The first school lunch
Out of nowhere, on Monday, my 5-year old son, CJ, asked me if he could buy a school lunch that day. For that first six weeks of kindergarten he has been taking his lunch to school without any hassle. But, on this day he wanted to buy a lunch. He’s never wanted it before so I told him that we’ll look at the menu and figure out what day you like that lunch and I’ll let you buy it. He agreed and corn dogs interested him. Of course, this lunch was the NEXT DAY. I honestly think that he picked the first thing he heard just so he could buy a school lunch.
When he got home Tuesday night, I asked how his lunch went. His eyes lit up. He said that it was great. He got to take a tray and pick one of the two main dishes and got to get three things: meal, milk, desert. He took the corn dog, chocolate milk, and jello. He told me he got to slide the tray down a line just like CiCi’s (a pizza buffet restaurant). It was funny how he compared his school lunch with a buffet restaurant.
It’s amazing how his eyes light up and his hands start flailing explaining about his lunch experience. I love how such a simple experience as buying a lunch to an adult is a truly amazing experience for a little child.
But, as you can guess, he wanted to buy lunch the next day at school. 
Does it not concern you how unhealthful that school lunch is? It is loaded with preservatives, “Meat” substitutes, food coloring, sugar and caffeine. Not a lunch with nutrients and whole foods that children need. In fact, it is essentially poison.
Just a little food for thought.
Kate
I know that they’re not the healthiest things in the world. He has ONE school lunch in SIX weeks. It’s not going to kill him. Look at the crap that people eat at home. Look at the fast food places. This is just a story about his joy of having a school lunch.
Don’t get so political on it.