December 19th, 2008 at 10:38am
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1. Go Caroling - even if you can’t sing, it can be a whole lot of fun.
2. Since most kids have some days off during the next couple of weeks, why not volunteer your time helping a local charity. It will make you feel good, teach your kids about charity, and help others at the same time.
3. Bake some cookies or another holiday treat and then have the family deliver them to a neighbor you’ve not spoken to in a while.
4. Everyone pitch in and make a card (or create a video message) for Grandpa and Grandma… the goofier the better.
5. Play a Marathon game of Monopoly - instead of starting with the correct amount of cash - divide all the money in the bank among the players.
6. Everyone gets to pick a holiday show they like - research when it will be on television and the whole family watches each of the programs together.
7. Task everyone to write a coupon for the other members of the family - then put them in the stockings.
Examples - I will do you chores for a day - I will clean up your room… etc.
The big thing is to have fun with your friends and family.
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December 12th, 2008 at 11:03am
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We got some snow last night so I thought I would post some things you and your family could do in the snow.
Here are a few fun ideas.
Build a Snow Mountain.
http://www.familyfunshop.com/sledmountain.htm
Some more ideas -
http://www.divavillage.com/article.php?id=34966
http://www.homemadesimple.com/en_US/nbrcontent.do?contentType=op&articleId=ar010
Check out some videos of driving in the snow (in Iceland)
http://www.4×4offroads.com/4×4-fun-sun-and-snow.html
Build a snow fort -
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Snow-Fort
Enjoy your day and Stay safe!
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November 21st, 2008 at 08:02am
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Happy Friday. We have some snow here - actually more than we had all of last year. It looks like it will be a good time to break out the sleds.
Next week is Thanksgiving and we’ve been talking quite a bit about saving money - today we want to talk about having some fun.
You should have a good crowd for your Thanksgiving dinner if you’ve followed our previous tips - here are some ideas.
1. Football fun - this is a game that lasts the entire weekend. First decide on a prize for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. Then each person that wants to participate picks the winners and losers of the weekends games. You can find schedules at the following links. For a tie breaker have one game that people need to pick the score - like the Sunday night game
2. During the game on Turkey day - everyone chooses a side. Before the game the teams gather together and write a list of goofy things they want the other team to do. Like perform a play. Sing the National Anthem. Tell who gave them their first kiss etc. Make sure you have around 20 different things in the hat. The goofier the task the better.
Decide when the losers will have to perform the task. Say you are watching Seatle and Dallas on Fox. I’m on the Dallas team - so everytime Dallas makes a first down then the losers would have to draw one of the goofy things out of a hat and do it. Everytime Seatle did something great (touchdown, first down, big play etc) then my team would have to draw from the hat.
The team with the most paper left in their hat win. Losers get to clean the kitchen.
The last time we did this I laughed so hard I couldn’t watch the game.
Here are schedules for the NFL
http://www.nfl.com/schedules?seasonType=REG#Week13
Here are the schedules for college football.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/schedules?week=14&season=2&year=2008&groupId=80
3. While you are getting ready for dinner - everyone writes down what they are thankful for. During the meal everyone takes their turn and gets to read / discuss their answer.
These are just some ideas - below are some links to a ton more.
http://fun.familyeducation.com/slideshow/thanksgiving/35209.html
http://www.playlibrary.com/2007/11/19/15-fun-things-to-do-with-the-kids-during-thanksgiving/
Here’s a big list of links.
http://www.knowledgehound.com/topics/thanksgi.htm
We hope you have a wonderful day!!!
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September 19th, 2008 at 06:04am
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Here’s an idea for some fun and friendly competition with you and your family. There are many local festivals acroos the country - in Kentucky (especially Eastern KY where we live) most of these are in the fall. You could in fact visit a festival every weekend for several months.
The downside of these festivals is to get a drink you’ll have to pay 5 bucks - to buy something to eat you’ll have to shell out ten bucks. Below are some ideas on how to enjoy the festival for peanuts.
Before you go to the festival make sure that everyone has a good meal. Pack a cooler with snacks and drinks for the whole family and make sure that everyone packs one with them. Remind your family that if they want something to eat to come find you. A fun way to make the outing a contest is to give everyone $10 bucks to buy things. Have a prize for
a) the most interesting buy for the money
b) the family member that gets the most for their money
We hope you enjoy your weekend!!
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