I plan to have a family night celebrating each person in our family. So far, we have had Cameron night. I had a meal that was all of Cameron’s favorites…Pineapple, Chevy’s chips, and Chevy’s tortillas made into quesadillas. My boy is all things science. I scoured Family Fun and found a test tube cake, buggie wonder mold, edible eyeballs (almost turned out), and some fun science experiments with food coloring and dish soap. I made a poster and hung it up to celebrate is great qualities (stole that idea from my friend Nicole who does this for her kid’s on their birthdays). We dissected the mold and have some new additions to our family…you’ve gotta love little boys and their toys….Love you Cam, xoxo.

As one would expect with snow it was cold in our house, due to the air conditioning running pre-family night in Jan. We did lots during this family night….dress up in scarves and hats (Struckmeier family fashion moment), build igloo’s with sugar cubes, winter bingo, and the grand finale of a snowball fight with socks. The family night ended with a game of see who could sort and fold their socks the fastest. Yippee.

Our friends, the Eaton’s, went on a Disney vacation and upon their return home, we received a family night in a bag from the Magic Kingdom. It contained Disney Mac and Cheese, and candy…add some Costco Mickey Mouse Chicken Nuggets and Disney Scene it and you’ve got yourself a party…

This was a result of family night planned minutes before we began…still turned out fun, no need to be elaborate all the time.

Here was my all time favorite. We did this over a year ago and the kids still talk about the “one time mom and dad turned the table upside down”. Makes my heart happy. The look on their faces when they came in the room were absolutely priceless. Shawn and I may be old, but we can still stand our heads with the best of ‘em (although did you notice I am on a pillow, Shawn’s a bit more hardcore)….