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Yes, I'm still going a little bento crazy over here, hence more photos of boring food stored in cute containers. These would probably be a lot more interesting if my kid was a slightly less picky eater, but they'll only get better as he gets older and his tastes expand. I'm sounding pretty optimistic, aren't I? I can't lay into him too much about it though because eating an apple with the skin on it still gives me the heebie-jeebies, not to mention the fact that I can't even look at a green bean without feeling woozy.

Anyway, here's a shot of what Henry brought to school for lunch yesterday:

That would be tofu with a little soy sauce on it, cut up grapes, butterfly shaped crackers, and cheese that I cut with a little gingerbread man cookie cutter I dug up from the deep dark depths of one of our kitchen cabinets. Henry ate all the tofu, left behind one cracker and one piece of cheese, and spurned most of the grapes, although I do think he ate a few of them, unless he traded them for something better, which I doubt, because "trading" comes a little too close to "sharing".

Time went screaming by yesterday morning, despite my attempts at time management, and I found myself running so late I didn't have a chance to eat my breakfast. Since I was heading over to a friend's house after dropping Henry off at school, I tossed some food into a Hello Kitty bento my parents bought for me in Allston. Mine consisted of scrambled egg, grapes, and the cheese bits that were leftover from cutting out the gingerbread men for Henry's lunch.

One quick side note about scrambled eggs: when I make them, I sprinkle a healthy amount of Penzey's Garden Salad seasoning after pouring the eggs in the pan to cook. It's a mix of chive, cheese, and poppy seeds, and it makes for killer scrambled eggs. Even Henry likes them. Most of the time.