Photo & Prompt Challenge: Day 12 – Frugal Novice

Photo & Prompt Challenge: Day 12

Today’s Challenge: Something you do every day


I picked something that I do not enjoy doing each morning – making lunches! I need to get better about doing this at night so our mornings are less rushed. But for now, the routine is that while Brian gets the boys dressed, I pack lunches. The boys’ favorite thing is PB&J, so it’s a staple in our house.

C usually likes his cut in strips:

and some days, like today, I’ll use our fancy sandwich cutter & make train sandwiches for J – we have a dinosaur cutter too, and I think these are so great – I highly recommend adding one to your kitchen tools.

What do you pack in your kids’ lunches? Any fun ideas that I could incorporate for some variety?

Hi! I'm Christi, the blogger here at Frugal Novice. I'm a Texan, born and raised, and I'm married to my high school sweetheart, Brian. I love baking, cooking, reading, DIY-ing, and spending time with my three great kids, who are 8, 6, & 3.

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  • blueviolet @ A Nut in a Nutshell March 16, 2011 at 2:56 pm

    That was never my favorite job either!!! My kids liked me to cut their sammies into 4 little squares. lol

    • Christi March 16, 2011 at 11:08 pm

      Haha – yes, I’ve had to do the squares too, and sometimes letters are even requested. That gets a little tricky because I have to hand-cut the shapes. The things we do for our kids!

  • Kelly March 16, 2011 at 3:32 pm

    Too cute!!!

  • monique March 16, 2011 at 9:37 pm

    I NEED to be making lunches every day. I can’t afford the $40/month charge for my daughter to eat at school. sigh…

    • Christi March 16, 2011 at 11:09 pm

      It’s a hard balance, I think! On one hand there’s the budget to think about, but on the other there’s only so much time in the day!