Hiking and Bento's

We love to go hiking! The following pictures are from two different hikes. Both at our local metro parks, one park was flat and paved for putting K in the stroller. The other park had unpaved trails, nice hills and streams.


M waiting for us to catch up. She is a runner.



Snacks were provided along the way.


K loved riding in the backpack carrier.


We'd all take turns showing K the woods. Look
acorns and flowers.


Neat trees!

Interesting plant life!

It just didn't hold little K's attention.


She'll catch it all next time we go....maybe.


And when I'm not trekking all over with the girls I'm trying to come up with new and fun foods to pack in M's Bento Box. What's a Bento?

The Bento is an ancient Japanese tradition of packing a lunch. Usually in a decorative container with small compartments that help with portion control and hitting the food groups. Its a nice way of going "green" for school lunches. No plastic bags to throw away.

M picked out this Bento for her school lunches.


I'm still learning what to pack and trying to be healthy about it.



Not too bad here. The PB&J is with Organic whole wheat bread, natural peanut butter and homemade strawberry jam. I have cut up nectarines, pretzel chips, Babybel Light Laughing Cow Cheese, and Trader Joe's vanilla meringue.... for dessert..

This Bento's came with it's own fork and spoon and BPA free water bottle. Sorry not pictured.

We purchased ours here: http://www.generationgreenstore.com/

If you have nifty Bento packing ideas... send them my way!

Thanks!