Star Wars-Themed Lunch

Here is my creative attempt to help my son not yearn after the sodium-laden, processed school lunch he sees some of his friends eat. It started when I read this website. Instead of making a "fish-themed" lunch, I decided to make him a "Star Wars" themed lunch because we bought these nifty Millenium Falcon and TIE-fighter sandwich cutters from William-Sonoma. Mike and I have decided to leave him little notes tucked in his lunch. Caleb comes home with a big smile saying, "I found your note!" and gives me a big hug. Tonight, I decided to write him a little book about Padawan Caleb and his adventures. He embarks on his journey in the Millenium Falcon (obviously the sandwich), chooses a light saber (carrot and celery sticks), fights a rancor and collects it's claws (apple slices) as a trophy, quenches his thirst with his Padawan Juice (milk) and eats the food from a Jedi food capsule (Pez candy wrapped up in paper to look like a capsule). I didn't come up with all of this, Mike helped me decide what to call the apple slices and the food capsule with the Pez candy.

Who knew making your child's lunch could be so much fun!