Themed Dinners

 We like to celebrate Star Wars Day on May the fourth and then Cinco de Mayo. Naturally these turn in to quite the themed dinners. We like to get foods and give them Star Wars names.



May the Fourth be with you has been something we've done for many years now since moving to Pasco. Some Star Wars crazed friends of ours introduced it to us. We never looked back :)

For Cinco de Mayo I thought I'd go all out and make my own enchiladas with home made enchilada sauce. While I was preparing the food I asked the kids to make some decorations for the evening. 



Lindsey made fresas y crema (strawberries & cream)

I got Jaime on the rolling action of the enchiladas. 

Don't they look so good!?


Everything turned out so delicious. 

Took some fun pictures

The two amigos. They're hilarious girls

After dinner we watched Disney's Coco. Such a cute movie about Dia de los Muertos. 


Lindsey decided she wanted to try a new recipe and make home made blueberry muffins. They were so good! The strudel on top was was made them MMMM!


I decided to continue the rest of the week with some fun dinner ideas. 

We had a "Dumb" dinner. Random dishes and utensils were placed in numbered bags. Everyone drew a number and whatever was inside that bag they had to eat their dinner with. 

The results are hilarious. Tongs are not easy to eat with. 





Another night we had country BBQ and watched Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. The kids loved the food and enjoyed the movie. It makes the kids excited for dinner time. 


Yummy pulled pork sandwiches. 


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