Apple diner/Nana's cooking

Just before spring break the first grade classes earned a special treat called "Apple Diner". Apple Diner is when the students can purchase a hot lunch and sit at special round tables that are outfitted with nice tablecloth linens and their (corn dog!) lunch is presented on china plates.
Well, Ryan always brings his lunch (he wants to bring his lunch) everyday of the year except on Apple Diner days. BUT, James and I both forgot to send him lunch money so he could not purchase his special lunch. SO - when he got home we had our own little 'apple diner'. He especially liked that he had his very own star shaped candle.

What will my boys do when their Nana is not visiting anymore?
The thing with my mom is that she loves to cook. She thinks nothing of making multiple 'special order' dinners each night. The boys have loved that she will whip up pancakes anytime they wish. And not just any ordinary pancakes but thin pancakes (more like crepes really) and she knows who wants blueberries cooked inside (Reid), who wants them just placed on top after the pancake is cooked (Ryan) and who wants them on the side (Chase) as well as who will eat them whichever way he can get them (Austin)!


We have enjoyed my mom's homemade spaghetti sauce, multiple roasts, ham, soups, chicken and rice casserole, sweet and sour chicken wings, salmon among many others. So yum!