President's Day celebrations

President's Day is next Monday and while I usually don't post about our family fun nights until after we have had our fun { just in case something like a dog/ child gets sick or someone calls and asks us out for dinner or to a ballgame:) }

I have had a few people ask me to throw out my ideas for holidays before hand in case they want some inspiration...therefor Be inspired:

The Menu:

Lincoln logs ( pretzels)

Woodrow Wilson Whip ( dip)

Benjamin Franklin Burritos

Ronald Reagan Rice

William H Taft Tea

"I cannot tell a lie" George Washington cherry pie

Our crafts:

We are going to trace our hand from elbow to fingers and put it on paper like a tree. Then color green at the top and fingerprint cherries for a cherry tree.

We will also take coins and do a rubbing to make a copy of Mt. Rushmore

Activities:

Pin the hat on Abe :)

Cyber scavenger hunt... I will have a piece of paper folded up. Everyone selects a paper and unfolds it to reveal a president. You must then Go on a cyber hunt to find out the questions listed about him and draw a picture:

The questions are:

Birth date

Which President

Fun Fact

State he is from

Wife's name

We will either watch a movie...I am still trying to decide which one or play a game..either hi ho cheerio, for Essie or Fact or Crap ( ya know not tellin a lie) game

There ya have it! Family Fun Night President's edition.. Feb 2011

Rainbow Night

We had a Friday night at home and decided it would be a good night for Family Fun night because Friday nights at home are few and far between anymore! We decided to have Rainbow Night! Everyone had to wear a shirt one of the colors of the rainbow. Check out the yummy selection of snacks... Lucky charms, Rainbow Chips Ahoy and a little Taste the Rainbow (skittles)For dinner we had' Rainbow Kabobs', green beans and tomatos and cucumbers (very colorful)The table was set with paper placemats and crayons. We played a game trying to see who could make the most words out of the word rainbow and then everyone had to color a rainbow on the back of the placemat. We also had rainbow punch..it was really good!Here are the kids rainbow picturesWe finished the night munching on our skittles and rainbow cookies while watching a little "Somewhere over the rainbow!" It was Esther Hope's first time watching the Wizard of Oz and she loved it!

Family Fun Night Watermelon style

It has been such a long time since we have had a Family Fun Night. We had a Friday night at home ( minus Abby, she was out with friends) so I decide that it was time. I actually have planned one or two Family Fun Nights each month for the next school year. I think it will be fun and when we get back from Ethiopia, if we are referred two children and one is older, then it is a perfect opportunity to expose him/her to themes in a safe hopefully not overwhelming environment.

So Friday night was Watermelon night! Everyone had to wear green , red or black shirts. I decorated the table with red tablecloth, green napkins, red bowls and we had our watermelon punch in clear fancy smancy glasses.

We started off with a finger painting craft.

For Dinner, I made bbq chicken , green rice and black beans....it kinda looked like a watermelon! This is not original to me, I found it on another blog, but it was reeaaalllly yummy!

Esther thought it was gross to eat green rice, but I am the mom that colors their milk green on St. Patrick's Day, so she still ate it! We also had watermelon punch.

After dinner, we had a bubble blowing contest with watermelon Hubba Bubba.

After dinner we watched the one Veggie Tale movie that I knew had a watermelon in it and looked to find him while we sipped on watermelon and blueberry smoothies.

Next up will either be a back to school theme or a blizzard theme. As hot as it has been, I am in the mood to pretend it is cold and snowy outside!