March. After years of teaching, March marks the beginning of the end of the school year. That has many implications as a teacher. As a mother, it also means that the end of lunch packing is on the horizon. Victory dance. A mere 73 (give or take) nights of lunch packing left for each boy. Only about 146 more lunches to pack. Sigh.
If you’ve followed my posts at all you’ve probably heard me whine about lunch packing before, so I apologize. While easy…it is the biggest time suck of all of the things I do for my boys. I’ll take a load of laundry (socks included) over lunch packing any day.
It sounds simple, but it is actually quite involved. This is the spread that is filled, packed, and unpacked each.and.every.day. Not to mention the hand washing and drying of each container so that they can be used the next day. Two lunch boxes packed with a main meal, some cut up fruit + veggies, and usually some banana, or apple, or pumpkin bread thanks to the world’s best grandmother who bakes some regularly for the boys, two snack bags packed with a variety of snacks in little containers, two small water bottles for in the lunch boxes, and 2 larger ones for the playground, gym class, fitness class, etc. and 6 ice packs. No joke.
Good Morning Gloucester 
A teaching moment if the guys assisted you in this endeavor?
Go team?
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You are right…and they do!
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Nichole: Thanks for this post and the memory, before the kids could make their own lunches, at age 10, I used to count down the days of lunch making. Would also bring the materials to make four lunches to work put in frig at the office and on lunch break, would make the lunches and bring them home.
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That’s a truly impressive feat each morning. Love the striped lunch boxes. What brand are they? Here’s to summer!
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Nicole both the teacher and mother shows here thanks! I even brought an apple to my teacher in rascal days! 🙂
We have come a long way in the packing department mine was a paper bag or the latest lunch box the tin square..so many too choose from 🙂 Dave & Kim 🙂
Yes I did have Davy Crockett one and wore the fake coon skin hat and told the teacher I was Davy Crockett she didn’t buy it but let me be what ever I wanted to as long as the school work was done, I did not like the homework though 🙂
Remember these?
http://zombiesites.com/timewarpmemories/lunchbox/lunchbox.html
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