Lunch Made Easy: Goodbyn Sandwich Bites

I decided to pack up her lunch in her Goodbyn Bynto for Tuesday (we haven't used in a little while, so I thought she'd like the change up). :)

Snackable: Last Day of School!

Thursday is the last day of school for Little Miss *sniff sniff* ~ It's a half day.
My baby will no longer be a first grader! Bahhh, how did this happen!?!?! ;)

I still have to pack her a snack for the AM like I do every day. The fella is taking her out for a special "daddy/ daughter lunch" after school as a surprise since he'll be the one picking her up. So sweet! All his idea too.

Here's her snack for tomorrow:

Lunch Made Easy: Little Bites for Little Miss

This Mama has had a busy day and my evening after making lunches involves some late night work related duties that came up last minute, so lunches were made rather quickly this evening.

Lunch Made Easy: Smiles & Style

Woohoo! TGIF! :)

Little Miss requested lunch in her Goodbyn Bynto again - I think she just loves the stickers and because it's "something new", lol...

Lunch Made Easy: Sheepish Lunch

Here's the deal - you take the good with the bad. Some ideas are good, some are GREAT, and some... well, are sandwiches with marshmallows all over it.

Lunch Made Easy: MOMables Grilled Frenchman (Gluten & Peanut FREE version)

The great thing about MOMables is you don't have to think. Seriously, because there are some days my brain has completely shut down before I even make it home

All the work is done for you. They give you the ideas, the ingredients, the directions, and you can choose how creative you want to be from there! In our case, also make them gluten and peanut free ~  Fantastic!

Lunch Made Easy: GF Chicken Taco

Day two of gluten and peanut free lunches. :)

Side note: Little Miss had brown rice pasta Mac n' Cheese tonight and ate it like a champ! I wasn't sure how she'd respond since it is a noticeable difference in taste. She did in fact notice but I made it so cheesy I don't think she cared. lol :) Plus she's totally on board with trying new things to help her tummy feel better (LOVE that girl!)

Back to lunch -

Lunch Made Easy: New Gluten Free Adventures

Little Miss had been experiencing chronic stomach aches for a couple months now and I started to think back about other possible "red flags" (randomly throwing up, "bathroom issues", overall tiredness, etc. - usually triggered during or after meal times). So, I started doing some research and asking questions to some of my other allergy mamas and my bento blog buddies.

I had a feeling that it must be an intolerance to something - figuring it had to be gluten or dairy. After doing more analyzing and discussing her signs/ symptoms with the fella, he really felt gluten might be the culprit, as well. So we decided to start a trial for a few weeks to see if by eliminating it from her diet we might see improvement in those above mentioned areas.

Monday's lunch is her first gluten free bento (and as always, nut free):

Lunch Made Easy: Back to Basics

After two over the top bentos Monday & Tuesday, getting back to basics seemed appropriate for Wednesday's lunches. :)

Lunch Made Easy: Fat Tuesday! (Mardi Gras)

Hehe, I'm such a dork - I have seriously been waiting to do this lunch... One of those things where you get a small idea in your head and it just grows from there. :)

Lunch Made Easy: 100th Day of School

Hola mis amigos! I have returned from vacation!
Tanned and relaxed. Today was a whirlwind because we didn't get home until 3:30am so after catching up on some sleep, it mostly involved laundry, last bits of homework for Little Miss, and a trip to the grocery store.
Little Miss did FANTASTIC on her first plane ride. We gave her benadryl before each flight as a precaution against any allergy flare ups (plus wiping down and sterlizing her seat area as best I could). We spent six days in Nuevo Vallarta at an all inclusive resort with trips into Puerto & Viejo Vallarta. A great experience as I've never been to Mexico before - life long memories for Little Miss. Plus we got to see two of our friends get married on the beach. It was beautiful! So glad we went.
Back to reality though. Little Miss returns to school tomorrow (Friday). It's their 100th Day of School PLUS pajama day... great one to come back to, right!? :) Lucky girl!

Lunch Made Easy: Luvin' Lunch

Thursday's lunch is a whole lotta LUV and a whole lotta LUNCH in one fantastic EasyLunchboxes container.

Lunch Made Easy: Pinwheels & Hearts

Thursday's Lunch - woot! That much closer to the weekend!

Lunch Made Easy: Hello Kitty and Other Yummy Stuff

I realized Hello Kitty hadn't made a lunch box appearance in quite some time. She was overdue since she's on the top of "things Little Miss loves" list.

Lunch Made Easy: I Heart Spinach.

In keeping with my hearts I started with Friday's lunch ;) WHICH by the way Little Miss ended up eating AT HOME because she had a Snow Day... not just a snow DAY a snow WEEKEND. We got over 12" of snow at our house. Ugh! At least the roads aren't terrible... now. lol
Oh well, she LOVED it and that's all that matters. :)

Lunch Made Easy: Birds of a Feather

Not gonna lie... when I started making Little Miss's sandwich, I had intended it to be a penguin buuuuuuut it looks more like a bird. So... BIRD IT IS! :)

Tuesday marks 12 days left on the Advent Lunches Christmas Countdown too. Doing the countdown has seriously been the best thing with Little Miss - even though I've made her lunch the night before - she'll wake up and tell ME how many days are left. I love it!