The frog prince

My tiny princesses are GIRLY!! They walk girly. They talk girly. They sleep girly. Heck, my littlest tiny princes even stomps away angry in a very girly manor. No joke. When she gets upset with the husband or I she turns around and does the cutest most adorable little, half stomp, half skip thing you have ever seen. It almost makes you forget why you were angry in the first place. You can only imagine that my poor sweet husband gets his fair share of all things pink and pretty. When the tiny princesses asked me yesterday if Daddy would get a “princess-ified” lunch, I decided to take a different approach. ♥

In the large section of an EasyLunchbox he had, a frog shaped PB&J, (cut with our sand-wishes lunchpunch) some smaller stamped circle sandwiches,  cheese with pink frog pick, few pieces of a beef stick on heart skewers, and some letter cheese crackers to spell K-I-S-S M-E. The top smaller section has some roasted edemene and the lower section has an EasyLunchbox mini dipper of applesauce.

Some things I used to make this lunch…

What is it Wed., lost puppies, lots of tears, lots of lunches, and happy endings!

Lots to post today so I’m going to try to keep it simple and short! (yeah, right! When have I ever kept anything short?)
So, did you all see the “What is it Wednesday?” picture on the TPLB fb page? If not, or if you need a refresher, here is the picture….

What do you think it is? Keep reading to find out.( Answer is at the bottom of the post.)

Now onto some lunches….

These may not be in the exact order they were received as a couple of them contain my what is it Wednesday item. I don’t want to give it away too quick!

Tiny princess K’s lunch with inner container lids off. 11/2/12

Here’s what she had…

• Ritz crackers in a silicone flower cup
• 2 sandwich cookies in a square silicone cup. Yes, these cookies are very unhealthy, though they are true weakness for everyone of my family members and every now and then Grandma sends them home with the girls. :) Who am I do deny a treat from Grandma?
• Star Colby cheese slices in silicone heart cup
• Fruit snacks of the unhealthy variety
• Organic Vanilla yogurt with crown and glass slipper sprinkles
• Veggie straws in dollar store container
• Packed in Yubo lunchboxes

Tiny princess A’s lunch with all inner container lids on. Plus a lunch box love note! (A had the same as K)

And here is my my sweet husband’s lunch from the same day. It’s pretty self explanatory. ;) and boring!

Packed in an easylunchbox

Tiny princess A and K’s lunch 11/6/12 both the same one minor difference.

inner container lids off

inner  container lids on

Here is what they had…

• Pretzels with cream chesse
• Chicken sandwich stack. Hold the cheese for A.
• M&M’s
• Brown Cow Maple Yogurt
• Fortune cookie
• Gerber Graduates Veggie puffs
• Packed in Easylunchboxes

Here is my husband’s lunch from today. Which explains my lost dog and happy ending title. Long story short our sweet pooch AKA #thebestdogever came up missing Sunday night. We were all devastated. He is home now safe and sound so all is right with the world. The tiny princesses of course had chicken sandwich day at school, but I just couldn’t resist this pup themed lunch for my guy!

Sorry for the even worse than usual photo quality…. oh and the water spots on our planet box….. #awkward

Here’s what he had…

• Mini cheddar rice cakes
• Colby cheese cubed
• 2 little dippers of apple sauce…. cause one is just not enough.
• Candy bones
• Granola bar
• a few veggie straws
• Dog in house chicken and cheese sandwich

Finally on to What is it Wednesday!!!!

Here is a photo of the first lunch in which it was featured.  11/1/12 (a no school day for my princesses)

Can you tell what it is yet? Still kinda looks like a Jelly Donut, doesn’t it?
Here is what they had…

• Green Beans
• M&M’s (remember this was an at home lunch… don’t worry there was no mixing of the green bean juice with the yummy candy!
• Cinnamon applesauce
• Organic french vanilla yogurt
• Pretzel sticks……….

And…. A Peanut Butter And Jelly Biscuit! YUM!!

hold the Jelly for A

Here is what you need and how we made them

• 1 package of pillsbury  Grand biscuits.
• Peanut Butter
• Jelly

Preheat your oven according to the directions on the biscuit package. Open up your biscuits and separate each one at the middle to form two pieces. Set one half aside  and one half on a baking sheet. Add about 1 table spoon of peanut butter to each half that is on the baking sheet. Replace the half you set aside to each one of your peanut butter halves. Crimp the edges to seal and form just one biscuit again. Use your thumb or rounded spoon to create an intent on the top of each biscuit. Leave some alone if you have a jelly hater like me. ;) Add just enough jelly to fill the hole. Baked as directed on biscuit package. If you want to fake people into believing these are Jelly donuts you can add a glaze. (just a mixture of powdered sugar and milk) Then top with sprinkles and a dusting of powdered sugar. :)

We also had these in Monday’s lunch 11/5/12. My pictures are bad cause the batteries in my speedlite died, but you can see the insides a little better in these photos since I halved them to fit better in our Goodbyn Byntos.

Both girls enjoyed basically the same items. K got purple nerds and A got pink nerds…. oh and of course no jelly for A!

