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Now that my boys are in school I try to make their lunches special too. We make a special trip to the grocery store each week to pick out their favorite healthy treats to put inside their lunch boxes. There is nothing like being excited to pop open those lunch boxes when the bell rings. Both of my boys love to draw and create artwork so I will sometimes draw silly pictures to tuck inside their lunches so they can laugh at what a horrible artist Mom is! On special occasions, I LOVE popping in during lunch to eat with the boys and their friends. They know when I come eat lunch with them that I usually bring some homemade cookies with me to share 🙂 I hope that these little things will create memories for my boys just like my mom did for me 🙂
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My mom let me go to the store with her and pick out things I wanted for my lunch.
My mom would prepare my lunch daily -when I was little, I hated eating vegetables. So she made “special burgers” where she mixed diced veggies (carrots, potatoes, celery) and added egg, beef and flour. She made it really nice that I actually started eating vegetables since then. I still crave for those “special burgers” even as an adult 🙂
We never took lunch to school. But when my son needs a lunch – I cut out the sandwiches in little shapes – he loves that!
I can only remember a few times my mom left a note in my lunch, but I loved it when she did!
My sister is 9 years older than me and she would make my lunch and she would cover the bag with stickers. She did the same thing with her children years later.
My kids have always loved the little notes or jokes that I stuck in their lunches!
Now they’re bigger and attend my school. Both of my teen girls come to my classroom each day and join me for lunch.
It’s like we’re out and about on a girls day out!
I cherish these new memories…..my oldest is in college and this coming year I’ll have a senior & soph in high school.
TIME FLIES!!
My Mom always used to put handwritten notes in with my lunch. It was always such a fun surprise to find them.
My kid will be starting preschool this year. Since he can’t read yet, little notes are out, but I do plan to make things with him that I can then put in his lunch.
My baby is only 9 months old, but when I start packing her lunch I can’t wait to leave her little notes and packing little sweet surprises 🙂
My Mom used to cut my sandwiches in squares or triangles. (It was a big thing to have your sandwich cut that way!)
To make my daughters lunch special, I leave her “lunchbox notes”. And I also let her decide what she would like to bring for sandwich, fruit and snack.
(search “lunch box notes” to find free printables!I would list names of sites where you can get them, but don’t have it at my finger tips at the moment)
My mom would go out of her way to put something “special” and unexpected in my lunch. Sometimes it was a homemade cookie, a leftover piece of birthday cake, or my favorite snack I didn’t know she had bought. When I poured out my lunch from the brown paper bag and saw something “different” fall onto the cafeteria table, I couldn’t help but feel my mother’s presence.
katherine
katherinedibello (at) gmail (dot) com
I love to leave my husband little notes with his lunch and wrap him up a treat to go with it!
I always loved receiving the little notes and surprises my mom would put in my lunch, and of course I carried on the tradition with my children. And though they are older now, I still add notes in my Jeff’s lunch, even a construction superintendant can think that is sweet.
I don’t have my own kids yet, but lunches will be definitely special! One of my favorite things my mom did was use a cookie cutter to cut out our sandwiches in fun shapes (hearts, pumpkins, etc)!.
i leave them notes and something special in their lunch bags, something extra money for ice cream or what every they want for break
I use cookie cutters and cut my daughter’s sandwiches into cute little shapes. She likes the flowers best. I’m going to enjoy this until it’s no longer cool to cut up her sandwiches.
My kiddo is still not in school yet – but I plan to leave him little hidden notes and a mini chocolate!
I always got a Little Debbie for dessert in my lunch bag!
My mom would always make my lunch and pack my favorite sandwiches like PB &J, tuna fish, ham or turkey sandwich. She didn’t do anything special or unique but she always gave me a full lunchbox which I look back with fondness today.
School packed lunches are very nostalgic for me. I clearly remember a huge Minnie Mouse head shaped lunchbox I had and was very excited to take to school everyday. My sweet mother would often hide a handwritten note and tuck it away inside my lunchbox telling me how much she loved me and how she hoped I had a great day. I hope to pass down this act of kindness to my future children to brighten their day like my mother always did for me!
My dear Mom used to write a little note to us, on a napkin and stick it in our lunch.
Once a week we invite a friend for lunch We go to the park or watch a movie while we are eating
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My mom would write a funny joke on my napkin each day to make me smile!! She did it all through high school too..everyone at the lunch table loved it!
i think the one thing my mom always did that i loved was she would by some strange item to add to my lunch. i was never a very picky eater so it was always fun to pull out a red banana or some other thing that my schoolmates had never seen and get them all stirred up as a ate it1
No kids yet. I plan on leaving little notes for them. I already do this for my hubby – love notes in his lunch.
Deborah
homemakerhoney @gmail .com
I like to put 3 Hershey Kisses in my sons lunch…one kiss in the morning, one at lunch and one late afternoon. This way he doesn’t miss getting kisses from Mommy, because he carries them with him!
I save left-over colorful paper napkins to tuck into lunchboxes. Seasonal or themed napkins make a more festive lunch!
I like to add a little unexpected surprise, like a mini chocolate bar.
I was homeschooled, so the most special thing my mom did for my school lunch was the fact that we got to enjoy her yummy food while spending quality time as a family eating lunch together! Thank you for the giveaway!
I put little premade notes in their lunches sometimes for school. When I know they are having a big test or just a bad day…it really changes their outlook on the day sometimes. 🙂
My kids aren’t old enough to go to school yet. However, I plan to pack yummy lunches just the way my mom did. Sometimes she would put in something interesting like a peanut butter and marshmallow fluff sandwich. I know, right? My friends often coveted my good lunches and love notes from mom. I like to stick little notes and surprises in my husband’s lunch. =)
I’m sure it’s pretty cliche, but we loved it when our mom would put her homemade chocolate chip cookies or cookie bars in our lunch! We didn’t get sweets very often, so this was a big deal for us.
I put notes in their lunches too. Before they could read I would draw smiley-faces or other pictures. Then start with words they know. Once my son got in 3rd grade he was a little embarrased so I would put jokes on his. The knock-knock jokes got the best response!
The chocolate chip cookies in my lunch box definately made my day!
Leaving notes is a big thing for us. I also make a really big think out of holidays. Mummy dogs and spiders (snack) for halloween. For school I am making cookies that look like pencils and crayons for their suprise snack in their lunch kits.
Megan
mommyminded.blogspot.com
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