First Day of School

The first day of school is today.  New school, new teachers, new friends and a host of new experiences await them.  They both have a light case of nerves but for the most part it is excitement they are experiencing.  The first day of the school year is a short day so they will be dismissed at 1:15.  I am surprising them with 50¢ vanilla ice cream cones at Burger King after school.  It will be a good time to sit and let them tell me about their day. 

I sent them off in a “new to them” outfit, new tennis shoes and a healthy home packed lunch.  Not to mention a backpack stuffed full of school supplies (bought for pennies).  They will be very happy to empty those backpacks into their desks.  They are a little heavy. 

I spent yesterday making items for their lunches this week – fruit cups, gelatin cups, whole wheat chocolate chip oatmeal cookies and individual bottles of milk. 

A couple Saturdays ago I picked up a boneless ham at Cash & Carry (a restaurant supply grocery store).  It was $1.58 a pound and it was huge!  I cut it into four equal parts, wrapped and froze three of them and I am using the other one to make thin slices of ham for lunchmeat as well as breakfast and soon a pot of bean soup.  There will be plenty of leftovers to pack in their thermoses for lunches as well as the ham sandwiches. 

Another summer officially behind us and another school year officially upon us.  Ready or not, here it comes!

You might enjoy revisiting School Lunches.