お父さんが作る家族弁当

Lunch Boxes for the Family Members Prepared by the Father

2009年3月30日

March 30, 2009

モアイさん作・家族のお弁当 Lunch boxes for the family members prepared by Moai-san

娘さん用はこちら。 Lunch boxes for his daughter.

本人と奥さん用はこちら。 Lunch boxes are for him and his wife.

　

父親の私がお弁当を作るようになったきっかけは、長女の幼稚園でのお弁当が始まった時です。最初は娘へのキャラ弁だけを作っていたのですが、１年前、せっかくなので家族全員（夫婦と子ども３人）のお弁当を作ろう！と思い、平日は基本的に毎日作っています。

I, as a father, have started to prepare the lunch boxes since my eldest daughter began to bring her lunch box to the kindergarten. Originally, I prepared Charabento (lunch meal with animation characters) for my daughter only, and then I made up my mind to use this opportunity to prepare all my family members (husband, wife and three children) an year ago, so now I usually prepare them on weekdays.

　長男は小学生で、給食がありますからお弁当はいりません。夫婦の分と娘たちへの分、計４個を、毎朝５時から作っています。

My eldest son is provided lunches by his primary school so that I don’t have to prepare for him. I prepare 4 boxes of lunch meal for me, my wife and our daughters at 5 in the morning.

　そのお弁当を作るきっかけとなった長女が、いよいよ卒園です。

The eldest daughter who motivated me to start preparing lunch boxes, is about to graduate from her kindergarten.

　２年半、一度だけ体調不良で嫁にお弁当作りを任せた以外は、頑張って作ってきました。

I have continued to prepare lunch boxes for my family in these 2 years, except just one time I was sick and asked my wife to prepare the lunch boxes in behalf of myself.

　３月１３日、長女の幼稚園最後のお弁当日ということで作ったお弁当と、その時の家族弁当を投稿します。お弁当を作りながら長女の成長を思い起こし、胸が熱くなりました。

　私のお弁当は、毎日ブログ（「お父さんが作る家族弁当」　http://ameblo.jp/hyogonomoai/）にて公開しております。よろしければのぞいてみて下さい。（ハンドルネーム：モアイさん）

I post the photos of my family lunch boxes for the day, March 13 on which my eldest daughter graduated from her kindergarten. I mentally retraced her growth and got overwhelmed, when I was preparing the lunch boxes.

I post the photos of lunch boxes prepared by me everyday on my blog (’Lunch Boxes for the Family Members Prepared by the Father’ http://ameblo.jp/hyogonomoai/). You can browse it if you prefer. (Online name: Moai-san)

　【編集部から】モアイさんの投稿を読み、お弁当の画像を見て、いろいろな意味で感動しました。お父さんからの投稿、大歓迎です！　どうもありがとうございました。

[Editorial desk] We were so impressed in many ways with Moai-san’s posts and photos of lunch boxes prepared by him. Comments posted by fathers are more than welcome! Thank you for your post.

http://www.asahi.com/food/obento/TKY200903300199.html

Translator: Maria N.

Proofreader: Kazuya Suzuki