Preparing kid lunches

This version has been updated for the 2007 California trip. (Previous version is archived here.)

preliminary stuff

7:30-7:45 wake up Zander, if he hasn't woken on his own; dispense meds (sulfur & stramonium)
Fill water bottles if needed
- Z: bottle in green insulator sleeve
- B: normal sippy bottle

1 yogurt
hard-boiled egg, peeled, in snack bag
slice of watermelon - about 3/4" to 1" thick, in sandwich bag - or sliced kiwi (Chapel Hill Whole Foods only)
frozen thingy goes in lid of lunchpack
put lunchbox to left of water in fridge; Z knows where to find it

"Morning Os" + "Rainbow Rings": one snack bag each, in outside pocket of lunchpack
- these have both been unavailable at the CH Whole Foods; we're out of Rainbow Rings, and Morning Os may run out too
2 Fig Newmans - also in outside pocket
meat goes in sandwich bag except hot dog, which can go in snack bag -- see whiteboard for rotation:
- "ham" = 2 slices of turkey ham (Wellshire Kids)
- "meat" = 2-3 slices of baloney from deli (round stuff in white paper); if frozen, microwave for 4 minutes at 10%
- "hot dogs": 1 hot dog
apple -- remove labels; goes loose in lunchpack -or- strawberries in small rectangular plastic container (purple lid)
blue freezer pack in corner of lunchpack main compartment
- water bottle goes next to freezer pack
put lunchpack next to Zander's or somewhere nearby where B can see it