Since there are 7 days in a week and we have 7 in our family, we have made it so that every one gets a say it what we have for dinner. Isabella's on Monday, Cecilia is on Tuesday, Frankie is Wednesday, Luke is Thursday, Mattea is Friday, Louie is on Saturday and mine is Sunday. This week we traded Frankie and Louie, so today she wanted home made pizzas. It is so fun to have everyone make their own. They had a great time. Then we stole this other idea of the blue plate. (I think that it might
be a few of you out there that have this idea.) We have a blue plate and on the night of their dinner, they get to eat off the blue
plate and tell us the best thing of their "blue
plate" day. It is so fun to watch as they know it is their blue plate day and they get to have it. Dinnertime has been a lot more fun an experience and been back to the time that it should be. Just having our family share a meal. Course by the end of the week, my dinner is usually the left overs of everyone else's dinner, but hey then I don't have to cook! Just nuke 'em! Anyway it is fun to sit around as a family and enjoy that time together. And we are even trying to make some things from scratch....ok, I said some things...we are still learning, but at least not every night is a TV dinner. But, if it's Luke's night, we might be having that!...just on a blue plate...
Since there are 7 days in a week and we have 7 in our family, we have made it so that every one gets a say it what we have for dinner. Isabella's on Monday, Cecilia is on Tuesday, Frankie is Wednesday, Luke is Thursday, Mattea is Friday, Louie is on Saturday and mine is Sunday. This week we traded Frankie and Louie, so today she wanted home made pizzas. It is so fun to have everyone make their own. They had a great time. Then we stole this other idea of the blue plate. (I think that it might be a few of you out there that have this idea.) We have a blue plate and on the night of their dinner, they get to eat off the blue plate and tell us the best thing of their "blue plate" day. It is so fun to watch as they know it is their blue plate day and they get to have it. Dinnertime has been a lot more fun an experience and been back to the time that it should be. Just having our family share a meal. Course by the end of the week, my dinner is usually the left overs of everyone else's dinner, but hey then I don't have to cook! Just nuke 'em! Anyway it is fun to sit around as a family and enjoy that time together. And we are even trying to make some things from scratch....ok, I said some things...we are still learning, but at least not every night is a TV dinner. But, if it's Luke's night, we might be having that!...just on a blue plate...
What a great idea Andrea! That sounds like a lot of fun! I bet your kids love having a say in what they eat. I tried that for awhile, but seems to be working out better for your family than it did for mine. My kids always chose things like corn dogs and hot dogs so I decided to put that idea on hold until their tastes in food become a little more refined. Yeah right! I also like the blue plate idea. Very cute!
ReplyDeleteFabulous!We do something similar with the plate. We have a red plate that says "you are special today" we got it in Germany and everyone RANDOMLy gets it and its been something fun for dinner for years.. These are the things your children will remember for life.
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