How to Feed a Henry

Henry pa cked 5 days of school lunches this week . H is lunches had highs and lows. On Monday, he ate a cookie and a pistachio. On Friday, h e devoured everything in his lunch box. Now , he is off from school for two weeks of winter break.  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? Snowman Christmas Cookie Pear spr inkled with cinnamon Pepper Jack Cheese Blueberries Pistachios Wate r DAY 1 - WHAT'S LEFT IN HENRY'S LUNCHBOX ? All the Pear All but one bite of Cheese All the Blue berries All but one Pistachio    DAY 2   DAY 2 - WHAT DID HENRY PACK FOR LUNCH? Carrot Sticks Blueberries Almonds Chi ckpea and Delicata Squash Cu rry Wate r DAY 2 - WHAT'S LEFT IN HENRY'S LUNCHBOX   All the Carrots Half the Blueberries Half the Almonds Two-thirds of the C urry DAY 3 DAY 3 - WHAT DID HENRY PACK FOR...

Only 3 days of school lunches this week . Henry had a cold so he stayed home for a couple of days with warm soup and cold popsic les. As part of being sick, h is appetite was much smaller than usual. 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? Apple slices sprinkled with cinnamon Gingerbread Korean Barbecue Pork Jerky Carrot s Sunflower B utter Wate r DAY 1 - WHAT'S LEFT IN HENRY'S LUNCHBOX ? All but one slice of A pple Half the Gingerbread A bite of Jerky Three Carrot sticks   DAY 2 DAY 2 - WHAT DID HENRY PACK FOR LUNCH? Ants o n a L og (celery, peanut butter, raisins) Fruit Gu mmies Pis tachios Banana C hips Wate r DAY 2 - WHAT'S LEFT IN HENRY'S LUNCHBOX All of the Ants on a Log Two Fruit Gummies Half the Pistachios Three Banana Chips    DAY 3 DAY 3 - WHAT DID HENRY PACK FOR LUNCH? Oatmea...

This week Henry packed 4 days of school lunches .    For December, our family is doing a kindness advent calendar . Each morning we find out a secret kindness mission for the day and talk about the experience at dinner . I put together a version that fits our family with kid-friendly ideas from several sources . We're calling them "secret kindness missions" since it gives Henry a sense that he has a special job (like a secret agent). On DAY 4 (December 1), I used Henry's lunchbox note to remind him about this new December routine. I read him the note before school so that he would know what it said. His kindness activity f or the first day was to give both of his teachers a compliment. During breakfast, we role played a few things that he could say. At dinner, he reported back that his mission was accomplished . He is already excited about what comes next! In case you missed the first post in this school lunch series, you can learn more about our ...