With school, comes field trips. And with field trips, comes the note with the familiar reminder, “Be sure to pack a bag lunch.” Do you know how they
get all those lunches from school to the museum? In our school, they put them in one big bag or hamper, put
them on the bus, and then hand them out at their lunch destination. Very efficient, neat, simple
system. Unless your kid’s peanut
butter and jelly sandwich lunch is on the bottom of the pile.
As I was packing my son’s lunch for their class
trip one day last semester, he had just finished off some blackberries with his breakfast, the
plastic box lay on the counter.
Then I noticed that his peanut butter & jelly sandwich fit perfectly
in the empty plastic berry case.
“Mommy, that’s a great idea!
Now my sandwich won’t be all smooshed.” We solved the problem of
smoosh-y sandwiches and recycled at the same time.
