Family Movie Night- Aladdin

We love family movie night around here. It's just a good chance to slow down, relax together and create some fun memories. Since we are such huge fans of the Mouse, it's usually a Disney movie. I always try to make something fun for the boys to eat, and I'm fortunate that they are really good eaters who will try lots of new things. Tonight we did Aladdin

I love this movie, I can remember watching it with my friends when I was not much older than the lost boys. Since its an Arabian movie, I wanted the food to be along the same theme. We spent the entire day at the local amusement park riding roller coasters and water slides so I knew I wasn't going to want to make anything too involved so I hit the olive bar at the grocery store for olives, stuffed grape leaves, hummus and pitas. And Of Course we had to throw some of Abu's stolen apples on the plate.

For dinner I got them some curly fries, they are twisted like Jafar :) I also used the rest of the pitas and stuffed them with meatballs (frozen...cause remember the roller coasters??)

Dessert is what I was most excited about. We made magic carpets! I spread some softened vanilla ice cream over graham crackers before we started dinner and tossed them in the freezer so the ice cream could harden.

And here is where all of the adult stomachs will turn... I let them use nerds and M&Ms and sour ropes to decorate their carpet. Then I let them have a little chocolate sauce.... I thought it was super gross. But the lost boys did not agree!

see ya real soon!

-C

T-shirt Round-up

The hubby and I just finished up an anniversary trip to Orlando. True to form I made our shirts. I had only planned to make shirts for the Magic Kingdom, but he is such a sport he wanted matching shirts for all four parks. Fortunately I had some Star Wars shirts that we just recycled from our last trip for Hollywood Studios

For Animal Kingdom we decided on Robin Hood. I love line art, partially because my drawing skills are limited, but also because its so unique to what most people are wearing in the parks. It also gives me room to put a phrase on the shirt without making it look too busy.

I wanted something "classic" for the Magic Kingdom so of course we went with Mickey and Minnie.

Our last day, which we were super excited about on our first trip without the lost boys, was to Epcot. We were excited about sampling a few of the snacks and drinks in the world showcase. No drinking all the way around the world for us....but we did hit a few good spots and we wanted shirts to commemorate that.

We had a great time, and look forward to making this trip a yearly tradition. Now it's time to get to work on our fall family trip shirts!

See ya real soon!