraps cut into toddler size bites

cantaloupe in a silicone flower cupcake liner 

homemade applesauce in a plastic cup

Little Lady was soooo cute eating this lunch.  She's newly turned two.  

She said, "ALLLL-most!  ALL-most ALL gone." 

Just one of the things you can do with the scraps left from cutting sandwiches is to feed them to your toddler.  I got this little Dory container at Dollar Tree!  Isn't it darling?  And the plastic has a nice hard feel.  A dollar well spent.  I just pack a little bento for her after I pack the big kids' lunches.  See the little doggie fork?  That's the type that's included in the giveaway.  If you'd like to have some of your very own be sure to enter before Sunday, Sept. 11!  See below for details.

And now a reminder about my very first GIVEAWAY!!!  Who would like to enter to win a 4 piece set of sandwich/cookie cutters AND an adorable set of animal bento forks???   You know you do!!!  There are two things I am asking from you in order to enter: 

1) Go to the fb page for Happy Little Lunch and make sure you have "liked" my page.

2) Find the post there that links to the Back to School 2.0 lunches blog post and make a comment.  I'll be drawing a name from the comments on that fb post so please make sure to leave a comment on that fb post if you'd like to be entered!  

The drawing will take place on Sunday, Sept. 11.  Thanks for reading and Good Luck!!!  

As a reminder or for new readers, I get a very small percentage of anything purchased through these links and I will donate 100% of this to charities related to foster care.  You can click on the links to purchase those items.  If you click my links here and search around and find other things to buy I (ahem, kiddos in foster care) will receive the percentage on anything you buy that day and not just the items in the link!  So thanks!!!