Blue's Clues Snow Yumbox

It's sunny today, and the birds were tweeting like mad this morning. Birdie asked what all that bird noise was, and I told her they were probably all excited because it's beginning to feel like Spring.

"Spring? But we didn't have snow yet! Aw, I wanted it to be snow, hmph." Sorry kid! Too bad you don't live on the East Coast ;)

I promised her a snow lunch instead. She asked if it could be a Blue's Clues snow lunch, in her new Yumbox, and to watch "Blue's Snow" (she means A Snowy Day, an episode on Blue's First Holiday). So that's what she got :

Birdie's Yumbox contains: 

• cheddar cheese snowflakes
• hard cooked egg blossom (made with a star egg mold)
• yogurt with snowflake & blossom sprinkles
• green grapes on a snowflake cupcake pick
• Galia melon cut like bite sized snowflakes
• carrot sticks, one through a Blue cupcake ring
• little white cheddar cheese sandwich on honey wheat
• & a couple of candy melts for a sweet treat

She loved it :) 

Some of the stuff used for this lunch:

Season's Greetings!

I packed a festive wintery lunch for Pickle yesterday, inspired by the design on one of our new holiday yubo faceplates.

Yes, that's real fruit you see - Pickle asked for apples! I don't usually peel them for the other sproutlets, but like many kids with autism, Pickle has sensory issues, particularly with food texture, so I wasn't taking any chances - I peeled them completely & cut them into bite sized pieces.

Pickle's snow themed yubo lunchbox contains the appls with a snowflake pick, a snowflake frosted oatmeal muffin, peanut butter sandwich snowflakes, yogurt (coloured blue) with snow sprinkles, & a couple of his favourite chocolates, Hershey's Kisses.

Sadly, when I unpacked his lunchbox after school, the apples were still there, untouched. Ah well, the fact that my picky Pickle even asked for something new is still progress!

And I did have a good time making his lunch :) 

   

Some stuff used in this lunch: