We had our annual rainbow day celebration at my parents house (Grandma and Grandpa Walker) in Morgan. The kids need less and less assistance each year and they do such a great job. I gave them a $50 budget and they spend hours over zoom, planning, purchasing, and preparing for today.
A reminder: Rainbow Day occurs around the first week of school, usually in the days between "not-back-to-school" and the Official First Day of School, but may be held a few days before or after. Rainbow Day often coincides with Molly's Birthday (as preferred by the cousin crew) but does not have to be on that day (as preferred by the moms). The Rainbow Day Dinner consists of six color-themed courses. Children prepare and host the dinner, presenting each course one at a time in rainbow order. Rainbow Day may also consist of other rainbow activities like science projects or art projects. It may consist of crafting decorations or eating other rainbow-themed food throughout the day. However, the most important element of Rainbow Day is the child-led dinner.
It was really so fun to have Rainbow Day in Morgan with Grandma, Grandpa, and Grandma Knowles.
The courses were well planned and executed. We left with happy tummies and happy hearts.
General rules state that you can't use food coloring to change the color of a food - each course needs to be naturally colored. Blue tends to be a difficult color to create a full course out of and the kids made the case that rice crispy treats from the store come with a blue wrapper- but they would rather save their budget and make the treats themselves with blue food coloring, so I allowed it. In a hilarious turn of events, the blue food coloring the kids to make blue rice crispy treats also turned everyones tongues blue. It was one of those times when one person starts laughing and soon the entire table was laughing and the endorphin release from all the giggling was exactly what we all needed. It was so fun and funny.
Another Rainbow Day Success!
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