Picnic in the Snow

Today the kids got to go to a friends house to play (yay for them - hurray for me and a free afternoon). Before they left, we had a picnic in the snow with their bento boxes. It was fun!

So, here's what they had for lunch - looks much like my normal bentos so I'm not really counting these in my bento history.

Contents: Dinosaur jelly sandwich on top of a bed of shredded carrots, peanuts on top of a pile of wheat thins, string cheese and grapes.

It's amazing how much food you can fit into those little boxes. I'm not sure why... but I had been perplexed lately about some of my little cups for inside the bento boxes. They are a bit shorter than the side of the bento box which means if I used them, the contents would pour out if the bento was tipped. I'm not sure what happened - but it finally occurred to me that I could put something under the cup to give it a little lift and the things under won't shift around. Not only that, but you can fit more food this way. I guess I'm a bit slow.