Time to break out the books, bags, and bento gear - it's back to school they go!
Every year I marvel at how fast the time went. This year is not really different! Beaker is in full day school for the first time, so this is his first experience with having lunch at school every day. Of course, with his allergies that means taking a lunch every day. So far it looks like the biggest challenge is going to be getting him to sit still and eat his lunch, instead of shoving a few bites in his mouth and then rushing out to play at recess with his new friends!
For the first day of first grade, Beaker took a Planet Box Rover full of deliciousness for lunch and snack:
Schar Gluten-Free Shortbread Cookies
Schar Gluten-Free Cheese Bites crackers
Carrots and cucumbers with dip
Gluten-free ham and cheese sandwich with Schar bread
Mini grapes from our garden
Starfruit slices
Lulu is in fourth grade now, and still thinks she is too grown up for cute lunches, so this may be one of the few I get to make for her this year:
Snack mix
Mini grapes
Starfruit slice
Carrots with ranch dip
Turkey sandwich
Brownie bits
Luckily for me, Bean still loves decorative lunches! Bean also cosplayed Hermione Granger for her first day of seventh grade. This kid is all sorts of awesome!
Brownie bits
Snack mix
Carrots and cucumber with ranch dip
Turkey sandwich
Mini grapes
Starfruit slices
Of course, Brick and G-man are big high school kids now. Neither of them wants lunches packed - apparently the high school has a pretty decent cafeteria and both prefer to buy lunch rather than carry a lunch kit with them daily. G-man is a Freshman now, and Brick is a Junior (and talking about colleges and jobs!)
Okay, but seriously though... where did the summer go?! How is it already September? And how did my itty bitty babies get so big and grown up so fast?!
This year I have two kids at the elementary school, one at the middle school, and two in high school. HIGH SCHOOL, people. That's like, almost an adult! How is it even possible for my kids to almost be adults? I'M not even an adult! Okay, technically I might be an adult, but whatever, yo. You can't make me adult. If you need me, I will be hiding in my blanket fort with my coloring book and a fresh box of crayons.
Anyway. This is what the Chaos Kids look like now!
Looking forward to another fantastic year!
If you want to wander down memory lane with me (*sniff * they were so small!), CLICK HERE to see a few blog posts from previous First Days.
Also, Beaker and Bean picked out the BEST backpacks for this year!
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