Creative Bento Boxes

I have fond memories of seeing children's bento boxes while in Japan, but I had never seen one's like these, they are so creative. I'm also thinking that the Mommy that made the ones posted below sure does have a lot of time on her hands.

Regardless... now wouldn't it be fun to open up your lunch and see these happy meals!? I've provided links to each one in case you wanted to see the ingredients. If you are interested in finding bento boxes and supplies, I happened upon this site. They list several outlets of where to order bento boxes and related stuff. It's overwhelming what's out there!

Pirate Monkey Sandwich Bento

Brown Bear Bento

Balsamic Chicken Bento

King Musubi Bento

Cutting in Style

I am convinced that every woman should have an Opinel knife. I found these knives in a cutlery store in Germany and honestly, it was the best purchase I made over there on our last trip. They're made in France, which is okay I guess~  (yeah, I'm still holding a grudge against France).

I was so excited about them that I went back and picked up a few extra to give as gifts. It's been real handy to pull this stylish knife out and cut up Konrad's avocado or apple when we're out and about. I was able to track down a site that carries them here in the states, you can find them HERE. I was pleasantly surprised to see that they are about the same price that I paid for them over in Germany.

Camping PA Style

I've been home with a cold, I think I'm on the mend today though. It really stinks to be sick when it's so pretty outside. Now I have some time to make a post.
A weekend or so ago we all went camping up in Gettysburg, PA. It was nice, we'll go back for another weekend over the summer. Here are a few pictures from our trip.

There is nothing better than being in the bus.

Here we all are at Artillery Ridge Campground! Whoo hoo!

We were surrounded by Boy Scouts. Who, by the way, saved our tent when it blew away in a big wind. We came back to the campground to find that it was tied off to our fire pit. What good boys.... doin' their duty.

Konrad and Brendan had fun at the playground.

One of the reasons why I picked this campground is because they had horses. Konrad just loved them.

One of the other highlights from our trip was discovering the local Whoopie Dip. I'm bummed I didn't get a picture of it...next time!