Sometimes I hate lunch. Well I don't actually hate eating in the middle of the day. I just hate coming up with what to serve my kids in the middle of the day. I want to have a healthy lunch. I don't want to spend all morning making lunch, we have other things to do. I want my kids to at least be willing to try what I make for lunch.
Most days are like this.
We start our morning school time at 10:00. Our goal has been to have school last about 1 hour in the morning. Thus allowing me to be done by 11:00 to get lunch for the kids sometime between 11 and 12. Well that is the GOAL. In actuality, most days we have a bunch of cleaning up that needs to happen before school can start. However kids don't want to help, so it takes a long time to convince them otherwise, or clean it all up by myself. Then we start school late. Some days we don't but most days we do. Then Guy often has a very hard time applying himself, and so he doesn't get done in an hour. We have been working on that by just telling him he doesn't get lunch until his work is done. Overall I find that I don't make it downstairs to start on lunch until I have children whining for food and clinging to my legs. This doesn't inspire nice lunches. Nope, I just want to get food in those mouths as quickly as possible.
So what happens, most days, peanut butter sandwiches and fruit with a glass of milk. Not the most exciting meal, but it covers a good portion of food groups. That is if the kids actually eat it. A lot of times they don't. Some will, but not all of them. I have one child who I never know what she will eat, so I don't cater to her at all. My other children sometimes will ask for something, and if I have the making I will make it.
Cinderella will every once in a while ask if she can make lunch, and then make for everyone. But most of the time it is left to me. It is rather discouraging at times.
2 comments:
Our kids eat PB&J almost every day without fail. It is rare that they ever get any other type of lunch, so don't feel discouraged! :) Since you're serving fruit, you could probably just give some of the lighter eaters a half of a sandwich.
Think about what else you commonly eat for lunch that is quick to throw together. Then you can rotate through 2-3 easy lunches.
My kids rotate through sandwiches, yogurt, cheese quesadillas, and chicken nuggets. They don't seem to mind and I don't feel bad keeping it simple. You just have to choose your battles. Maybe focusing on perfecting the school routine is more important right now.
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