Boy or girl
me: Henry, are you a boy or a girl?
Henry: Uhhhhh...nope, I'm Henry!
That answers that. It's been a busy, preschool-centric week here. When I haven't been driving Henry to and from school, I've been spending a lot of time on flickr looking at other people's bento boxes. There are some amazing ones out there. The school Henry's attending has a trash-free lunch policy, which fits in nicely with my apparently strong (and previously latent) desire to accessorize food.
Henry's very much enjoying preschool so much so that he doesn't seem particularly thrilled to see me when I arrive at the end of the day to pick him up. On Wednesday morning he did do me the favor of telling me he didn't want me to go back to the car, and he even gave me a hug when I said good-bye, which is something I normally have to bribe him for, so that was a nice change of pace. He loves the teachers, and loves the activities, so I'm happy that all in all it's been a rousing success for him. Wait until it snows and they take him sledding. He won't ever want to come home.
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Lol, he'll be wanting you to pack his overnight bag! I'm glad he's having so much fun at preschool - what is a "trash-free lunch"?
Posted by: Karen | September 12, 2008 09:09 PM
Holy cow those bentos are OUT OF CONTROL!!!! Has Dave seen the storm trooper with frigging Death Star in the background? I have to say I'm a little disappointed that the storm trooper is Monterey Jack and not tamago (Japanese omelette) Cute pandas. That insane person who made all those flowers and the blue rice? If I was flowers and blue rice woman I'm not sure I'd want anyone eating my work.
This is obviously an amazing subculture that needs to be delved into extensively. They must have competitions and conventions. I wanna go!
Posted by: Mel | September 13, 2008 05:30 PM
I didn't know I had a fellow bento box girl right here in town. check out ichibankanusa.com for cool stuff that is all about a $1. I have the hard boiled egg molds and the rice molds. Too much fun! If only we needed packed lunches in out house!
Posted by: phoebe | September 14, 2008 03:28 PM
I ordered some things from ichibankanusa.com last Wednesday. I got eggs molds, another bento box, food cutters, and furikake templates. On Friday I picked up a couple of paper punches for nori from the dollar section of Target. I'm excited.
Don't tell Dave.
Posted by: Jenn | September 14, 2008 03:39 PM
I am sure he won't find out! The egg molds are harder to use than you would think. I recommend just cooking the eggs first, then "shaping" them afterwards. But let me know what works for you. I had a hard time with the Japanese instructions, perhaps you will fare better.
Posted by: phoebe | September 14, 2008 06:06 PM
Sigh....
Posted by: David | September 14, 2008 10:40 PM