So with all the hub-bub about the Royal Wedding approaching and the fact that my children's heritage is English I decided a perfect teaching moment was at hand. We had a Royal Wedding party at moms house on Easter weekend.
Grandpa got into the spirit of things by being the Royal sergeant of arms, calling the kids by their given nobility names and escorting them down the royal hallway then seating them at the dining table. Mom was the Queen herself using her antique tea sets from England for the first time to serve us. The "mum" had a beautiful spread put out, fit for a king!! It was complete with finger sandwiches, cheeses, hot cross buns and shortbread cookies, oh yea and the tea, in our case waapple juice.
During Tea Time we had a little geography/history lesson by Brad and I talked about Royal Nobility meanings.
The best part was guessing some funny english sayings/words and what they meant.
Some of them were:
* a loirre - a semi truck
* spend a penny - use the potty
* in her majisty's pleasure - to be in prison
* out of the tree - you are crazy
* getting cheeky - talking back
* arse over elbow - head over heels
After Tea I had the kids try to pin a "Royal" face on the Monarchy Tree. They did pretty good.
We ended the party by watching the movie "The Queen".
The party was a lot of fun thanks to everyone that helped and I mean everyone (Stacie, Rick, Mom, Tom & Brad)
I have to give a special shout out to Brad who not only supports me in my crazy ideas but participates in them as well, making it fun and enjoyable for all!!
EASTER
The kids had a great time finding the 6 dozen eggs they had colored at moms house and then rolling them down the hill.
I decided to start a new tradition with our family. On holidays we would mix up our seating "order" at dinner. So to do this I made cute name tags as their dinner plate. The table looked awesome if I do say so my self. I am now wondering what sort of monster I have created with this new tradition!
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