Witching Hour or Princess Picnic??

Have you ever heard of something called the "witching hour"?? It is defined as the following: the time when supernatural creatures such as witches, demons, and ghosts are thought to appear and be at their most powerful, and black magic at its most effective.

Sounds pretty intense, right?

Well in my house, I often refer to the time period of 4-6pm as our "witching hour" -- don't get me wrong --- I absolutely don't think my house is haunted, or filled with ghosts and demons.

But I do think this is the certain time of day when my children turn into something....well..... a bit different.....and they are certainly most "effective and powerful" at being whatever it is that they become during these most dreadful hours.

If you are a mom, chances are you kind of know what I'm talking about.

So, with my husband coming home later and later some nights, I really have to resort to being creative in order to keep sanity in my home.

On this particular night, when I thought I might literally lose my mind, I decided to throw out all of my preconcieved notions of a civilized dinner, at the dinner table, with no TV (my usual boring rule) and told the kids that we were going to eat on the floor, watch movies, and have popcorn with our dinner! You should have seen it! Suddenly, these little girls who were prone to temper tantrums, and seemingly cranky beyond all cranky, became little, happy angels, full of smiles! I was so impressed, and so INSPIRED, that I even took it one step further and decided to make it a Princess picnic, full of dress up clothes and magic wands!

IT WAS A HIT!!!! 

And the best part of all was that these happy little faces reminded me that things don't always have to be "orderly".....and the house can be a mess and food can be on the floor....and the "witching hour" doesn't actually have to be dreadful....it can be fun and full of laughter, just like this.

Dinner tables are overrated anyway, right?