I love my family.
My hubby, well, what can I say? Anyone who writes my name in mildew and takes pictures of my rear on purpose, ranks high in my book.
The children? They are the reason I get up everyday. Literally. They pull and tug on my tired body until I have no other choice.
They light up my world.
And of course, I’m the Mom. I’m the do-er. I am the efficient multi-tasker. If I’m on the phone, I’m also sweeping. I can carry huge piles of laundry up the stairs while dragging a new bag of kitty litter with my toe.
Oh, yes. I’m that good.
We are homebodies. The mall frightens my husband. We can only dine at restaurants with outdoor patios, what, with the toddler we now own. We go to church and school-together, but separately to our own classes.
So somewhere in the mix of all that being together, we missed togetherness. So, family night was born. Family night consists of well, the family, cat and toddler included, locked up in our family room, together.
Now, at this point I’d love to tell you we sit around without the interruptions of tv, phones, computers, etc, holding hands, sharing fond stories and end the night singing “cumh by ya my Lord.”
Hmmm. . . . Not so much.
A typical family night for us might include a Wii family bowling tournament or the latest Disney movie. Lately, we’ve really gotten into board games. I don’t even throw myself on the floor anymore when I don’t win.
By far, our best family nights center around old home movies of well, us. We’re vain that way.
My kids LOVE watching themselves when they were babies. We had a big box of unlabeled tapes. We’ve almost made our way to the bottom. Each one has been a surprise. (One of the first ones we watched almost 2 years ago cinched our decision to have another child. When we stumbled upon the ‘baby tapes’ I just cried my way thru them. Who knew my kids were so cute? And that it would lead to a third? )
Family night isn’t strict or structured. There isn’t a manual.
It just is.
Because one day, it won’t be.
And so, in honor of my sixth month anniversary of blogging and our love of Family Night, I’m offering one lucky reader an enormous pile of brand new Family Night Activities valued at over $140!
- Risk Transformers Board Game :: Retail Value $39.95
- Mall Madness :: Retail Value $39.95
- I Spy Preschool Game :: Retail Value $14.95
- Uncle Milton’s Ant Farm :: Retail Value $9.95
- Smart Lab Electronics Lab :: Retail Value $19.95
- Hannah Montana 26 piece Activities Set :: Retail Value $19.95
- Popcorn Bags (because would it be a Family Night without it? We know the answer to that, don’t we?)
To be entered into this random drawing, just leave a comment. Comments will close Friday night, April 25th at 10 p.m. CST. Winner will be announced on Sunday, April 27th. (I am limiting this giveaway to the U.S. only. I’m sorry, but I will have to take away my kid’s lunch money to mail it as it is, thanks for understanding). Oh, and please, only leave one comment. I’m not the best counter and I confuse easily, so play nice, ya’ll. This is open to bloggers and non-bloggers!
I have a big storage closet where I stick games and toys I find on sale. This is only some of the stuff ! One lucky reader will benefit from my deep-seeded shopping issues.
Oh, and if giveaways are your
thing, you must hop over to the Bloggy Carnival. (I don’t know if specifically asking for God’s favor for the Random Number Generator works or not, but I’m going to try it!) Good luck! Don’t forget to subscribe to my blog. That will help you win something. I’m sure of it. Sort of.
thing, you must hop over to the Bloggy Carnival. (I don’t know if specifically asking for God’s favor for the Random Number Generator works or not, but I’m going to try it!) Good luck! Don’t forget to subscribe to my blog. That will help you win something. I’m sure of it. Sort of.
Family night sound marvy! Love the games you have listed…so will the kids!
This’ll be great for the “new addition” to our family come May… although it’ll be a while before he’ll be able to play board games!
Oh this is beyond a wonderful giveaway!!!!
Thank You
Amber
Wow, great idea! Family night is sadly a forgotten idea in today’s society. It is so important to demand those moments of family time. Good for you! We love board games, so consider me in!
Oh, my, goodness. What a prize pack! I would love to win this for our family nights. Thank you!
meg (dot) wilson (at) gmail (dot) com
Wow! So generous! We love board games too.
Thanks for doing the giveaway!
mccammacks(at)sbcglobal(dot)net
What a great idea for a giveaway! Thanks for participating in the giveaway. Also, I wanted to let you know I love the title of your blog!
What a great idea! Enter me, please.
How sweet you are to do this. Thanks so much!
My kids would just flip over this.
Thanks,
connie.noahsark@yahoo.com
What a wonderful prize! I’d love to win (and I have the SAME closet as you do! Shhhhh!)
This is a fabulous giveaway! Thanks!
What a great idea. We have family night at least once a week at our house. This would be a great prize.
kellypluid@gmail.com
Wow, great giveaway! We are homebodies, too, so we would love this!
That post about the mildew is so sweet! I look forward to reading your blog.
So cool! I love family night! Enter me!
Wow….what a giveaway!!!!(lots of others thought the same;)
Please enter me.
Thank you!!!
Alicia
You had me at Transformers Risk! I would be the coolest Mom on the planet if I won that for my son. Sweeet giveaway! Oh and gorgeous kids too.
pamelakramer@gmail.com
Wow! I’m a firm believer in family night. Thanks for the opportunity. =o) tarynchadwick at hotmail dot com
What a great giveaway!!
mistihendren@sbcglobal.net
Wow! This is so so generous of you! Thanks so much! Please enter me
How cool! Thank you. Please enter me.
what a fun give a way!!
You are awesome I love your blog header it is so cute!!!
karenpetersen26@hotmail.com
sounds great
What fun for when all the nieces and nephews stay with us. My boys will love it too. But more fun when ALL the kiddos are here
What a wonderful idea! My kids would love these games! Thank you for a chance to win them!
Robin
redthreadstitch@aol.com
We love games and anything that can keep us at home not buying and using expensive gas! I hope we get lucky!
Thanks!
What fun. I would love to be entered.
WOOHOO! Boy could we use a family night…:)
How WONDERFUL! Thanks so much for sharing such wonderful things with us!
!So MuCh FuN
~count me in!
E-mail: waiting4myruca1211@yahoo.com
Commenting for the giveway – Nothing like a last minute entry huh!!!
What a fun website! Glad I stopped by and just in time for a contest, too. Cool
Hugs!
swsolo@charter.net
Barb
Great site! We need to start family night. Thanks for the contest.
oh me!
jamieislovely @ gmail . com
This is a great kit. I have a 4 and a 2 year old daughters and one on the way. We only have a couple of games and use brown lunch bags for the popcorn. I know my family would love the popcorn bags the most.
What a wonderful idea! With a new arrival coming in five weeks, we’ll be having lots of game nights with our 12 year old. She’d love Mall Madness- I played that when I was her age and loved it.
tigerjennv(at)yahoo(dot)com
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