Family night

Normally our Wednesdays were reserved for Awanas at church...but this year, we have hockey Tuesday nights, Thursday nights, and Friday nights and games every Saturday. That meant that we would only have one night at home if we also went to Awanas on Wednesday. We thought that was too much...so, we decided not to do Awanas this year....instead, Mondays we catch up on things...homework, studying, reading, cleaning, auto work, shopping, whatever needs to be done. Then on Wednesday night we turn off the TV and we have family night. We have a nice, home cooked meal, I make sure homework and piano practice is done BEFORE dad gets home, then we do something different...but together. When we have a sickie in the family, we do turn the TV back on and watch a family movie, snuggle and eat popcorn...I will admit that. But, when everyone is healthy, the TV is off. We typically play board games. Usually each kiddo gets to pick their game. So, basically we play a minimum of 3 games in the evening. But the last two weeks have been more active. Last week we played hide and go seek in the house, in the dark! That was fun...except, whoever was lucky enough to get Major (mom or dad), would always get found because Major can't keep a secret! The kids learned really fast that all they have to do is say, "Major", throughout the house and he starts to grunt...then it is easy to follow the grunt to find Major and mom or dad! Booger! We had a lot of fun...even some scary moments!!! BUT FUN!! Then, last night we told the kids, with the help of Nana and Papa, that we are going to Disney World over Thanksgiving break! They were SOOOO excited! So, in honor of that, we played Disney Charades. I put together some cards with Disney characters or movies on them, and we split into teams and went for it! What fun! Except...another except...it was tough to have MaKenna on your team (we took turns with her on our teams), because it didn't matter WHAT the word or phrase was...she just danced like a ballerina and ran around in circles. That's it! She had Monster's, Inc., and all she did was dance around in circles!! WHO IS GOING TO GUESS MONSTER'S, INC., WITH DANCING AROUND IN CIRCLES?!?! It was fun though! Jake had a bit of a problem with his reading. He got Pocahontas once...he thought it said "Ghost Hunters"...don't ask...I honestly have no idea. So, he acted out a hunter. Needless to say, we did not get Pocahontas out of that. Then we did just plain words. It was Jake's turn. He started pointing at his crotch area and I started getting concerned that someone wrote something obscene. I looked at Jeff and he looked just as concerned. We asked him what it said when none of us guessed....nobody said anything except bladder...and he said, it said, "Wetting"...he was trying to show us wetting pants or something. Well...I looked at the card...it ACTUALLY said WEDDING...not WETTING!! :-) We got a good laugh out of that. Oh...and a good laugh out of Jeff trying to be Winnie the Pooh...that you had to have seen in person. I almost wet my pants it was so funny! So...Wednesday night family nights are incredible! Thank you to Kim McAndrews for suggesting them!!!!