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Entry #788 – Kelly D.
Just after 8:30am on Monday morning this week, there was a sudden calm in my house. As if time stood still and I could hear every tiny sound in my home. The air-conditioner suddenly sounded louder. The clicking of my computer keyboard was more evident. I could even hear the refrigerator run from time to time. Yes, it was THAT quiet.
These were sounds I hadn’t really heard since the end of May and I’m sitting here at my desk still basking in the delightful silence.
That’s right, it is BACK-TO-SCHOOL time this week!
WoooHoooo!
Giddy like a kid on Christmas, I packed up my three bundles of energy with their new backpacks and lunch bags and sent them on their way to school. Sure, I’ll miss them during the day but it was time for them to go back to school. They needed it. I needed it.
Since I know the kids may not be as excited as I am about back-to-school time, I want to do my part to make their day a little special. Since the same old, boring, packed lunch is nothing to get excited about, I decided to make an effort to switch up things in the lunch boxes. Just trying to do my part since I do feel a little bad about how excited I actually am about them going back!
So, in today’s Baby Gizmo Video I am sharing a few back-to-school lunch ideas from PB&J Sushi to Homemade Trail Mix Granola Bars to help you keep things exciting during school lunch.
*Please note that even though I am a paid spokesperson for Voots® Veggie-Fruit Tarts, all thoughts, opinions and comments are my own.
UPDATE:
We know that back-to-school expenses can be high so we are giving away a $50 Target Gift Card and a Voots® Brand Prize Pack to one lucky winner! I know we can all think of things to get at Target with that gift card, right?!? 🙂
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I like the rollups!
I love the granola bar idea
awake give away!
I love the sandwich sushi idea
Digging the foods in the thermos idea! Soups, pastas, etc.
I love the sandwich sushi! I hope I win!
Homemade granola bars is the best idea I saw. 😀
I love the granola bar idea!!
PB and j sushi!!
granola, homemade!
The pb and j sushi looks awesome. Maybe with sunflower butter since so many schools dont allow peanut butter anymore.
roll ups! such an awesome idea!
Love Target!
Sushi and roll-ups will be a hit here
All great ideas! I have a 6 yr old who’s wanting to take his lunch. I don’t want to pack him junk so this all is so very helpful! Warm thermos check! Freeze the yogurt check! Roll ups check! I can’t pick one! Thanks so much for this video!