Skip to main content

Henry's Lunchbox - The Purple Lunchbox

This week, Henry packed 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 favorite because it is the first choice of the other boys at school. He does not want anything that has pink or purple if he can avoid it. 

We've had several discussions about how colors are not for boys or girls. Our state university sports teams proudly wear purple and Daddy has several purple shirts. We've tried to reinforce that he can choose to like things even when his friends don't like the same things.

On Friday evening, he confided that he actually still does like purple but he asked us not to tell the other boys at school since he was afraid they might not want to be friends if they found out. I feel sad that he is not confident enough to stick up for his own opinions and preferences at school, but we will keep supporting his color choices however he may choose to express himself. 

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?
Henry purchased a cafeteria lunch with ham and cheese sandwich, banana, sour lemon raisins and chocolate milk. He reported that the lemon raisins and chocolate milk did not taste good together, but the raisins were so good that he ate "a hundred" of them.

DAY 2 
 
DAY 2 - WHAT DID HENRY PACK FOR LUNCH?
Blueberries
Apricot
Pretzel Roll
Salami
Cherry Tootsie Pop
Water


DAY 2 - WHAT'S LEFT IN HENRY'S LUNCHBOX 
Half the Blueberries

DAY 3
 
DAY 3 - WHAT DID HENRY PACK FOR LUNCH?
Henry and I shared a brown bag lunch for his school field trip to the zoo. 
Pirate Booty
Apricots
Peanut Butter Granola Bar
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Freeze Dried Mangoes

DAY 4
 
DAY 4 - WHAT DID HENRY PACK FOR LUNCH? 
Pepper Jack Cheese
Blueberries
Strawberry
Pretzel Roll
Watermelon Taffy
Water

 
DAY 4 - WHAT'S LEFT IN HENRY'S LUNCHBOX
A few Blueberries
 
DAY 5 


DAY 5 - WHAT DID HENRY PACK FOR LUNCH?
Lemon Blackberry Muffin
Carrot Sticks
Apricot
Pepperjack Cheese
Peanut Butter
Water


DAY 5 - WHAT'S LEFT IN HENRY'S LUNCHBOX 
Three bites of Carrot
One cube of Pepperjack Cheese
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The Baby-Led Weaning Cookbook

UPDATE (10/2/12): Unfortunately, I did not hear back from our original winner. Congratulations to our alternate winner for "The Baby-Led Weaning Cookbook" -- Robin Pfefer. UPDATE (9/29/12): I am happy to announce that Kashia Clopper is the winner of "The Baby-Led Weaning Cookbook". When I was first thinking about using the Baby-Led Weaning (BLW) model for Henry, I was unsure about whether it would really work. I was excited about BLW’s claims of less stressful meals that the whole family could share together. Plus, I was all for encouraging Henry to gain new skills by learning about the shapes, textures, colors, smells and flavors of food. This sounded ideal in theory, but would it work in practice? After some fun but ineffective attempts at letting Henry feed himself, I went in search of resources to learn more about BLW. I needed to learn how to prepare meals for our family in which Henry could participate. That’s when I found “ The Baby-Led ...
16 comments
Read more

Do Your Kids Eat Everything?

UPDATE (3/15/2013): Congratulations to Kia as the random drawing winner in this giveaway! Thank you to all those who entered this contest.  Before we began our food adventure with Henry, Daddy and I had many conversations about how to encourage Henry to become “a good eater.” After watching other parents constantly struggle with their toddlers, we wanted to know if there was anything we could do from the start to prevent picky eating. That’s when we read “ French Kids Eat Everything ” by Karen Le Billon . The book is an easy and enjoyable read about the year that Karen’s family spent in France and how it changed the way her family eats. The heart of the book explores the 10 French Food Rules for raising happy, healthy eaters. “French Kids Eat Everything” sparked numerous discussions at our dinner table about how our family eats. We have become more conscious of our assumptions about food and how that will influence Henry’s understanding of mealtimes. In addition,...
17 comments
Read more

Tuesday Tip for Picky Eaters: Set a good example

This week’s Tuesday Tip for Picky Eaters: Set a good example. As parents, we are the first role models for Henry. He will learn from our example, so Daddy and I need to eat our fruits and vegetables too. I am not a big fan of mango, but I let Henry watch me eat it with a smile on my face. Then he wants to try some mango too. Henry is more likely to eat fruits and vegetables when he sees Mommy and Daddy eat them too. A recent study confirmed that when parents lead by example their children have a more nutritious diet. The best way to inspire healthy eating habits is to demonstrate them first-hand to your children. Another study found that when parents ate an extra serving of fruit or vegetables each day, their child ate an additional half serving. Yes, it is important to talk with kids about food. But don’t just tell your child to eat their vegetables, let them see you eating a balanced meal that includes plenty of fruits and veggies. It may not always seem like it,...
3 comments
Read more