Is your version of “making lunch” slapping a form of protein between bread while guzzling coffee at 6:30am? Ours, too. But for a select group of moms, making lunch is where they shine, it’s their place to play, and we’re HERE for it. Cucumbers in the shape of stars?

Yes please. Strawberries that look like animals? Why not? What follows is a collection of all the pretty lunches we wish we could make, that we’d totally want our kids to have, and that make us slightly jealous but actually sort of happy. Because who knows, maybe these pics will inspire us to transform peanut butter and jelly sandwiches into balloon animals and somehow finagle apple slices into hexagons. More than likely it won’t — but, hey, isn’t it fun to fantasize?