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Henry's Lunchbox - Week 10

This week Henry packed 4 days of school lunches. He used his hot lunch thermos for baked beans. 

Midweek Henry asked me to start sending notes in his lunchbox. Another child in his class gets a friendly note from his dad every day and he asked me if I could send notes too. With a quick internet search, I found several cute and free printable lunch note templates. I printed out a few sets that I think will work well for a preschooler who is not yet reading. I'm not sure that I will remember to send them every day, but he was excited to see one taped to his lunchbox.
 

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?
Honeydew Melon
Strawberry Pecan Bread (homeade)
Turkey Summer Sausage
Pepperjack Cheese, 5 pieces
Mixed Nuts
Water

DAY 1 - WHAT'S LEFT IN HENRY'S LUNCHBOX?

All the melon
A few crumbs of Strawberry Pecan Bread
Pepperjack Cheese, 2 pieces

 DAY 2

DAY 2 - WHAT DID HENRY PACK FOR LUNCH?
Baked Beans, in the Thermos Funtainer
Apple slices sprinkled with cinnamon
Strawberry Pancakes with dried fruit face
Water

DAY 2 - WHAT'S LEFT IN HENRY'S LUNCHBOX

A few bites of Baked Beans
Most of the Strawberry Pancakes
  
DAY 3

DAY 3 - WHAT DID HENRY PACK FOR LUNCH? 
Dinner Roll
Farmer's Cheese
Carrot Sticks
Turkey Summer Sausage 
Honeydew Melon
Bertie Botts Jelly Beans - he thinks the unusual flavors are hilarious
Water

DAY 3 - WHAT'S LEFT IN HENRY'S LUNCHBOX

Half the Cheese
Half the Carrots
All the Melon
Most of the Jelly Beans

DAY 4

DAY 4 - WHAT DID HENRY PACK FOR LUNCH?
Dinner Roll with almond butter and cherry jam
Dinner Roll with nutella
Freeze-Dried Mango Slices
Roasted Delicata Squash slices with cinnamon
Milk Duds (from his Halloween candy stash) 
Water    

DAY 4 - WHAT'S LEFT IN HENRY'S LUNCHBOX

All the Squash - although he really liked this dish at dinner the night before, he said it did not taste yummy as cold lunch leftovers.

Do you send notes with your child's lunchbox?
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