Linsey Davis

Preparing for baby

2011-12-19T07:40:00.000-05:00

With the arrival of baby #5 in 16 weeks, we are making lots of changes in our home.
Here's what's going on:

Added a laundry room: such a blessing this has been!
Cosmetic changes in the kitchen, adding bead board & painting
The boy's are now in one room to make room for baby Olivia.
Improving the boy's closet (I wish we would have taken before pics)
Improving the girl's closet (will definitely take before and after pics)
Painting the living room
LOTS of reorganizing!!!

As the kids are getting older and they are consuming more food, I am having to make changes with food prep and shopping trips. I feel like we have finally crossed the bridge into "a large family". I see that as a challenge. It's fun!!

I am really wanting to replace my 4.5 qt KitchenAid mixer with the 7qt.....it comes with a pretty big price tag...so I will have to wait.

With all that being said, I hope to blog more than what I have been...but what I blog about will be about all kinds of things not just bento.
Merry Christmas from my kitchen to yours!!

Cake plate monogrammed

2011-12-09T14:46:00.000-05:00

I monogrammed my 1st cake plate!

All those dirty cups on the counters!

2011-06-03T08:13:00.002-04:00

I'm really tired of all the dirty cups in my kitchen! We use to have a colored cup for each kid. But my 8yr old now uses the regular size cups. So our system needs some tweaking! Here is what I came up with:
Drew circles on a place-mat with fabric markers then wrote each family members' name on a circle and "TAAA DAAAA"!!!
I could have planned better and made these really cute. But I just wanted to get it done and not have to buy anything.
Reduce Reuse Recycle!! Save money!!!

Helping the earth, one bento at a time

2011-05-19T10:12:00.000-04:00

I reused Chinese take-out containers for lunch today, plastics eggs from Easter, and reusable cupcake liners.
Turkey sandwich
Grapes in the Ape egg
multi colored gold fish
GoGo Squeeze Applesauce

Hot Clam Dawg

2011-05-10T09:36:00.001-04:00

Mini pita bento

2011-05-05T09:35:00.001-04:00

Mini pita pockets with pb & j
Grapes
Honey wheat sticks

Grilled Chicken bento

2011-05-02T09:16:00.000-04:00

Last night we had the family over to celebrate my birthday.
So Lunch today is left overs! =)

Homemade mac~n~cheese
green beans
grilled chicken
roll
plus we have birthday cake and ice cream birthday cake! YUM YUM!

Another lunch: another cute bento

2011-04-22T13:54:00.000-04:00

The box: LunchBot
In the box:
strawberries
grapes
pb & j on a tortilla
marshmallow bunnies
Laughing Cow cheese
Ranch wheat thins

Chicken salad bento

2011-04-21T08:15:00.001-04:00

Chicken salad with grapes
I found the Hello Kitty box on the dollar isle at Target

Ribbit Ribbit bento

2011-04-20T11:57:00.001-04:00

We are still battling pneumonia and the croup with 3 of the 4 kids. For now I'm taking pics of our bentos with my camera phone. Taking care of sick kids takes a good amount of time. I pray we are healed and back to normal soon, very soon!
I bought the frog Target, on the Easter isle. I filled it with bunny shaped marshmallows.

2011-04-19T15:39:00.000-04:00

Hello friends! Just wanted to let you know where I've been. We have all been sick! 2 of my kids have pneumonia right now. One has a stomach bug and another has the croup. I hope and pray our lives return to normal ASAP! Hang tight and I will be back to normal posting =)

Tiffin box

2011-04-13T08:44:00.000-04:00

The box: Tiffin lunch box from TARGET

In the box:

Top tier

ham sandwich on a bagel thin

fruit leather

cheese stick

Middle tier

broccoli

apple slices

carrots

cucumbers

Bottom tier

veggie dip

napkin

I found this cute lunch box at Target yesterday.

This box would be great for a day at the beach or by the pool!

You can fit a whole lot of food in there. :-)

Spring time bento

2011-04-11T09:12:00.002-04:00

The box: Easylunchboxes.com
In the box:

Ranch Wheat Thins
2 marshmallow bunnies
orange slices
GoGo Squeeze Applesauce
turkey sub

The bunnie and chick food picks came from WalMart

The Lady & Sons bento

2011-04-04T09:03:00.000-04:00

The box: The Lady & Sons
In the box:

grilled chicken
mac & cheese
Ranch wheat thins

We went to Savannah, GA to eat at Paula Dean's restaurant, The Lady & Sons. And what do you know, I found this cute lunch box! It's ALL mine!! I'm not sharing. ;-)

The buffet was delish!

Bella really liked it!

We have 2 busy weeks. We had spring break, then family came into town for a wedding, & my girls were the flower girls in the wedding.

My kids told me yesterday that they miss their bentos! We are back on track today.

ROAD TRIP

2011-03-28T08:16:00.001-04:00

No bentos for us today! We are on our way to eat at the Lady and Sons!!! Woohoo I could only hope to see Paula, Jamie, or Paula Deen!

