Making and packing the lunchbox. This chore is on the top of most parent’s hate list. That everyday task that’s cutting into your precious (hot) coffee drinking time, with the looming pressure that this lunchbox has to hit all the “supermom” marks. And by marks I mean, it has to be in cute shapes and cut outs that get them excited to eat, packed in a sustainable container, include a vegetable or two, be nut free, maybe even dairy free, oh and foods your kid might actually eat while sitting through a highly distracted, 20 minute lunch rush.  It’s amazing they get any food down without chocking, to be honest. 

I was tired of this task even before lunchboxes existed for my kids. My kids were just in preschool and once they started having opinions about what goes in their little snack box, I said great, you can help pack it. Some people were appalled when I said my kids filled their boxes. How did you get them to do it? Well first, as I just mentioned, I asked them. Did they just fill it with cookies? No, but I’m sure they wanted to.