Lunch Date

The truth is it doesn't take much to make them feel super special. I am not interested in making fancy finger sandwiches and small strawberry tarts. But I am interested in making them feel important. This meal consists of macaroni & cheese (kid staple). Of course it's organic, really, it is! I swear. That makes it healthy right?! Salami from a pig we purchased from a local farmer. Really! We live in Portland after all. Celery, cucumber, blueberries & bananas. All grown in my own urban garden. 
"Bullshit," you say? Fine, you're right. Mostly. But I did give them flowers and I turned it all into a desert island complete with salami palm trees and banana blueberry bushes. Fun! Also they got a freshly picked bouquet of flowers. They felt special and grown up. And good. They felt good and that's the point, right?

Also, sometimes one forgets to invite guests. And sometimes one forgets that there is no lunch bunch available at the preschool, so one's children must eat their lovingly packed lunch at home. In the presence of royalty so as to avoid tears. 

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