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Family Night #4
This week was "Treasure Island" night. I had lots of creative ideas for this one, but kept it simple since I was trying not to spend any money. First, the girls decorated the dinner table with various sea shells. For dinner we had brown rice islands with carrot/snow pea palm trees and "cannon balls" (meatballs), there were also tropical smoothies and of course Pirate's Booty! After dinner we taught the girls how to make newspaper sailor's hats and then surprised them with a little treasure map which led them around the block and eventually to the "x" where they found a small treasure box filled with chocolate gold coins. We finished the night by watching Muppet's Treasure Island. The movie was okay...I had really wanted to get Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island (a childhood favorite of mine) but you can't Netflix it and it's nearly impossible to find on DVD, though you can pay a bit for a collector's VHS - ha! All in all, a really fun night.
What a great, creative idea!!! I can't wait to do this with my family.
Posted by: ashlye | July 24, 2008 at 02:20 AM
Oh my goodness! What a wonderful idea!! I will have to remember this to do with my boys when they are a little bit older!
Posted by: Audrey | July 24, 2008 at 09:22 AM
Oh my God - you are so creative. I think it's a major accomplishment when I actually cook something that requires a recipe and more than three ingredients.
Posted by: Kate | July 24, 2008 at 04:19 PM