Monday, September 24, 2012

Early Bird Catches the Worm Bento on Muffin Tin Monday

Last week I taught Pierce about the meaning of the saying "the early bird catches the worm".  And then he found it represented in his lunch box.
Pierce had some cheese crackers in a spider muffin cup, an apple banana crusher (my parents brought these back for the boys from a recent trip to Trader Joes - the boys love them!), an open faced cheese bird sandwich, a gummy worm, and some roasted seaweed.  Yes, my boys (and I) enjoy the roasted seaweed as a snack.  Shocking!

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28 comments:

Anonymous said...

Very creative lunch! I love to shop at Trader Joe's.
Enjoy your day.
Mildred

andy said...

Love it! Have a great start to your week

Sunnybrook Farm said...

A good way to start off the week!

Heather said...

Very cool! I love that you are giving your kids roasted seaweed! I put dulse flakes on the kids salads, and they don't notice it, but I haven't ever attempted larger pieces :-) I wish that we had a Trader Joes local to us...but we don't :-)

Unknown said...

Yum! The worm looks delicious!

Jill said...

That is adorable!

Oh Lisa...three weeks ago I tried the seaweed. I not have to ask...HOW can you eat that stuff??????? ;)

Tiggeriffic said...

I found the crushers at Wallmart.. Ben loves them.. He can't seem to get them opened when I put them in his lunch. So he always gets help.I love the open face cheese chicken sandwich. I love Muffin Tin MOndays..you are such a great mom..
ta ta for now from Iowa:)

Buttons Thoughts said...

Seaweed and worms what could be better than that:) B

Eat To Live said...

How cute!! I love the chick wiht the worm.

I found roasted sea weed at wholefoods last year when we were in Las Vegas. I do eat seaweed in sushi (cooked shusi), but the flavoring on the seaweed I bought wasn't very good.

TexWisGirl said...

you're too cute. :)

Tina Fariss Barbour said...

So creative! You are surely a food artist.

Do you roast the seaweed yourself or do you buy it like that?

Sharon Wagner said...

Fun, fun, fun. What a creative Mom you are. I don't have kids. But this makes me want to pack my cats a funny lunch like that. I suppose I would have to pack a real bird in the lunch box. I better hold off on that idea.

Gail Dixon said...

You have a creative way of making lunches enticing for your boys! Even seaweed!

Are We There Yet! said...

The worm looks like one my Husband used to use for fishing. Very cute lunch!!

Unknown said...

Haha! So cute! (And three cheers for roasted seaweed! Yum!)

The Cranky said...

What a fun lunch!

Barbara said...

I love it! Can you believe I didn't see the worm at first?

Chatty Crone said...

You are so lucky your kidlets eat that good.

Sonya @ Under the Desert Sky said...

I love all the cute lunches you make for your boys! That seaweed is tasty!

Liz Mays said...

That is just the cutest set-up!

EG CameraGirl said...

Your boys are sooo lucky! ;)

Michelle said...

Such a cute bird and worm!

Mary said...

Your muffin monday has such cute items. I love the cheese chicken...hahaha....happy Monday.

Nancy said...

He'll remember that saying now whenever he eats red licorice. :)

An Apel a Day said...

That's so cute! I want to eat it.

Sandy said...

Love the bird. It doesn't surprise me that you and the boys love roasted seaweed.

Grandma Bonnie said...

Roasted sounds good. I like the Rooster sandwich.

Angela said...

Too cute! Love the early bird!