I was inspired by another mom to start being intentional about planning a regular family night - a night set aside just for us to enjoy eachother. We started it off with "fairy-tale" night. We started by slaying a dragon - well, a meatloaf dragon. (I shaped a turkey/beef loaf and then covered it with "green" brown rice) and the girls had previously helped me to make white-chocolate dipped pretzel "royal scepters/wands" for dessert. They also helped to turn some cardboard boxes into castles and made crowns for us all to wear. After dinner we pulled out the dress-up clothes and all got in on acting out fairy-tales such as Rapunzel and the Three Little Pigs. We even video-taped one of our productions. Then we closed the night by reading some new fairy-tales for bedtime stories. The girls loved it so much they awoke wanting to do it all over again today. It was a special night. We're looking forward to many more and a scrapbook full of fun family memories!
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I am in awe of your meatloaf dragon! Seriously, it looks amazing---and the torilla chip? wings. Totally out of control!
Posted by: ally | May 29, 2008 at 10:00 AM
You are so creative! I am glad to see there are still moms out there playing make-believe with their children using things you can find around the house. Kudos!
Posted by: Jennifer Pennington | May 29, 2008 at 07:33 PM
You are so creative! I am glad to see there are still moms out there playing make-believe with their children using things you can find around the house. Kudos!
Posted by: Jennifer Pennington | May 29, 2008 at 07:33 PM
That's awesome! What a great family night idea!!
Posted by: Jessi | May 29, 2008 at 09:55 PM
Ok, this sounds like SO MUCH FUN!! I pray I'm this creative one day when I have a family of my own!
Posted by: Amber | June 03, 2008 at 01:48 PM
So cute. We haven't done a fairy tale night yet.
Our favorite was pirate night. Arghh....
Posted by: mandy | June 14, 2008 at 03:03 PM
Great job! I LOVE the dragon!!
Posted by: Simone | June 16, 2008 at 12:51 AM