PlanetBox Review

I love packing my daughter's lunch. I have always wanted to get planet box since she was 3 years old, but I did not get it until recently. The reason I waited so long before I get her lunch is because when she was in pre-K, her school did not let outside food in school, so I never had to pack her lunch for a whole year.

At Kindergarten, I never thought of buying a lunch box for her because I was so used to not pack any lunch, and I just expect her to eat school lunch. On the first day of school, I gave her $20 to put into her school account. She came home from school very disappointed. She said to me,"Mommy, why did you not pack me any lunch? They don't have any food for me! I only ate yogurt, milk, and just snack foods!!" Then, I asked her,"where is your $20 I gave you?" She answered,"I gave it to my teacher and we bought lunch and that was my lunch, the yogurt, milk and snack foods!!!!" Then, I decided to buy the PlanetBox. Their shipping was really quick because I got it within a few days.

Okay, enough of my story, let's give this awesome PlanetBox a review!!!

I have purchased the PlanetBox Rover for $59.95 and it came with

• The Lunch Box
• One Little Dipper Container
• One Large Dipper Container
• Cute set of magnets (25 different design and 1 blank white to design it yourself)
• One Carrying Bag (9 different colors to choose from)

They also sell only the main box or only with the dipper, you can also add other accessories such as the water bottle, the spoon set, the ColdKit, and more!

What I like about PlanetBox:
1. It has 5 bento sections, I love it that the food wont touch each other when I pack her lunch. Also, it has good amount of space so I can place a whole sandwich without cutting it in weird shapes.
2. It came with two extra containers with individual lids for liquid foods.
3. I love the fact that it is made of food grade stainless steel
4. It is sturdy
5. The carrying bag has pockets for extra items I like to pack like on the inside it has a pocket for ice packs to keep food cool, and straps for forks and spoons. On the outer part of the bag, it has a nice pocket for water bottle or juice and an extra pocket to place anything you want to put in there.
6. It is also easy to open and close for my daughter's little hand (she was 5 years old when she started using Planetbox)
7. Dishwasher safe, it made my life easier!

What I do not like about PlanetBox:
1. The Price is quite expensive, but if I were to go out to stores and buy similar items they also add up, probably not as much as $59.95 but close to it.
2. I do not like the fact that I have to use the dipper containers for wet food. Sometimes, I just forget. Like when I pack my daughter eggs, well they have liquid coming out of them sometimes and they would leak out to the bag and well the bag would get dirty and I have to wash it and so on.
3. I do not like washing the bag. The bag is very thick and hard to dry. I have to dry them outside but when it is winter, it doesn't get dry as fast as I would like it to be. If it doesn't dry fast enough, well you will get a very smelly lunch bag.

So, Those are my pros and cons about our PlanetBox Rover. Bottom line is, I love the box. I would recommend this box to anyone out there that is looking to purchase a bento box for their kids or themselves.

PlanetBox did not pay me to review their box nor they give me any type of compensation. This is a very honest review from the box that I bought. Thanks so much for reading! ^^

you can purchase your own PlanetBox at www.planetbox.com

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Dr. Seuss First Birthday Party!

So, Austin birthday was on the 1st of July. We did a fun cake smash session that day at home (I am also a photographer, please check out my page at Addie Photography).

The cake smash of course went really well! He did not cry. He loved the cake I made. It was just a regular yellow cake and I used marshmallow fondant. This is the first real cake I've ever made! It turned out really well! Check this out:

Does that look like a hat from the Cat in The Hat? I hope it does hehe!

See the before and after?

oh! I forgot to mention!!! the background banner and the outfit was made by Flash Flair! Don't you think its so adorable?!

Here are the recipes for my cake, butter cream and marshmallow fondant:

Yellow Cake:

What you need:

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup butter

2 eggs

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 3/4 teaspoons baking powder

How To make:

1. Preheat oven to 350 Degrees F 

2. Grease your pan with baking spray or shortening or line your cupcake pans with cupcake liners 

3. In a bowl, Cream together sugar and butter on medium speed. Beat in eggs one at a time (I usually wait 1 minute after each eggs)

4. In a separate bowl, combine together flour and baking soda. 

5. Add the combined flour and baking soda to the creamed mixture. 

6. Then, add milk to the batter.

7. Pour batter to the prepared pan(s)

8. Bake for 30 to 40 mint. For cupcakes its much less, I usually bake my cupcakes about 15-20 minutes.

Yummy Butter Cream

What you need:

1 stick unsalted butter

3 cups convectional sugar

2 tablespoons milk

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

How to make:

1. In a bowl cream butter with high speed. 

2. Add little by little of the sugar

3. Last, add in vanilla extract and milk

Marshmallow Fondant

What you need:

16 oz miniature marshmallow (1 bag)

2 lbs powdered sugar

4 tablespoons water

How to make:

1. Place marshmallow and water in a microwave safe bowl. Microwave water and marshmallow for 1 minute in high. If marshmallow aren't melted yet, place it back in the microwave for another 30 seconds. Take out the marshmallow from the microwave and stir it until all marshmallow melted.

2. slowly add powdered sugar as you mix your marshmallow with a spatula. 

3. Once fondant look a fine to handle with hand, continue kneading the fondant as you add more and more sugar. 

Well, Good luck! I will post cupcakes that I made for his birthday party soon!!!!