This
Back To School lunch I made for Pickle may be the last one of his that I blog! He's decided that now that he's in middle school, he's too old for themed bentos & shaped sandwiches, and wants plain lunches. But I packed him this one (possibly) last special lunch anyways :)
He has a Babybel cheese with a check mark carved in the wax, Oreos with a
chalkboard pick stuck in the frosting of one, yogurt with chocoladehagel (sprinkles), a notebook paper peanut butter sandwich embellished with
food markers, stacked atop a second plain sandwich, & a
Lunchbox Love note.
Everything pictured plus a drink, napkin, &
spork is packed in his new, more grown up,
yubo tote. It's less bulky than the
yubo lunchbox, but still the perfect size for all the yubo containers, & more:
The
yubo ice pack fits perfectly in the
new soft-sided Tote, along with the same container combination as can be packed in the hard-sided yubo, as well as additional yubo container(s), accessories and/or a drink.
Something else that's new for middle school is that Pickle doesn't have an aide sitting with him, encouraging him to eat tidily & helping him pack up when he's finished. He likes to squish his food - it's an autism/sensory thing - plus he's neither the neatest of eaters, nor very good about remembering to put the lids back on his containers, & frequently brings home a messy lunch bag covered inside & out with smushed Oreo smears & spilled yogurt. So I was pretty thrilled with the ability to completely unsnap the yubo Tote & wipe it down, or even machine wash it. No scrubbing crud out of seams, yay!
I really like that when the yubo tote is completely unsnapped it becomes a placemat. Having a messy kid myself makes me more than a bit squeamish about eating on shared surfaces... who knows what germs are lurking there ready to leap onto my lunch, heheh... so this is a great feature for me :)
See all the lunchboxes & accessories yubo has to offer at
getyubo.com
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Just in case anyone's wondering about the bottle in Pickle's lunch, it's this:
It's called
Bot-L, by
Fred & Friends, & it's one of his favourites. I like it well enough - it doesn't leak - but it's not insulated, & I have to hand wash it...
so I don't love it quite as much as Pickle does ;)
Disclosure: I received no monetary compensation for this post. I was offered a complimentary yubo tote to review with no obligation to endorse. This post does contain affiliate links to products I used. All opinions & images are my own.