Here’s what they had…

• Organic vanilla yogurt
• Peanut butter and jelly biscuit hold the jelly for A
• Green beans
• Mini cheddar rice cakes
• Frit puffs
• Nerds
• Roasted sunflower seeds with a few chocolate covered ones on top for color.

So, did you guess correctly? I’d love to hear some of your guesses. Feel free to leave them in the comments section!

Some things used to make these lunches

Halloween Wrap Up

Well, I’m finally getting around to posting our last few lunches. Life got hectic really fast, and thought I’ve still been making lunches, it’s been hard to find the time to blog about them. :)
So, here we go!

Tiny princess A’s lunch 10/29/12

Here’s what she had…

• Halloween shaped pretzels with decorative ghost candy. (My girls don’t like to eat these so they are included solely as a decoration)
• Cream cheese for pretzel dipping and bagel spreading
• Half of a bagel
• Mott’s Medleys fruit snacks
• A few Skittles candies…. taste the rainbow!
• Vanilla yogurt with Halloween sprinkles
• Carrots and ranch

Tiny princess K’s lunch 10/29/12

Here’s what she had…

• Halloween shaped pretzels
• Half a bagel
• Cream cheese for pretzel dipping and bagel spreading
• Applesauce with vampire teeth and sprinkles
• Vanilla yogurt with sprinkles
• Veggie chips

Tiny princess A’s lunch 10/31/12

Here’s what she had…

• Carrots with spider ring. Container to the right of the silicone spider cup holds ranch for dipping.
• Silicone spider cup with string cheese worms
• Creepy vampire cream cheese bagel. Complete with candy eyes and taffy tongue.
• 1 lone chocolate eye
• Mott’s Medleys peach applesauce
• Ritz crackers
• Half of a granola bar
• Vanilla Yogurt with Halloween sprinkles

Tiny princess K’s lunch with inner container lids on 10/31/12 (here lunch contained the same items as A’s.

Both packed in our Easylunchboxes. I love these lunchboxes! They are really just perfect, but one of the main things I love about them is that even with the lid on them you can get a glimpse of the lunch. Check out this awesome picture with the top lid on of tiny princess K’s lunch! ((LOVE IT))

I also made my sweet husband a Halloween lunch in an Easylunchbox!

Here’s what he had…

• One bat and two cat peanut butter and Jelly sandwiches
• Oyster crackers in dollar store coffin container. (3 for a dollar. each contained candy to start)
• Small silicone cup with spreadable butter for crackers
• Lots of chocolate eyes
• A few cheese puffs
• Granola bar halved
• Applesauce

An easy lunch in an Easy Lunch Box and some fun with the Goodbyn Original!

We got some fun new lunch things in the mail yesterday and I was soooo excited to use them in today’s lunches!

First up is a SUPER easy lunch in an AWESOME Easy Lunch Box! Easy Lunch boxes are ALL OVER the Bento blog world. After seeing all the rave reviews and awesome lunch pictures using Easy Lunch Boxes I knew I had to try them out myself. This is of course my first lunch using them, but from what I’ve seen so far they will not disappoint!! But, don’t take my word for it. Check them out for yourself HERE.
Here is my sweet husband’s easy lunch in an Easy Lunchbox

Tim’s lunch 10/18/12

Here is what he had

• Mott’s Medleys cherry berry applesauce
• S’mores trail mix
• Mott’s Medleys all natural fruit snacks
• Pretzel twists
• Homemade pizza pocket made with a sandwich maker
• An Easy Lunch Box Mini Dipper with French Vanilla yogurt

So, it’s not a super cute lunch and I know this sounds cliché, but it really was…. well, “easy” to pack lunch in this Easy Lunch Box! You’ve got to check them out!

Now, on to the Goodbyn Original…..  These puppies are soooo cool! And sooooo BIG!! These most likely will be used mostly for dance night dinners, but my girls insisted taking them to school today. I mean for goodness sake they spent the whole afternoon after school decorating them with the adorable whimsical stickers that came with them! :o)

 

I guess the secret is finally out. Tiny princess A is AKA Allison and tiny princess K is AKA Karsyn. ;)

As far as I know these things are pretty hard to come by anymore. Goodbyn no longer sells them, but have replaced them with their much smaller, yet equally awesome counterpart the Goodbyn Bynto. (which we also own). I was able to score ours at a website called Raspberry Kids. They have some really awesome things and fantastic customer service! Check out the website HERE.

Now, today’s lunches. Make your own pizza revisited. Same meal. A few extra. A SUPER awesome new lunch box!

Tiny princess A and K’s lunch inner container lids off 10/18/12

Here’s what they had…

• Goldfish bread for pizza crust
• Brown Cow maple yogurt
• Vanilla wafer cookies
• 100% grape juice in drink bottle
• Carrots with ranch in small sauce cup
• Shredded mozzarella, pizza sauce, and turkey pepperoni for toppings
• Mott’s Medleys fruit snacks

Here’s how the lunches looked with the inner container lids on.

Here are some things I used to make these lunches