Tuesday Lunchbox

It's so much simpler to make the same lunch for both of my kids, but sometimes one lunchbox comes home merely picked at, not eaten.
My girls definitely have different tastes, and I can usually make minor changes to accommodate them. Joplin refuses to eat American cheese, while Isis is unwilling to eat melted cheese after it's cooled.  Pears are one of Joplin's favorites though Isis won't touch them. She prefers grapes and her sister sticks her nose up at them.
You get the picture. We are still figuring out who likes what, and how their favorites hold up in the lunchbox. Not every cute idea you see on the web will work for your kid (or any kid for that matter), especially the ones that require the lunchbox to stay in one orientation (like upright instead of swinging from a 4 year old's arm).
Always expect to open up a complete disaster when you pack a dipping sauce because, unfortunately, your child doesn't care if they close that airtight container when the rest of her class is running outside to play.
So I'm readying myself to scrub some ranch dressing from the inside of their boxes as soon as we get home from school today. They have fresh broccoli and snap peas for dipping, and peanut butter on whole wheat saltines. The granola bars are a treat I got at Aldi and have rainbow chips in them. They'll also get a fruit kabob (grapes for Isis, peaches and plums for Joplin), and a strawberry yogurt tube.