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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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Jokes and riddles are really popular at lunchtime.
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My grandkids love the jello pudding cups in their lunch for dessert.
My son helps me make his lunch every night. He really enjoys it.
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Mom wrote us notes so I write my kids notes now
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I try to give one kid per month a lunch with their parents. It is very special.
The most special thing my mom did for my school lunch was to send me to private school where I got a hot meal every day. Thanks, Mom!
I let my daughter pick out a shape from our cookie cutters to make her sandwich in.
Since my daughter’s just entering kindergarten, I’ve been writing notes that have easy to “read” letters like, I <3 U. Or just a heart and "Mom" after something "simple" so she gets the jist of the idea and is excited to learn how to read. I grab a marker out of the cabinet and scribble a note on colored stationary and stick it in the same place in her lunch box every day so she knows where to find it. I also stick a sticker in there so she can put it on and is generally excited and has a chance to remember mom's thinking about her.
My Mom had 9 of us kids to pack a lunch for. But she always made sure we each had good wholesome lunch with items WE liked. She always wrote our names on the sack, with an I Love You too.
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My mom and I use to sing silly made up songs about our food when I was younger
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my mom would sometimes surprise us with pita sandwiches made with bread and sauce she would buy from the amazing greek restaurant in our town. such a tasty treat and a nice surprise…. although the occasional napkin note with a sweet thought and a doodle really was the best surprise of all. 🙂
We like going out to lunch together at a fast food place of their choice once in awhile. They think its a real treat!
will add cartoons, notes, stickers, something fun…for the older one since I know they have a study hall that gets boring I sometimes throw in some tpe of puzzle
I like to bake cookies in shapes of dinosaurs and cut his sandwhiches in dinosaur shapes and I always include a note to eat his orange slices before his cookie :0)
My lunches were special because my mom packed leftovers. I really didn’t have the traditional pn& j sandwiches. It was usually pot roast, and chicken sandwiches. She made them with love.
when I packed my kids lunches, I would always hide a Hershey’s kiss in their lunch bag
I used to leave notes in my boys’ lunches once in a while. With boys you have to be careful not to over do it.
I make their sandwiches into all kinds of different shapes just like my granny did for me!
My Mom made our lunch everyday and handpicked the only the best items to put in our lunch. Then she left a sweet & different note everyday in our lunch box.
I like to leave a note for them in there school locker on the days I am there to help.
I always wrote notes and put in my kids lunches
Cut the crusts off their sandwiches.
During the school year, I’ll sneak little notes into my kids lunches on occassion. Sometimes, I’ll put in a dollar, so they can buy a special snack from the school.
My oldest son is at the age where he’d now get embarrassed with a note, so instead I sneak in a little chocolate kiss or two.
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My mom would always use a cookie cutter to cut out shapes in my sandwiches! Which was always fun to see what it would look like the next day!
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For lunch my mom use to make me tomato soup with goldfish crackers on top! I felt so special!
My mom always put notes and homemade goodies like devil dogs or muffins in our lunches!
Used to put a note in my children’s lunchbox
I only ever write a note to my father to not forget his lunch and he still does sometimes!
My mother used to stick random things in my lunch as a joke. She once stuck doggy beggin’ strips in a baggy in my lunch. I almost fell for it thinking it was real bacon. Ew.
I pack positive notes for my sons lunch.
I always slip in a napkin with a special note from Mom on it. For my little girl that can’t read I draw a picture of me & her holding hands and a heart or something like that. For my 10 year old….well, he is over the whole thing. “It’s embarrassing!” He says. So I told him I would draw a small heart in the corner of the napkin and he would know what it meant.
We always had school lunch growing up. Not anything fun from home, but my Mom was always the first to show up at any try-outs or antyhing we were involved in with balloons and a card to tell us how much she loves us. That was the best!
I use cookie cutters to cut my kids sandwiches into fun shapes. It’s always a surprise for them!
My mom would always make me the best sandwiches that had bacon in them!! I guess I knew from an early age that bacon was a delicious treat!
I too love sneaking a favorite treat into my kids lunch. He gets so excited that he even tells his teacher when he gets back into the class room.