How to Feed a Henry

Henry is on summer break, so I am posting his favorite preschool lunches from the school year. Here are five school lunches that came home without a crumb remaining. These were all packed in his purple BentgoKids lunchbox. *Korean BBQ Pork Jerky, Roasted Teriyaki Seaweed, Dried Berry Medley, Dried Apricots, Hershey's Chocolate Hugs *Peanut Butter Pretzels, Carrot Sticks, Sunflower Butter, Crispy Peas, Cherry Lollipop *Pistachios, Red Pear sprinkled with cinnamon, White Chocolate Mini Kit Kat, Crispy Peas, Dried Cherries *Peanut Butter and Raspberry Jam on Raisin Bread, Apple slices with cinnamon, Freeze Dried Mango slices, Roasted Teriyaki Seaweed, Cola Gummies *Banana Nut Bread, Apple slices with cinnamon, Grape Fruit Leather, Korean BBQ Pork Jerky, Mixed Nuts

Testing out snap peas in the school garden. This week, Henry pa cked four school lunches and purchased one cafeteria lunch . It was his last week of preschool. He is so excited to be a kindergartener now. Henry on his last day of preschool In case you missed the first post in this school lunch series, you can learn more about our family's lunchbox guidelines here .   DAY 1   DAY 1 - WHAT DID HENRY PACK FOR LUNCH? Seasoned Almonds Cherries Provolone Cheese Reese's Peanut Butter Chocolate Candy Salami Apricot Slices Water   DAY 1 - WHAT'S LEFT IN HENRY'S LUNCHBOX   Most of the Almonds Half the Cherries All but one bite of Cheese One Apricot Slice DAY 2     DAY 2 - WHAT DID HENRY PACK FOR LUNCH?  Peanut Butter and Jelly on a Roll Cherries Apricot Ants on a Log Honeydew Melon Small piece of Milk Chocolate Water   DAY 2 - WHAT'S LEFT IN HENRY'S LUNCHBOX One Apricot Slice One piece of Melon He ate the...

This week, Henry pa cked four school lunches and purchased one cafeteria lunch . In case you missed the first post in this school lunch series, you can learn more about our family's lunchbox guidelines here .   DAY 1 DAY 1 - WHAT DID HENRY PACK FOR LUNCH? Fig Bar Smoked Salmon Golden Raisins Apricot Water     DAY 1 - WHAT'S LEFT IN HENRY'S LUNCHBOX   Half the Smoked Salmon DAY 2 DAY 2 - WHAT DID HENRY PACK FOR LUNCH?  Toaster Biscuit with Honey Mixed Nuts Salad with Lettuce, Golden Raisins, Bacon Bits and Sunflower Seeds Carrot Sticks Honey Mustard Dip Water     DAY 2 - WHAT'S LEFT IN HENRY'S LUNCHBOX A little of everything DAY 3 DAY 3 - WHAT DID HENRY PACK FOR LUNCH?  Korean BBQ Pork Jerky Apricot Lemon Cookie Carrot Sticks Water     DAY 3 - WHAT'S LEFT IN HENRY'S LUNCHBOX All the Carrot Sticks DAY 4 DAY 4 - WHAT DID HENRY PACK FOR LUNCH? Henry purchased a cafeteria lunch with a peanu...

This week, Henry pa cked three school lunches and purchased one cafeteria lunch .  With June comes the start of summer produce. Henry picked out cherries and peaches at the grocery story. He was happy to eat them at home, but they did not fare as well in his lunchbox this week. I have noticed that he is eating a lot of protein this week, so another growth spurt may be on the way. In case you missed the first post in this school lunch series, you can learn more about our family's lunchbox guidelines here .   DAY 1   DAY 1 - WHAT DID HENRY PACK FOR LUNCH? Green Onion Blossom Rainier Cherries Smoked Cheddar Cheese Smoked Steelhead Peanut Butter Cookie Water DAY 1 - WHAT'S LEFT IN HENRY'S LUNCHBOX   Most of the Green Onion Blossom One Cherry DAY 2   DAY 2 - WHAT DID HENRY PACK FOR LUNCH?  Peach Peanut Butter and Jelly on Raisin Bread Crispy Peas Butterscotch Candy Water DAY 2 - WHAT'S LEFT IN HENRY'S LUNCHBOX Most of the Pe...

This week, Henry pa cked four school lunches and purchased one cafeteria lunch . Henry's favorite lunchbox this year has been his purple Bentgo Kids container. He chose the color himself. He especially likes all the sections in the box so that he can have lots of different foods at lunch. In January, I even purchased a set of silicone muffin cups so that he would be encouraged to use his Planetbox Shuttle as often with its single divider. The past few weeks, Henry has started to choose his Planetbox Shuttle container first. He no longer wants to use his Bentgo Kids box because his friends say that purple is "not cool." This week he also requested that we not use the pink and purple silicone muffin cups in the Planetbox because those are "girl" colors. Until his fifth birthday, Henry always picked "rainbow" as his favorite color. He loves wearing bright and colorful clothing, especially his purple sweatpants. Now he has decided that red is his ...