Foster Family Fabulous Feast-Back to School Night

In honor of today being the first day of school for my very excited first grader and preschooler, we had a very fun FFFF- Back to School Night last night.

When the kids walked into the dining room, they came upon this sign, which looks very similar to Charlotte's school sign. (Of course the name of the school was changed.)

This was a very fun one. I know, I know, I say that for all of them, but it really was. And it was a simple one to put together, which is such a bonus.

For dinner we ate alphabet soup, cheese pencils (which were not pretty because I used cheese that had been in the freezer, so it crumbled easily), and focaccia bread made to look like a ruler. I used Wilton's Edible Markers to mark the bread. The bread is marked on the bottom because it looked better and neater that way. (Forgive the fact that the ruler is not to scale and that rulers usually have 12 inches), We had juice boxes for our beverage (you know, as a shout out to packed lunches.)

The decorating part was easy. I clipped alphabet flash cards to Foster child #1's jump ropes (yes, I am aware my clothes pins are ugly. They are well used!) For the centerpiece I just used various school supplies. I also made placemats out of 2 pieces of notebook paper, that I protected with Contact paper and had to have desk signs so everyone knew which spot was theirs at the table. (Which I might considering using for future meals. We tend to play musical chairs for every meal and NOT have set places to sit - which can sometimes lead to not pretty attitudes.)

Foster Dad giving a "Pop" quiz to Foster child #2 on letter sounds. This is funnier if you look at the jokes I linked up on the blog. (And Foster child did extremely well knowing most of his sounds. And yes, I know that is not Foster child #2 in the photo.)

I can't believe we have a first grader and a preschooler! Time certainly does fly by!

I also had a display of books for my "students." Foster child #1 got 2 Junie B, First Grader books, Foster Child #2 received Preschool Day Hooray, and Foster Child #3 also received books because I didn't want him to not get anything. He received a Curious George number book and an alphabet book. (Number book totally not necessary as he can already count up to 13 on his own.)

Foster child #1 already delving into one of her new books!

We spent a lot of time telling school jokes during the meal. We also played with our dessert-letter cookies from Trader Joe's and crayons made out of Rolos and Hershey kisses. I was so stoked to find the crayon labels here.

Yes, we do like to play with our food!