Several years ago I became really fascinated with the Japanese bento lunch. Especially those made by Japanese moms for their children to take to school. Wow, these ladies do get creative... just type in obento or Kyaraben in google and you will see what I mean. Anyway my fascination went from gawking at the different photos online to purchasing cute bento boxes with the intent to create my own fabulous lunches. Needless to say I used a couple of my boxes to carry my lunch to work one or two times, but my cookie cutter sandwiches and star shaped rice molds did not impress my fellow coworkers. I decided to store them away for a time when I could make cute lunch's for my future little girl that would become the envy of all her classmates. Fast forward I have my little girl but she is still too young to impress her friends with cheese shaped flowers and octopus weenies. (That's right Chris I said weenies, that's what my mom called them and that's what Penelope will know them as.) People, do they or do they not only become a hotdog when you put them in a bun? Anyway, rather then just letting my bento's collect dust for the next couple of years I decided I would start to use them for Penelope's lunch now and share with you what's in her tummy.