The two P's plan has three different options: Pool Picnic, Park Picnic, or Play Picnic. 

Make a PB&J or PB and Nutella sandwich with bananas (my preferred PB combination), a fruit salad, and grab some fun drinks. Head to the pool, park, or simply the backyard and set up a "play" picnic. Maybe you are a princess on the run from an evil queen, or maybe you are a band of thieves freshly escaped from the dungeon, but either way, you had to set up camp in the middle of nowhere with these scarce provisions. Dinner is served!

At 25, we should drop the age on this one - this picnic is for those of us who don't wish to sit on the ground. It includes your back porch, a park picnic table, or lawn chairs and a card table. Think of light charcuterie and words you can't pronounce. Couscous Salad, Gouda, Prosciutto, Prosecco - okay, I'm kidding! Whether you're feeling fancy or not, the idea is the same: cheese, meat, cold salads, and something cold to drink!

We only do this once or twice a year, but it's a huge hit at our house. The Pizza Picnic! Here's how you pull off this complex dinner plan. First, choose a fun location you've never eaten dinner in. For us, it's the tree house or the trampoline. Then you announce, "On Friday, we will be ordering pizza to be delivered and eaten right on the trampoline!" Finally, you grab paper plates, water bottles, and a trash bag, then head out to your picnic location. Boom - dinner is served! 

If you have a fire ring, pit, or access to one, a campfire picnic makes for a fun summer dinner. You can do your own research on campfire cooking, but since we didn't have a grilling grate and didn't want to make any additional purchases, we opted for hotdogs, corn on the cob, and s'mores. While the hotdogs and s'mores are self-explanatory, a co-worker told me a way to prepare the corn that I will pass along! 

        First, carefully pull the husks down, but din't remove them from the corn. Next pull all the little silk strings off and discard them. After they are gone, pull the husk back up around the corn as best you can, then soak it in a clean bucket of water for at least 3 to 4 hours. Finally, after your fire has built a nice hot coal base, you lay your corn just close enough to get all the heat but not catch flames. The intensity of the fire and whether you have a fire ring to retain heat on both sides with dictate how long it takes. We rotated ours periodically and ate them after about an hour. We used a stick of butter to coat each one as they came off the fire, but sweet summer corn may not even need it!