Bento Boxes

I am probably the last person to know about these things but it's too hilarious not to blog about. I guess Bento boxes are some kind of Japanese lunch-box thing where the moms have basically lost their minds and put their hearts and souls into creating these incredible works of art out of these packed lunches so their kids can show them off at school (aka "my mommy loves me more than your mommy loves you"), then said kids destroy them by eating them. Once I started finding pictures of them on the internet, I couldn't stop. I just wish I could read Japanese since several times I came to a site and had no idea what link to click on. I guess the reason these appeal to me is that they encourage the use of healthy leftovers, they discourage the use of baggie-lunches which is good for the environment I'm sure, they could possibly get a picky kid to like eating veggies (we'll have to see on that one), and they are just really adorable. Actually you can do Bento boxes without being a complete lunatic but where's the fun in that?