Back to school feast...

 A little bit of a rewind into August. We had our BACK TO SCHOOL FEAST the evening of August, 26th. I think we will be keeping this tradition alive every new school year. I got this idea from a blog I like called "NieNie Dialogues." When I first read a post about a "back to school dinner" they had about 4 years ago, I remember thinking "What a wonderful idea. I am SO going to do this when my children are of age. And that day has now come. 

The feast consisted of...

Olive Garden's Zuppa Toscana Soup (one of the kids favorites)

bread twists (trying to replicate Pizza Factory's bread twist)

tossed salad 

and blueberry cake.

Here are the decorations. YAY for back to school. And cute little Joseph waiting to eat. :)

 Made some school bunting :)

Also made personalized crowns to add to their special evening.

 Derek gave the family lesson and introduced our theme for the year. 

Our family theme this year is "Listen and Obey"

He shared the story of the Prophet Noah from the bible of when God told him to build the ark, he and his family listened and obeyed. And because they listened and obeyed, they were protected from the floods. 

How we related it to them is they have parents and teachers that have rules those rules protect us from harm.

The lesson went well and hope they can take this into their school year and at home. 

Of course we always have to remind on a daily basis this theme but we're trying. :)

 We  gave the family a gift of one star with our family theme on it with the children's names.

The star will hang on our back door window to remind them of what we're all trying to accomplish.

 I thought this was too cute and had to take a picture. Thomas wearing his monkey back pack that he just got, wearing his crown and "reading" a new Bernstein Bears book, "Going back to school"  in his underwear.

Thomas and Emma LOVE Bernstein Bear books. They got this as a gift from us for the new school year.

Here's to a great school year!