“Only healthy food in this lunch, MOM!” – Lily, age 5
Having created a simple yet ultra functional lunchbox, I’m amazed and delighted to see what you pack and create every day. The best part of my “job” is sharing all your creations in our yummy lunch galleries. But I got an extra special kick out of this email I received from Rachel Beard, mom of two small children, one of whom is already an enthusiastic and discerning lunch packer at a pretty young age! Go mom 
Here’s what Rachel wrote:
“I am making lots of great lunches for my pre-school aged kids, just having fun doing it and loving your ideas as inspiration. Anyway, I wanted to share this lunch that my 5 year-old made, to show you where my hard work is really paying off! lol.
She wanted to pack her own lunch and she made this elephant and baby sandwich that did not cut out that well, and colored it with Foodoodlers. She said, “It’s Dumbo and his mama wearing dresses for the circus.” And then she selected all the rest of the stuff… SHE picked the broccoli and carrots and low fat ranch. She washed the berries and put them in her lunchbox. I offered her some kind of crackers or a small candy and she said “NO – Only healthy food in this lunch, MOM!” And notice that she packed a rainbow! Red strawberries, orange carrots, yellow cheese (in sandwich), green broccoli, blueberries, and purple grapes.
Here is another lunch Lily made a while back for herself and her brother (I helped her with this one more, but she still did a lot of the work.):
I just want you to know that I had never packed a lunch until September, and I googled “how to pack a lunch for preschoolers” and I think I came up with Wendolonia first, which brought me to your site, which brought me to Amazon, and then triggered a crazy shopping spree. I went from not knowing what to put in a lunchbox, to being known for it at the kids’ school.
And this is how my daughter expects her lunches now… She’s really focused on eating healthy foods. They just did a unit on the heart at her pre-K and it got her very passionate about keeping her body healthy. She’s a bit spoiled, but after 5 months has been conditioned to eat a ton of fruits and veggies at the lunch table. It makes me feel so good.
Thank you for making a product that is easy and fun to use. It works great for my whole family and the lunch bags are great too.”
Knowing that I’m helping kids and families eat better is REALLY the best part of my job
Rachel Beard wants healthy food choices to be an automatic process for her children. She wants them to open a lunchbox and expect to find apple slices instead of cookies. Follow her adventures in parenting, bento lunch making, and Random Ramblings.
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From a Dutch mom who grew up eating simple slices of break with cheese or ham or the like on them, I would just like to compliment all you US moms who make such fabulous lunches for your kids! Unfortunately, that is not a common thing here in Holland, but I am trying to be at least a little more creative for my 5-yr old son. Who, by the way, frequently demands apple slices instead of cookies for his 10AM break at school (woohoo!). One of my tricks to get them to eat more fruit and veggies and less candy and cookies: what they see is what they want, that is, fruit is always visible and so are carrots and paprikas, whereas the candy and cookies are “hidden” in a cabinet.
Hi Evelien! So nice to hear from a like-minded mom from around the globe. I love that little Lily and her mom can inspire you. And I bet that some of your sons classmates are looking at his lunches with envy
I know my daughters tell me that their friends admire the healthy things they bring to school…. Keep up the great job mama!
This is so great. I loved reading this
Corey @ Family Fresh Meals is the cool author of..Guinness Chocolate Cupcakes with Baileys Cream Cheese Frosting
OMG what a smart, little cutie:))
Cindy is the cool author of..Sleeping Help Blog
Wow! How in the world can a 5 year-old kid can think of such genius invention!
Good job Kid. Definitely enjoying this website.
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