How to Feed a Henry

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 ...

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? Apples with Cinnamon Blueberries Hershey's Chocolate Hugs Smoked Cheddar Cheese Salami    Water DAY 1 - WHAT'S LEFT IN HENRY'S LUNCHBOX   Nothing DAY 2 DAY 2 - WHAT DID HENRY PACK FOR LUNCH? Henry purchased a cafeteria lunch with yogurt, banana, raisins and chocolate milk DAY 3 DAY 3 - WHAT DID HENRY PACK FOR LUNCH? Blueberries Sliced Radish and Carrot Sticks Peanut Butter Granola Bar Korean BBQ Pork Jerky Water DAY 3 - WHAT'S LEFT IN HENRY'S LUNCHBOX   Half the Blueberries Most of the Radishes and Carrots DAY 4   DAY 4 - WHAT DID HENRY PACK FOR LUNCH?  Peanut Butter and Jelly on Sourdough Bread Cracker Jack Popcorn Crispy Beans Blueberr...

This week, Henry pa cked four school lunches and purchased one cafeteria lunch . He used his Thermos container for hot spaghetti on Friday. 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? Fruit Gummies Banana Chips Peanut Butter and Jelly on a Brioche Roll Crispy Peas     Water   DAY 1 - WHAT'S LEFT IN HENRY'S LUNCHBOX   Nothing DAY 2     DAY 2 - WHAT DID HENRY PACK FOR LUNCH? Roasted Teriyaki Seaweed Korean BBQ Pork Jerky Dried Berry Medley Dried Apricots Hershey's Chocolate Hugs Water DAY 2 - WHAT'S LEFT IN HENRY'S LUNCHBOX   One Dried Strawberry DAY 3   DAY 3 - WHAT DID HENRY PACK FOR LUNCH?  Raisins Fruit Gummies Crispy Peas Havarti Cheese Peanut Butter and Jelly on a Brioche Roll Water DAY 3 - WHAT'S LEFT IN HENRY'S LUNCHBOX Half the Rais...

This week, Henry pa cked three 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? Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich on Chocolate Sourdough Bread Ants on a Log Apple Slices Dried Apricots Cherry Heart Gummy Water   DAY 1 - WHAT'S LEFT IN HENRY'S LUNCHBOX   One Celery Stick DAY 2 DAY 2 - WHAT DID HENRY PACK FOR LUNCH? Crispy Peas Dried Cherries Sourdough Roll with Salami and Pepperjack Cheese Fruit Punch Lollipop Water     DAY 2 - WHAT'S LEFT IN HENRY'S LUNCHBOX   Half the Crispy Peas A small piece of Sourdough Roll with Salami Most of the Pepperjack Cheese DAY 3   DAY 3 - WHAT DID HENRY PACK FOR LUNCH?  Henry purchased a cafeteria lunch with macaroni and cheese , banana, and chocolate milk . DAY 4     DAY...