Indoor picnic time!

August is National Picnic Month, although I can't help but think that we'd be better served to have chosen a month in the early spring or late fall when it's not so hot! Also, in my area, it's rained every few days, and on the days that it hasn't rained, it's been nice and humid out. So, not nice picnic weather.

But I've been thinking, my kids haven't been on a picnic this summer. Not really. I mean, we took them to a water park and we took lunch with us and sat in their picnic area and ate. But that's not really a picnic - not like just being outside and enjoying the day without the allurement of a theme park of some kind. Since my son recently had a playground accident and has a partial cast on (more for precaution than due to the certainty of a break) we haven't been able to play outside much in the past three weeks. It occurred to me just the other day that we should have an indoor picnic.

And, honestly, for a temperature and bug wimp like me, that is the ideal kind of picnic. Spread a blanket on the floor, turn the TV off, and have lunch in the middle of the living room instead. My only concern would be that my son would want to start a habit of eating on the floor instead of at the table! But, I remember little things like this from my own childhood. Well, kind of like this.

When my sister and I were little, my grandmother kept us in the summertime. Occasionally, she would get out her "good" dishes and we would have tea parties in her living room. It was never anything fancy - cheese sandwiches, crackers, grapes, and sweet tea, but it was so much fun and it made us feel special and grown up. I think it was a combination of using the "good" dishes and that Granny was actually playing with us that made it so memorable. But, those are the kind of memories I'd like my kids to have.

So, maybe a picnic in the living room is a pretty good idea after all...

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