Fancy Dinner

It was raining this morning, so lunch on the porch wasn't going to be much of a prize for the code breakers. Instead of lunch, we decided to do something for them for dinner. I told them to come dressed in their best, as if they were going on a date. They quickly replied, "I've never been on a date" and "all I have are shorts and tee shirts!" because they are 11 year old girls at camp.

However, by dinner, they'd raided the drama building and were decked out in fluffy prom dresses from the 1990s, lacy gloves, too-big heals, tiaras and hawaiian leis. They looked very fancy.

A, M, K and I had so much fun preparing their table. We started out with some table cloths we had in the office. We found some doilies in the art barn, some wine glasses in the staff house, some mason jars (which we filled with flowers) and then we made name cards and lacy bows for the backs of their chairs. By the time we were ready for dinner, it was a pretty fancy looking table!

We stopped the girls at the front door before they came into the dining hall. As they walked in we blasted classical music from the speakers.

They had quite the reaction! They ate their pizza and had a lemonade toast with wine glasses.

During dinner, they called me over and asked if they could make a request. They wanted to know if I could change the music from classical to Gangnum Style. I told them that wasn't very fancy, but that I would play it at the end of dinner.

At the end of dinner, we blasted their requested song and watched as the entire dining hall turned into an impromptu dance party. Campers and counselors danced joyfully, swept into the moment. I watched and laughed and threw my arms in the air saying, "it must be the last dinner of the summer- anything goes!" and danced along with everyone.