Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Back-to-School Brinner

Happy Wednesday, friends!  We made it through the first day of school - tired but excited!

Monday night we had our annual Back-to-School Brinner and I want to share because it's seriously so easy and one of our family's very favorite traditions.

Essentially, it's a special breakfast for dinner (brinner) on the night before school.  It started because I saw other people posting about special first day of school breakfasts and literally couldn't get it together enough in the morning so I moved it to the night before :)  

 We talk about what we're excited about for the year, take some time to pray over our teachers, classmates and school and set some goals for the year.  The menu is SUPER simple and I tried to change it up this year and was met with SO MUCH resistance which I feel just proves that it doesn't have to be anything fancy.



I realize that it looks a little elaborate - but I promise it's easy to pull off :)  I feel like this gingham runner kind of makes the whole thing and then I just used three white cake stands, some Trader Joe's flowers (from last week!) and added in some faux apples and globes that I've had for years. 


I tossed some crayons from our crayon bucket on there as well...


Hobby Lobby always has the best faux fruit and the little globes were a Hobby Lobby find from a few years ago.


We always have cinnamon rolls...


... and make Shay's Ultimate Sausage Balls.


I double the recipe and it's awesome because the sausage balls refrigerate perfectly and we have a quick (hot!) breakfast for the first morning.




These little daisies were about $4 for all of them and they're my absolute favorite.




I use the really inexpensive pocket folders as placemats and I've used the same ones for several years in a row.




I ordered the cookies from Say Anything Bakery and they each took a bite or two but saved the rest for lunch at school the next day.  Can you EVEN DEAL with how cute they are?!?!  And she personalized them with their names, grades and favorite subjects!




I didn't really do any other decorating around the house except for  a banner from Tunes and Spoons shop.  Growing up my mom would always tell my brother and I "remember who you are and whose you are" as we were leaving the house and I thought it was fitting to add into our back-to-school tradition.


And that little basket has some of  our favorite back-to-school books.




Happy back-to-school, friends!!! If you have a fun tradition I'd love to hear about it in the comments and if you end up having your own back-to-school brinner I'd love for you to send me a picture!



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19 comments :

  1. I can't believe it's ALREADY TIME! Looks like your crew had the perfect BRINNER!

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  2. I always love seeing your back to school brinner pics, so easy and so special!!

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  3. So fun! When mine we're little we'd have dinner at Sonic the first day of school. My kids loved a good tradition as well! :)

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  4. Yay! I’m so glad you loved the cookies! Personalizing then really gives me a reason to pause and send little blessings for a safe and happy school year for each student and teacher.

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  5. I love this every year. HOW do you find the say anything bakery?

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  6. if local how do you find the Say Anything bakery? This is one of my favorite post you do.

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  7. I always love your back to school brinner. We had a tradition of worms and dirt as our back to school snack.

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  8. I am always in awe of how you made such simple things look so special and spectacular! It inspires me to do such fun things when my kids get older! :)

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  9. Super cute! We always have sausage balls on the first day as well ; ) Thanks for sharing all the cute pics!

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  10. Your back to school brinner post always makes me want those sausage balls. Always.

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  11. Ohhh myyyy gosh. I love this idea so much! Stealing it! :)

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  12. Thank you for posting about this. I hosted my first one for my kinder girl last night. A great way to celebrate Back To School!

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  13. Who and Whos. . .LOVE it!! <3 <3

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  14. We've been doing a back to school brinner the last couple of years. Our kids love it!

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  15. Do you have a go to cinnamon roll recipe or just the premade from tj

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  16. Love it! Where is G's shirt from?

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  17. This is one of my favorite annual posts! Love getting ideas to do with my boys from you. Thanks for always sharing (and for not making it too hard to copy!)

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  18. Thanks for always sharing your great ideas (and for making them sort of easy to duplicate). This is one of my favorites posts you do each year, I'm glad the kids didn't let you stop this year.

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