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Terrific Tales Tuesday: Picture Books with a Medieval Castle Theme

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My kids love "castle family fun nights"—fun evenings with castle themed food, games/activities and castle bedtime stories. Here are a few of our favorite castle picture books—for castle nights, or anytime! (Click on the titles for more information.)

The Knight and the Dragon by Tomie De Paola

Knights in Shining Armor by Gail Gibbons

Castle by David Macaulay

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Memory-Making Meals Monday: Super Easy Sandwich Castle!

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I love easy, and I love fun—so when I was in a creative mood, I came up with this idea for a super easy castle made out of sandwiches!  I served it on the first day of school (but it would also be perfect for a "castle family fun night").

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I made two kinds of sandwiches for this castle.  The "grown-up" sandwiches were in the middle (deli-style turkey, avocado, tomato and bacon), and the turrets were the kid sandwiches (peanut butter is a favorite in our household).  For the crust-less turrets, I used a special sandwich maker from Pampered Chef, but a round cookie cutter or glass would also work to make circle-shaped sandwiches.  I put one short wooden skewer through each turret, and topped each turret with a cucumber slice and a grape tomato.  For the main part of the "castle,"  I put four short skewers through the stack of sandwiches and added a grape tomato to the top of each skewer for the "battlements."  I added some baby carrots around the castle for the "moat."  I served our sandwiches with soup, and it ended up being a very easy dinner to prepare.

Since this sandwich castle would be perfectly paired with some castle-type books and activities, I'll be posting more castle ideas this week!

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royal wedding picture books: a collection of books from or about england

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I can't wait for William and Kate's big day! In honor of the royal wedding, we are having a British-themed family fun night. Here is a list of books with some English flair--I'm hoping some of them will get my little ones excited about this historic event!

Classics:

A. A. Milne books such as:

Pooh Library original 4-volume set (Pooh Original Edition)

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royal wedding family fun night: planning our British-inspired menu for our royal wedding feast

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Everyone is buzzing with the news of the upcoming marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton.  I have my DVR set to record the nuptials (perhaps I will even be crazy enough to get up at 4:00 a.m. to watch the coverage?), and to be honest I'm getting excited about it too!  I guess I'm a bit of a romantic.  However, I can't say that my crazy boys share my enthusiasm.  My kindergartener told me "they talked about the wedding at school and I put my fingers over my ears!"  (He is not fond of talk about love or kissing, athough he told me not to tell his beloved soon-to-be married cousin that he said anything bad about weddings.)

Anyway, I have my work cut out for me to get my clan on board for a royal wedding family fun night.  They do love the idea of castles (and knights), so perhaps I can go with that angle.  I do want them to be aware of history in the making:  it is a big event when a prince gets married!

Friday will be here very soon, so I am planning the menu.  The official royal wedding menu has not been announced, so I will need to improvise.  Afterschool snacks will definitely need to be in the style of a British afternoon tea.  The royal dinner menu will need to include food that is popular in England.  It may not be fancy, but perhaps I could serve some British pub food.  There are lots of possibilities:  shepherd's pie, fish and chips, bangers and mash, pasties, or Sunday roast (complete with Yorkshire pudding on the side).  I think my kids might actually eat some of those choices!

As I think of the meal, I have some other ideas.  Dinner will need to include some lessons on etiquette (wonder what my boys will think of that?).  Some nice dinner music will also be in order (with a recording of the Westminster Boys Choir?).  Oh, we can have a great time!  Now I only need to convince my family . . .

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