The Scoop: School lunch vs. The lunch box

Thursday, September 25, 2008

School lunch vs. The lunch box

Are school lunches cheaper than taking your lunch? I ask myself this. Our school lunches are $1.75. Can I really pack a lunch that is cheaper than 1.75? What are your thoughts?

7 comments:

Amber Chappell said...: Don't forget to include a salary for all the time put into making the lunch and in your case lunches. You're time is valuable you know! I personally think school lunch is a bargain. But ours is only $1.10.; September 25, 2008 at 1:47 PM
Jen said...: Ours is $1.50, I think. I personally think it is cheaper to bring one from home. But, 9 times out of 10 mine eat at school. It is much easier for me to write a check for lunch for a month, than to make sure I have things on hand and then take the time to make it. I should be more organized, but so far hasn't happened!; September 25, 2008 at 2:23 PM
AZ Larsens said...: Well, all I know is me and my siblings had to bring lunch all through school so it's drilled in my head that brining is cheaper! But of course it was SO much "cooler" to buy...lol I think you could do it cheaper making it, depends on what you put in it I guess...; September 25, 2008 at 4:14 PM
Amy Coontz said...: We do both, but mostly home. And I make my kids make their own. Speaking of which, I need to yell at them now so they get made ;); September 25, 2008 at 7:39 PM
One Happy Family said...: I'm for packing the lunch box. You definitely have more control of what they eat (assuming they eat it). All that cafeteria food is (in my opinion) yucky stuff with loads of preservatives. Better off with PB&J and carrots/apples. Also, I really wonder how honest they are when they ring up lunch for a kindergartner. If they have $1.25 worth of food on their tray do they go ahead and charge them $1.50?; September 30, 2008 at 8:15 PM
One Happy Family said...: (Regarding your poll on the sidebar)
I wanna know who's spending $250 or less. Is it a family of two? If not, I'd like to know their secret.; October 5, 2008 at 9:09 AM
Lindsey said...: THat was me that spends about 250 or less. That was for just Joe and I. Occasionally when we go to costco we will spend more but usually not too much monthly.; October 5, 2008 at 1:57 PM

Kids say the DARNEST things...

Eli, "I am freezing like a PIG!"

Jake, "If I were President, I'd be lazy..."

Maddie, "Kennedy, Eli doesn't need two kites just one."
Kennedy, "What if one gets caught in a tree?"
Maddie, "Good point!"

Eli, "One boys are in the he-man hater club!"

We were eating dinner at a friends house and got Eli out of the highchair. He brushed all the food off of his hands and shirt onto the floor. He looked up at me and said, "Mom, did we being Blackie?"

Kennedy: "I like BEING lazy, I just don't like being CALLED, lazy!"

Eli walks around the house saying, "I am an obot, I am a danger...."

Kennedy, "Are you really going to go to Chick-fli-a for your Honey Moon?" Maddie, "Probably! If my husband will let me."

Jake placed a CTR (choose the right) sticker on his Yoda so that Yoda will make good choices when using the force to fight the "bad guys."

Jake brings Matthew a Nutty Bar and says, "Dad, we need to eat this. I need my life back! Okay?"

Mom slams on the breaks while backing out of the garage...
Jake: "oh no, not again!!"

Kennedy: "Dad, can you count to 1,003?"
Dad: "uhm, yes, but it would take a really long time."
Kennedy: thinks for a minute... "Okay, you can count to 1,001!"

Matthew walked in on Kennedy last night. She was laying in bed doing sit-ups. Every time she would go down her head would hit her head board, but she kept doing sit-ups.
Kennedy: "...10...21, 22, 23,..."
Matthew: "What are you doing?"
Kennedy: "Sit-ups! It is really hurting me head, though!....50, 68, 79..." (she can only count to 50!)

Kennedy: "Mom and Dad, look at all the wishing stars!"
(we were up at Matthew's childhood home/farm in Spencer, TN-she had never seen a sky full of stars before)
Matthew and I: "Wow!"
Kennedy: (whispering to herself) "I wish I had super powers!"

The next night...

Matthew: (jokingly tells me) "I really wish I had super powers!" We both laugh...
Kennedy: (over hears us) "There is a wishing star dad, right there!"

Maddie: "Mom, Paige told me that her moms bum jiggles too!"

Jake: "Mom, what is that bump on your head?"
Mom: "That is called a zit, Jake." (I pop it)
Jake: "Oh, no! That zit is going to get me!"

Mom: "Kennedy, why don't you tell us what a date means since you wanted to go on one."
Kennedy: "A date is when you spend the night with someone."

Kennedy: "I was so sick today and my teacher was so nice to me. She let me lay on her nipples!"
Mom: "Her nipples...do you mean her chest?"
Kennedy: "Yeah, I guess so."