When life hands you marshmallows...you make s'mores, right?
Who's power went out the other night with the gale force winds that blew through here all evening? My pakistani kima had to wait because without electricity, the evening called for an impromptu picnic on the living room floor.
The menu included:
almond butter and rhubarb-strawberry jam sandwiches
pickles
carrots
apple slices
AND, s'mores....with marshmallows roasted on a fork by candlelight.
I was so glad to have had marshmallows on hand...not something that's always in my pantry! When it came time for dinner and I realized it was picnic time, I sent them off to play suggesting I had a surprise, requested grass (i.e., blanket) be laid on the floor, packed up our picnic and led them on a spooky trek through the enchanted forest before landing at a grassy knoll for a moonlit picnic (this amounts to a slow, deliberate walk through our little house where we carefully looked for stinky trolls around every corner before spotting the blanket where we'd sit for our picnic). They loved it.
Actually, the power came on over an hour later, and they requested we use as little electricity as possible and continue through the bedtime routine of pj's, teeth brushing, tinkle, reading and tuck-in's all by candlelight. It made for a really calm and beautiful evening.
After tucking Fannie in, I caught a glimpse of Sunny sitting on her bed, brushing the hair of her doll in a shadow of candlelight from her nightstand...so beautiful!
How did you fare in the power outage?
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