when a pbj just won't do...

obento lunch boxes are the brown bags of japan. kids and fathers tote them to school and work each day half filled with rice and half filled with mouthfuls of veggies, fish, fruits and meat. stay at home moms apparently take great pride in their obento creations, perhaps rightfully so since they are definitley judged by those who see them. i can remember a co-worker dissing a male teacher's wife saying, she stays at home to take care of the kids but doesn't even prepare him a decent lunch box [he usually had instant noodles and fruit]. just ran across these pics that show the creative extreme some moms go to...