Hello Kitty Lunch

Over the weekend my granddaughter was so hurt that her aunt bought a Hello Kitty pencil for herself and unicorn pencil for her. She pouted, “ but I Love Hello Kitty too.” We had to talk to her about what it means to have gratitude. These are hard, but needed lessons.

Gratitude, thankfulness, or gratefulness, from the Latin word gratus ‘pleasing, thankful’, is a feeling of appreciation felt by and/or similar positive response shown by the recipient of kindness, gifts, help, favors, or other types of generosity, towards the giver of such gifts. I love my grandchildren and want to give them everything, but without nurturing gratitude they will end up spoiled and ungrateful. As a parent (and grandparent) teaching our children to be have gratitude is actually molding them into kind human beings.

Included in lunch:
🥪 kitten - raspberry jam sandwich

🥮 heart shape pound cake
🥣 strawberry yogurt
🥒 cut cucumbers
🧆 Snack: yogurt cover raisins

Strawberries

Directions:

1. Cut crust from two slices of white bread. I used raspberry jam, but feel free to use whatever jam you like. Use black frosting tip to create Hello Kitty face.

2. Cut strawberries using heart shape cookie cutter and add to container.

3. Cut cucumbers using flower shape cookie cutter and add to container.

4. Add strawberry yogurt and yogurt covered raisin to container.

5. Option item, add pound cake cut into heart shapes.

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