A "Donut" for My Buddy's First Day

Tomorrow is the first of preschool for the year for Anderson.  I'm excited to get back into the swing of making fun lunches again (I even reorganized one drawer in my kitchen to hold all of my fun shaped cutters, bento containers, picks, cups, dividers, etc ~ why this excites me, who knows).  A few days ago I spotted this linky-do to another Mommy-blog (via one of my favs: eighteen25).  So, while I can't take credit for this awesome lunch idea, I love the way it turned out.

Anderson LOVES donuts.  They are a rare treat around here- maybe once every two months on a Saturday morning whenever Mommy Anderson can convince Daddy to make a trip to the donut shop.  However, Anderson (with his keen sense of direction that he received as a blessing from his Mommy) zeros in on the donut shop every time we drive past it in the car.  Even though he's only been inside two, maybe three times- ever, he knows the yummy goodness that comes from within.

So, as soon as I saw this cute idea for lunch, I knew I had to make it for Anderson's first day of preschool.

How?  Whole-wheat, 100-cal, blueberry bagel-thin filled with light cream cheese.  I used my various sizes of biscuit cutters to make it more "donut" shaped, although a bagel is pretty similar to begin with.  Then, I dabbed tiny dots of honey on the outside with my finger and put on some sprinkles.  SO easy.  Anderson was  SO excited when I showed it to him.

The rest of his lunch?  Raisins, yogurt-drops, gluten-free pretzel sticks (which are pretty yummy!) oranges and blueberries.  I layered everything so that once the lid was on, the "donut" stayed nice and snug.  What didn't make the picture was the Hershey Kiss that I snuck in when Anderson wasn't looking. I always like to surprise him with a sweet treat like a hidden Jelly Bean or chocolate.  <3

Snap on the lid and put on a sweet note for the teachers to read for him.  :)

And, of course, Little Bro gets in on the action too.  He gets the same lunch just modified for the teeth-impaired.  Bagel + cream cheese diced, pretzel sticks, diced fruit, yogurt drops with graham crackers, and a fav~ edamame.