In the mere four days of school last week, I packed PB&J twice for my 1st grader.  The lunchbox returned home as usual, soiled with the carcass of a crust in the shape of a sticky smile.  This year, I aspire to be great in the lunchbox department; my son will return home with an empty, licked clean lunchbox and will be the envy of all the other six-year-olds at his table.  But struggle with ideas for my picky eater, so I did a little research.  Here are the ideas I'll try:

Emily Sales, Louisville.com's family and parenting writer, is in Quito, Ecuador--with her 2-year-old son, Jack. For more background on her trip, read Have baby, will travel.