The Lunchtime Adventures of Tiny Bee!

Our Tiny Bee is five years old. She loves ballet, the colors pink and purple, bounce houses, and practicing kindergarten skills. When she grows up she wants to be a Museum Curator.

This year she attends preschool two days a week and will be starting kindergarten in the fall.
For each school day we pack healthy bento style lunches, with lots of fruits and veggies! I always knew that I would pack bento lunches for her, and when the time came I did a lot of research. How much total to pack, what to pack and how to make each lunch cute and attractive were all things I wanted to know. I found several sources that helped with parts of those questions. And then I pieced together a basic knowledge of how to bento.

I still haven't quite mastered the "how much to pack" part, but we're getting there. A food she'll gobble up one day, might go untouched the next. I tend to pack a little extra to makes sure she gets enough to eat.

This year, her school also has some food group requirements for packed lunch that we will be adhering to:

• Six fluid ounces of milk or juice
• One ounce of meat/beans
• Two ounces of grains
• One cup of vegetables
• One cup of fruits