The Queen's Diamond Jubilee

I know that the Queen of England is somehow still connected with Australia. Not quite sure how it all works, but I do know that today was a big day as it was the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.  What is the Queen's Diamond Jubilee you ask (at least I did). Well, it is the celebration of her 60th year on the throne of course.  

A friend of ours (from England), invited us to a Diamond Jubilee celebration today.  It turned out to be a rainy and yucky day and the thought of standing in a bus stop in the rain and then walking from the bus stop to her house was more than I could deal with today. So, we graciously declined- sort of at the last minute... I feel bad, but not so bad because I got to nap and that was so needed!

Anyway, Coop was, of course, disappointed that we couldn't go "celebrate the Queen" so, I whipped up a celebration of our own.  I had just bought this week's issue of Time Magazine which happened to have the Queen on the front cover. I took that off, glued it to a cereal box so it would stand up and set it on the table. I made hot tea and cocoa and served the cupcakes, chips and dip I had made to take to the party. And what kind of celebration would it have been without crowns? Luckily, I had some gold paper so I cut out a few crowns and we were reading to celebrate.

The boys loved it and it was enough to settle Coop's disappointment.  As we ate, I asked Coop what he knows about the Queen. His response?

The Queen lives in a castle. There are dragons there. She cannot go out because 

of the dragons, but the knights can go out and fight the dragons. The Queen 

can go outside for her parades.

Enough said?

"This is the Queen and her chair" also known as a throne. 

Tucker called the towel on the table, "the Queen's blanket."

Tucker enjoyed the celebration, but not as much as Coop.
Tucker REALLY enjoyed 3 cups of hot cocoa though. 

Tucker decorated his crown with Dora stickers.
Hmmm,wonder what the Queen would think. :)