Hello Kitty

2011-03-23T12:30:00.001-04:00

The box: EasyLunchboxes
In the box:

broccoli
orange slices
GoGo Squeeze Apple Sauce
Turkey sandwich
Hello Kitty (Target Easter isle) Peanut butter crackers

We are Spring Breaking it this week! Woohoo =)
Click here to enter the {Today I Ate A Rainbow} giveaway!

Go BUZZ!!!

2011-03-18T07:53:00.000-04:00

The box: Klip It
In the box:

Turkey sandwich on flat bread
dehydrated strawberries
broccoli
grapes
honey wheat sticks
strawberry pocky
Archer Farms fruit leather

Walker's baseball team, The Buzz, have their 1st game tonight and it's a double header. I can't wait! =)

I love watching the kids play baseball.

GO BUZZ!

Click HERE to enter the {Today I Ate A Rainbow} giveaway

{Today I Ate A Rainbow} Giveaway!!

2011-03-16T09:25:00.006-04:00

My kids are picky. Nope, they wouldn't eat raw veggies over chips.

So I must be creative in getting my family to eat lots of fruits & veggies.

When Kia sent me a Today I Ate a Rainbow kit,
I was very excited to try this with my picky kids.

Did my kids try new fruits & veggies that I thought they would never try?

YES!!!

I couldn't believe it!

Even celery (Shh don't tell my kids that I hate celery)

My kids love the book as well.

I love meeting these moms that have created something
wonderful to help their kids and kids all over the world.

Check it out!

Today I Ate A Rainbow website
Facebook
a mention in DISNEY's Family Fun magazine!

The kit contains the following:
         • 1 Today I Ate A Rainbow! chart
         • 4 sets of coloured magnets
         • 4 achievement magnets
         • 2 fridge magnets
         • 1 colour-coded shopping list
• The Rainbow Bunch Book & bookmark

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Rainbow cupcakes

2011-03-16T08:35:00.000-04:00

I made the kids rainbow cupcakes.
You can use a white or yellow cake mix.
Add food coloring and then layer the different colored batter into the liners.
Very simple. Kid's love it =)

Shamrock bento

2011-03-16T08:30:00.001-04:00

The box: EasyLunchboxes.com
In the box:

pb & j with fruit leather shamrock
mini babybel cheese/ honey wheat sticks
green grapes/ mini carrots

If you don't have a shamrock cutter use a heart cookie cutter.

Another St Patrick's Day bento

Rainbow bread bento

TODAY I ATE A RAINBOW GIVEAWAY

check out Shannon's What's for Lunch

Over the rainbow bento

2011-03-14T09:13:00.000-04:00

The box: EasyLunchBoxes
In the box:

Rainbow bread ham sandwich
tangerine slices, red & green grapes
Terra veggie chips

I have been wanting to make rainbow bread for weeks. What a great sandwich for St Patty's day. The kids are going to love it.

To make the bread, I used my regular whole wheat bread recipe, divided it into 4 sections and then added food coloring.Get more specific directions here

Mini Pizzas

2011-03-11T07:54:00.000-05:00

The box: Laptop Lunches
In the box:

whole wheat flat bread
pizza sauce in small green container
mini turkey peperoni
mozzarella cheese
GoGo Squeeze applesauce **see note below**
clementine

GoGo Squeeze Applesauce~I found these at WalMart and was surprised at the ingredients list!
Ingredients are Apple & Cinnamon

Click here to check out more flavors

My kids really like them.

Mini burger bentos

2011-03-10T08:13:00.001-05:00

Mini burgers on flat bread

The box: Goodbyn
In the box:

Miniburger
baby carrots
mini mac & cheese made with Piccolini mini wheel pasta
cucumber slices
Pot-of-Gold snack mix

We had hamburgers for dinner last night. I made 4 mini burgers for lunches today. :-)
Stay a while, no sense in hurrying off!

St Patricks day bento

My printable Lunch Food List

Pac Man bento

St Patrick's Day bento

2011-03-09T08:15:00.002-05:00

In the box:

peanut butter pancake sandwiches
grapes & carrots
Pot of Gold snack mix: recipe here

The St. Patrick's Day Bento Saga

I misplace my shamrock cookie cutter! Tore my kitchen apart and no luck!

Made myself a latte and went back to the search.

Finally found it in the spring time cookie cutters.WHEW!

Wait a second, not so fast!

I then discovered we were out of bread and lunch meat.

On to the freezer, where I found frozen pancakes!

I then used the 'found' shamrock to make the sandwiches.

Now I'm off to the zoo and the grocery store. ;-)

Head over to Shannon's for more bento

Child's play bento & bento update

2011-03-08T07:18:00.003-05:00

The box: EasyLunchBoxes.com

In the box:

grapes
strawberries, frozen
car shaped egg, boiled
pasta, cooked then frozen
Babybel mini cheese on top of Wheat Thin crackers
carrots

The strawberries and pasta will thaw before lunch. This was a fast lunch. And it just looks like fun!

***UPDATE***

I started this project 4 months ago and can't believe the progress.
My kids are eating so many more fruits & veggies.

There are mornings that I wake up and really have no desire to prepare lunches but I do it!

My efforts are worth the result!

Thank you for taking the time to read and your kids will thank you for their cute lunches!!! ;-)

I have a new giveaway coming soon!