Tonight we celebrated the beginning of a new school year for the UrbanToddler, with a Back to School Feast.
Like most other things I know about parenting, I learned about the Back to School Feast from other fellow moms, in this case mommy bloggers.
It was a production I tell you. Starting with summoning enough attention from the UrbanToddler to make a menu of her favorite foods. Starter: Fresh Carrots with Olive Oil and Vinegar dip. Second Course: Spinach and Cheese Ravioli. Third: Mini Turkey Burgers with lots of Ketchup. Dessert: Raspberries and Banana (and Chocolate).
Next we stopped by one of our favorite stores, Paper Source for materials to make crafts: Crowns for the guest of honor and her other guests and name cards for the dinner table. Followed by a trip to Trader Joe's for dinner ingredients.
Waiting for Mr. Urban to come home for dinner was the hardest part (a root canal is probably much easier than trying to teach a toddler to practice delayed gratification).
But finally dinner time arrived, and the crowned party gathered to a feast and stories of school time memories. Even the UrbanToddler was inspired to share stories of her own.
We toasted our girl to a fun and exciting new year of learning and playing and making friends and meeting passionate teachers. And then Mr. Urban and I had a friendly coloring challenge..
Like most other things I know about parenting, I learned about the Back to School Feast from other fellow moms, in this case mommy bloggers.
It was a production I tell you. Starting with summoning enough attention from the UrbanToddler to make a menu of her favorite foods. Starter: Fresh Carrots with Olive Oil and Vinegar dip. Second Course: Spinach and Cheese Ravioli. Third: Mini Turkey Burgers with lots of Ketchup. Dessert: Raspberries and Banana (and Chocolate).
Next we stopped by one of our favorite stores, Paper Source for materials to make crafts: Crowns for the guest of honor and her other guests and name cards for the dinner table. Followed by a trip to Trader Joe's for dinner ingredients.
Waiting for Mr. Urban to come home for dinner was the hardest part (a root canal is probably much easier than trying to teach a toddler to practice delayed gratification).
But finally dinner time arrived, and the crowned party gathered to a feast and stories of school time memories. Even the UrbanToddler was inspired to share stories of her own.
We toasted our girl to a fun and exciting new year of learning and playing and making friends and meeting passionate teachers. And then Mr. Urban and I had a friendly coloring challenge..
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