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| Busy filling out their menus................. and yes, I realize my son Mr. T is sitting there holding a pocket knife. They're Natives....... it's expected. |
Last year for Valentine's Day I was Betty Cracker. Remember? (Click on the words "Betty Cracker" for a reminder.)
As Valentine's Day has approached The Natives started bringing up the dinner I'd done last year. Was I going to do it again this year? It was obvious from how much they kept bringing it up that they without coming out and saying of course, hoped I would do it again this year.
Note: The candle holders were expensive. I'm all about going all out!
I found this link through my baby sis and started printing menus and yes, crowns. I made them all wear crowns this year!! Poor Levi. He spent the entire evening/dinner with his crown perched on his nose hiding his eyes. He was NOT thrilled with his selection as he wanted his pizza right away. Not dessert. Not salad. Pizza!! Once again I let him break the rules but everyone else had to eat their food in the order it was presented whether they had utensils or not.
And once again, after I was done serving everyone Henny Penny made me sit down, fill out a menu, and she served me my dinner. This year we had: pizza, salad, applesauce, soda, and cheesecake with blueberry topping.
You are such a fun mom!
ReplyDeleteEvery once in awhile I have to redeem myself. ;)
DeleteGo Betty!
ReplyDeleteI'm crackin'!!!
DeleteI think that my favorite thing was to read that you served almost exactly the same dinner I did for Valentines day, minus the applesauce and with raspberry topping for the cheesecake. Cracked minds think alike...
ReplyDeleteNext year we should collaborate and do this together. You and I can be crackers together in the kitchen while our families wonder what happened to 'Betty'. :D
DeleteYou folks do make me smile so! Mr. T and my eldest could talk pocket knives together - they are handy tools (the knives, not the children). I love the crowns, and I really, really love the candle holders. They work, they sparkle, and you could bake a potatoe in them after they're done holding candles :-)
ReplyDeleteMe using the candle holders to bake potatoes in after would make me really quite 'Wabi'. :)
DeleteOh my goodness! The number of pocket knives we have around here! Seriously?? Really?? Why?? They compete with the number of baseball caps!
So very much fun! Sounds like a wonderful time.
ReplyDeleteIt was a lot of fun. I think we've started a new tradition.....
DeleteYou are one of the most playful moms EVER! I guess that goes hand-in-hand with being a bit sassy. I followed all the links and thought about how new ideas are spread in today's world.
ReplyDeleteMy son was enamored with his knife collection. It has become a family joke. I'm just glad to discover that it was just a phase, not a precursor to a future career as a violent criminal.
The Internet is fantastic for ideas for crazy spastic mom's like me. :)
DeleteI'm grateful too that thus far the infatuation with knives and the like is just that, an infatuation for the items and carving sticks and other things of the like.