Feeling a little extra creative as well as festive this holiday season? San Francisco Dads Group member Beau Coffron, better known on the Internet as Lunchbox Dad, has many great ideas to liven up your child's school lunch these next few weeks. We've culled through his popular blog to find some of his best Christmas lunchbox creations that you'll enjoy making as much as your child with love devouring. Take a gander and click the links for the recipes: The Charlie Brown Christmas Lunchbox Your kid will not open his sack and say "I got a rock." ... Wait, that's a different Peanuts … [Read more...]
Lunch Doesn’t Always Need to be a Work of Art
Editor's Note: San Francisco Dads Group co-organizer Beau Coffron, aka Lunchbox Dad, has become an Internet and media sensation for the beautiful, creative and fun meals he sends with his kid to school. This means many parents think he is a rock star/god ... while a whole mess of others think he is an over-parenter with too much spare time. They are both wrong. He's human and just fine with that. So this is today's lunch. Why? Life happened. After this last week of the TV breaking, the car battery going out, thinking the DVD player broke, and waging the war against lice in my … [Read more...]
“He Stole My Nuggets” and Other Lunchtime Funtime
I could hear it as we strode down the hall. We took our place at the end of the line. We entered through the big swinging doors and the sound ripped into me. My eyes watered and my head thrummed with it. I almost lost my footing. My nose bled. I steadied myself with the help of a large blue post and a tiny hand. One hundred five-year olds with a half hour of freedom. Lunch time, school cafeteria, kindergarten edition. One of the best things parents can do for their kids at school is to be a presence. And for that, you have to be present. So last week I made a visit at lunchtime. For those … [Read more...]