On the night of Claire's first day of preschool, we had a Back to School Feast. I love having established family traditions, and am pretty confident that we just created a new one!
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here's some details:
an empty can
+ a 72 pack of colored pencils
+ hot glue
+ yellow mums
= one very colorful centerpiece!
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and, a cake that was intended to look like this, but came out looking like an Easter egg instead (at least it was covered in rainbow sprinkles!)
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and finally, school-themed place settings and pink vintage dishes![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAnywBPiWu4Wc6BVjjjniIZlukjSz-4Gmoq3N31h9Og-etEUFkvrt_UmSwKCnuatElDSydl8d3eCANxTtTzfzj5bej834VLwKCuYkFcPGzNarbgy4vO-vlLmkjLDbHRYdE1q7kAF0VxhKy/s400/Picture+939.jpg)
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![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2TdEnvmsXDYPgRo_G7ZoST95TW8hS2BYFzoqA7zI-MIAamAiY1wc45mcdpw1PcFn8rrDTcZ93eiJbWQc2RyeNzYEUaa_G_EyMp4SaB2WzoXSnorESvdljWAWGLbFfdwCNPKhdvyCrpRsy/s400/Picture+949.jpg)
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but the best part of all???
seeing how utterly proud of herself our big preschooler was!![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicgDXDNt5wj8gvJdFj_CK4_9hN8Y9Tf8U4QXO5xdaxI67ehCJjhIlc7EyG89AcPgkDZ_2EBxAsbppx3wj1H0CiHLDI7yaMcj34Ws2rhw4suLpdVkOoq_rIcrbI-Gca6F2N-aT7ckUlEjdl/s400/Picture+973.jpg)
here's some details:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6is1RDmSASos5gBU5qxvg6Ysc-HTKkufFVB1zk7j_Gn1IzeA1CqpB9E7Nfjb3QHUVL5DSXPc08H2fpNK7JyISAdxfDRQssAOP4fZIXUqWNVDDuDAk0FariqBFWfNBwBVeayL5f8awH9fK/s400/Picture+908.jpg)
+ a 72 pack of colored pencils
+ hot glue
+ yellow mums
= one very colorful centerpiece!
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvc4LAV_ftiEcqMzEdFUFa4xo2quCoo2a1kZKJNIoB1hHiPz142mXdUlIIS0c1P0nK-VjXxhslkRPgV6YTXlrx8SC2TtZwmtbT3DbV7LMbeHOuzGov2ffDbTSsDitHR-RtY7jRTFbCR3B1/s400/Picture+946.jpg)
and, a cake that was intended to look like this, but came out looking like an Easter egg instead (at least it was covered in rainbow sprinkles!)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3hbiD_jrnrFyGM_8b_DMsQVUhwFgf1by05UQt5GNzmAlc3TKan54acE29f9PaENGTmS9oDux2bdNNsroRT5_bahTe9gs7p7Uv7zohPH64ikqmT3vGTecWhEjo2WyXWzzfEaNIFBDw_xJK/s400/Picture+938.jpg)
and finally, school-themed place settings and pink vintage dishes
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAnywBPiWu4Wc6BVjjjniIZlukjSz-4Gmoq3N31h9Og-etEUFkvrt_UmSwKCnuatElDSydl8d3eCANxTtTzfzj5bej834VLwKCuYkFcPGzNarbgy4vO-vlLmkjLDbHRYdE1q7kAF0VxhKy/s400/Picture+939.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmDsNwXge_EPsWexysJkrrgEAXR_rYS9skmVa0LUvw8oPfgA2yDEB7YsjakMRxqv6oQ3BbW5l8YBo6p93KrH1H42M2Hyhq0NYZ-1FTc_6AT9OIssMjMtq1zhibuD6gRPGCvGbTsDG6121A/s400/Picture+940.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2TdEnvmsXDYPgRo_G7ZoST95TW8hS2BYFzoqA7zI-MIAamAiY1wc45mcdpw1PcFn8rrDTcZ93eiJbWQc2RyeNzYEUaa_G_EyMp4SaB2WzoXSnorESvdljWAWGLbFfdwCNPKhdvyCrpRsy/s400/Picture+949.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNIsWglO5i_OTlYhqn1hfc-oYCTIGTluKLvwgMfMyO005WAXhwUPDbAb3pFAz4MqdtKWsMjzZ-ZAb3gKuQuzznEARA0lToqIc7QryytuwWpmJ3Dh09VVxjEShK1yUki0ZmaYlrNE6dFyB_/s400/Picture+947.jpg)
but the best part of all???
seeing how utterly proud of herself our big preschooler was!
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicgDXDNt5wj8gvJdFj_CK4_9hN8Y9Tf8U4QXO5xdaxI67ehCJjhIlc7EyG89AcPgkDZ_2EBxAsbppx3wj1H0CiHLDI7yaMcj34Ws2rhw4suLpdVkOoq_rIcrbI-Gca6F2N-aT7ckUlEjdl/s400/Picture+973.jpg)