I really stink at blogging. . .

This is why, growing up, I had a bunch of diaries with only one or two entries in them.  I'd be all gung ho about writing down my deepest, darkest secrets and after a day, I forgot that I'd even wanted to keep track of all my secrets.  L had a play date with her BFF today ("She's not just an ordinary friend, she's my BFF!") and her BFF's Mommy, who is also my friend, told me I should start blogging again.

"CGM," she said, "I find you so entertaining on Facebook!  I really think you should blog!"

"Who on Earth is going to want to read about my life?," I asked, incredulously.

"Well, me, for starters!," she replied.

So, as a favor to BFF's Mommy, I am restarting my blog. . . but where I left off because it's just too difficult to start anew.  Plus, I really like the name of this blog!

We are in the last week of Summer and I am way more excited about this than B, M and L are.  Though, L, is pretty excited because she is starting the great big world of Kindergarten!  Where we live, Kindergarten is full day, no naps and maybe a snack, if they're lucky.  L is super excited to finally be at "Big Kid School" with her big sisters and to finally be allowed to buy hot lunch (up to 4 times a month).  Lunches are something else I'm not so great at.

I start off the school year with a bang!  Last year, I created a schedule that I was to follow.  It was 3 weeks worth of lunches.  I made it 2 weeks before I gave up.  My girls wanted chicken salad, which is great, except for when I'd go to pack lunches only to realize I never boiled the chicken for the said salad.  That's when I'd run out to the garage freezer and grab some Uncrustables.  One hates egg salad, the other hates tuna and this Mama can't remember who's who.  Someone might not eat it?  Run to the fridge and grab so Gogurt!

Not this year, though!  This is the year of the Unboring Lunch.  M has been begging for Lunchables.  I will not buy them because we only buy kosher meat and sadly, Oscar Mayer hasn't gotten their kosher certification yet.  I told M that I'd make my own Lunchables and she became so excited in the deli meat aisle of the grocery store, you'd think I'd have told her she could have another free cookie!

I bought Bento boxes (which I have since realized don't fit into their nifty, retro metal lunch boxes) and have loaded up on a few ideas.  M is most excited about our pizzas.  Here's hoping once she realizes the sauce, cheese and tofurkey pepperoni are cold she still wants to eat it.  I thought it would be fun to send the girls with turkey and cheese cut outs.  Only, we don't eat turkey and cheese together.  While at the store today, I figured I'd pick up a package of Tofurkey turkey.  Hey, it has "urkey" in the name and their fake pepperoni is really tasty!  What could be bad?  Uh. . . Everything?

We came home, I opened it up and was blown away by the smell.  This does not smell like roasted turkey slices.  I then peeled one off and broke it into pieces.  I gave a piece to M who took a bite and said, "Mmm. . . This is really good!  Oh wait.  No it's not!!"  Abort!  Abort!  B took a bit and said, "Eh.  It's O-ka-ay-ay."  B speak for, "It's gross but I don't want to say that because I want people to think I like everything."  L took one look at it, licked it and handed it back with a, "Ewww!  This is gross!  I'm not eating that!!"  I took a bite and promptly spit it out into the garbage.  There is something wrong when turkey made of soy tastes a bit like chicken liver.  I should have realized it was going to be a bad experiment when I saw the "turkey" was brown.

So, I have one homemade lunchable and about 4 weeks worth of lunches I need to figure out.  School starts in 5 days.  Challenge extended.  Challenge Accepted!

I'd say I'll see you tomorrow, but in actuality, it'll probably be another 4 months from now.