That would be THE last packed lunches for the school year–complete with Yum Yum and some Panda cookies we picked up at a Chinese market in Chinatown on Sunday night.
And, after a long, hot day, I am super glad to finish spreading that peanut butter and nutella sandwich–the same type Evan ate every single day this year–and put a plain old ham sandwich for Ash in a princess sandwich container and write them both a little love note and put them away and be done with packing lunches for a season.
So, I’m just going to sit down with my orange Pellegrino (my new favorite poison) and a dark chocolate granola thin (my new favorite 80-calorie treat) and Macbook it for a while to celebrate. (Macbook can be a verb)
Now, instead of having to pack lunches for one picky kid and one will-eat-everything kid after everyone’s in bed and the kitchen has already been cleaned and I’m so ready to call it quits for the night, I get to make lunches for one picky kid, 2 pretty picky kids, and one will-eat-everything kid all while they are standing there telling me they are hungry every way they know how (words, gestures, and possible screaming and crying) while I’m hungry too.
And, it’ll be hot. We don’t have air conditioning.
At least for now, I’m just enjoying my poison and my 80-calorie treat. Afterall, I did make it back to work out and made it to 17 whole minutes.
Cheers to summer.
Yum, Nutella! Had it in Beijing for the very first time! God’s grace and a cool breeze to you, my friend.
The last lunch is always a good thing! And yes, I’m sure Macbook can be a verb or any other part of speech….like, “Holy Macbook, Batman!” See? It works! Apple seems to have a lot of power that way! LOL
I agree – somehow it *does* seem better making lunch *at lunchtime* for the kids while they are with you (even though there are more of them) than packing them in lunchboxes ahead of time.
I am SO with you on celebrating being done with packed lunches! But no AC??? That would not fly down here in Alabama! Have a great summer!
Amen to that! I love those granola thins!!
Sarah is a horrible school lunch eater. She decided she no longer like PB. Likes bread and butter, usually. But don’t dare put cheese on it. Now she’s been eating nutella on wheat bread every day at school. Glad to know she is not alone.
add one one more lunch in the fall…enjoy your summer off! I am going to start stocking up on lunch precut love notes this summer so as to not have to work so hard the night before every school day. So yes…heres to summer!