So I have officially taught 94 students how to play an instrument this week....and it is only Tuesday!!! I'm exhausted!!!  Between the excited students, the squeaky sounds, and the constant chatter and laughter, I'm just about ready for bed at 7:30 tonight.  I made an awesome broccoli-cheddar soup for dinner (that will probably be a part of Cailyn's bento on Thursday), and took time to make "cool lunches" for tomorrow.

Hailey's lunch: Ham and cheese roll-ups, mini pretzels, grape tomatoes, peach yogurt, strawberries and grapes, and two mini Lorna Doone cookies.

For Cailyn, some peach yogurt, diced strawberries, cheese, and baby goldfish.  

Rain rain go away!

What a week this will be if the rain keeps up. How exhausting!  Cailyn has a cold or something again. After listening to her scream from the moment we got home until the minute she went to bed (6:08 to be exact!), I just needed some quiet mommy/Hailey time.  Hailey helped me get together her lunch for tomorrow so we could "do something together without Cailyn's mouth" (HAHA!).

Lunch for Hailey: Half a Soynut Butter and Jelly (cut into rectangles), a Babybel cheese, grapes on some sea creature picks, Cheez-Its, grape tomatoes and baby carrots with a fishie container of ranch, and vnilla pudding with "Fairy Dust." No Bento for Cailyn tomorrow.....daddy is taking her to the doctor yet again.  When will we have a healthy household??

Another weekend gone too quickly!!

This was a busy and tiring weekend!  I hope the week moves just as fast. I want to spend next weekend at home with my kiddos and not run around so much!!

Hailey's lunch for tomorrow: Mini mozzerella cheese flowers, Wheat Thins, cucumber hearts (with a teddy bear container of ranch), strawberries and grapes (with a little fish pick), yogurt, and chocolate goldfish.

I bought some new mealtime items for Cailyn today - including this "sassy" container.  Perfect for "some" of her lunch! ;-)  Cailyn will have some mozzerella cheese, strawberries, applesauce and yogurt.  I'll see how this container works out for tomorrow!!

Bouquet of Flowers

Every day, I arrive at pre-school to find a flower Hailey has selected from the play-yard, just for me. Sometimes the flower is purple because "that's your favorite color." Often, it is some kind of weed.  I know Hailey is taking the time to choose something special for me because she loves me. :)  For tomorrow, I'm sending her some flowers too.

Hailey's lunch: mini flower grilled cheeses (open face) with a ham center and pretzel stems, a bed of raisins, fruit snacks, yogurt with mini flower sprinkles, grape tomatoes (halved) and black olives with a container of ranch. I even stuck in a little turtle pick just for fun.

The lunch really looked yummy in person. I need to take better pictures with my camera phone!!!

Halfway through the week!

Things have been busy, busy, busy!  I'm finally caught up at work, and we are now figuring out Halloween costumes for this year (already!).  Looks like the leading contenders have gone from a horse (for the past 10.5 months) to Dorothy or a bubble bath!!!  Calgon....take me away!

Lunch for Hailey: half a soynut butter and jelly sandwich (minus crusts) cut into squares, whole grain goldfish, heart shaped cheese, carrots, olives, and grape tomatoes with a container of ranch, and chocolate pudding with flower sprinkles.  I should have made this lunch for myself as well!! 

I don't even have any words today.  I'm tired, cranky, and wish it were Friday.  The weather was gorgeous today though....definite plus.

Tomorrow's lunch is a ham and cheese roll up (sliced in half), grape tomatoes and a container of ranch, peaches, cherry yogurt, and a Zebra cake (sliced in halves).

Gingerbread Daddy

Hailey was sad because she coulnd't see Paul tonight or tomorrow morning due to his work schedule.  I told her I'd make daddy in her lunch for tomorrow so she wouldn't be sad anymore.  I know this "daddy" looks nothing like Paul, but I know it will make Hailey smile tomorrow afternoon. :)

I know the photo quality is really poor.  I really need to find a better way to photograph these lunches!!!

Tomorrow's lunch is a "daddy" sandwich (an open face ham and cheese sammy) with a raisin face and buttons, Wheat Thin Stix, mixed berry yogurt, half an apple with a star cutout (I put lemon jiuce on to keep the paple from browning), a container of raisins, and chocolate goldfish.