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?)
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.
643 comments:
«Oldest ‹Older 401 – 600 of 643 Newer› Newest»What a fun giveaway! My fiance's mom would love this for her babysitting kids, and family suppers. (My fiance and I can't wait until we have kids so we get to do all this fun stuff with them :))
Oh....I love family night! I'd love to win! Thank you!
Danielle
so much for my number 2 standing....I'm 403rd...what are the chances???
enter me!!
HA@
slmdhmac@yahoo.com
What a thoughtful and generous prize! Our family loves games, too! We charish our family time together!!
Thank you for the chance to win!
sharvey(AT)connections-etc(DOT)net
Great giveaway, thanks!
cute cute cute! plse enter me and come visit - i'm playing along too
We love games and game night. Please enter me!!
oh i do LOVE a game closet! Our family LOVES a good game. I hope we win. I hope we win. I hope we win. :) thedillon6@comcast.net
How fun! My family loves games so much we play them about 3 times per week! LOVE them, please enter me - woohoo -
We love playing games for family night at our house. :)
scblog at hotmail dot com
How fun and how nice of you to offer the giveaway...thanks!
What a fantastic giveaway!! Count me in!
pdoriot@chartern.net
Whew! What a great giveaway. We'd love to win.
Tracy in NC
thomasdixie@bellsouth.net
great giveaway- enter me!
What a great prize please count me in.
Great giveaway! Thanks! Michelle (bookworm814@comcast.net)
What an awesome giveaway - and so many entrants! Very cool! We have a 7 year old son and a 4 year old daughter, so finding games that they both can enjoy can sometimes be tricky. This collection, however, looks great! Thanks for putting it up!!
randi.morse@hughes.net
Wow!!! What a great contest. I remember playing games with my family when I was growing up. It was so much fun.
What an awesome giveaway! I'd love to enter! kayteejo@hotmail.com
Would LOVE to win!
My husband is drooling at the site of Risk Transformers...such a nerd. I love game nite though, and we have NONE of these games! Thanks!!
Wow! Thanks for such a great contest.
Yay - Pick me! I love board games :-)
Pick me! I love board games and such!
I didn't realize you had such a big fan following. Lol.
I would love to win this for me and my kids. Thanks for hosting.
I'm comment #427. Holy freakin' cow!
What a great giveaway! Please, put my name in the hopper even though right now we are pretty much limited to games of Hi Ho Cherry-O that get interrupted when the baby tries to eat the cherries.
We love family night! Thanks fo posting such a wonderful give-a-way!
This looks like an amazingly fun giveaway! My fam loves playing board games!! Count me in!
she
pookielocks@yahoo.com (please use this email if i win)
Wow, we still do family night, but getting our whole family together now that some of the kids are teens and in college is so much harder than it used to be. Still love to make and eat pizza and play games though!
Cool! We love family game nights!
autmur80@yahoo.com
Wow, that is quite a pile of games. I just moved in with my daughter who has seven children. We love games! I brough quite a few with me, but more is merrier.
Oooh! I want to win! I want to win!
Although the kids banned me from playing games for my fit throwing! Hopefully I'll be ungrounded by the time they come!
What a great prize!
I am offering giveaway all week also! Make sure you come by and enter, as well as read my blog on everything from parenting, life, marriage, and my trip through infertility.
http://andria-and-co.com
What a fun giveaway! We love board games here too! :)
OOHH OOHH PICK ME PICK ME!!!
Wow!! How wonderful!! Maybe since my comment is way down the list, the favor will shine my way, lol! No matter what, whoever wins this giveaway will be very blessed!
I have a blog on xanga if you want to *meet* me.
www.xanga.com/apennieformythoughts
great post ! awesome giveaway ! i so need to start a family night too .
Oh, I would love to win! Thanks!
This is wonderful! Please enter me!!!!!
Kait
Pick Me
What a prize! Thanks for the chance..
Happy Tuesday,
Joanie
We love games! Thanks for the contest.
What a fun giveaway! Thanks for offering.
this is one popular contest - good for you for getting it up there quickly!!! thanks - i love games and with 4 kids, they all look like great choices. God Bless!
We started family night when my kiddos were young. Now, that we have a teen and an almost teen, the tradition has become important if we ever want to see them. (You know, without the friends or the "team" attached to them!)
Great give away! Thanks!
Wow! My son would just die for the Risk Transformer game. But to add all the others - we would have a wonderful family night playing all these games. Thank you!
Mary
sendallemailstome@yahoo.com
Great Giveaway! Please count me in:)
Oh my goodness! Four hundred forty nine comments??? That's wacked! When I saw the number I almost decided not to comment (I must be a rebel or something.) But I just had to say MALL MADNESS!!!! My brother and I used to sneak out of bed at night to play Mall Madness in the dark. We stuffed our shirts over the speaker so that it wouldn't wake up Mom and Dad. Oh, such memories!
What a great idea!
Your children are beautiful! Thanks for offering this giveaway, I'd love to win:)
tcmyers@gmail.com
I puffy heart your prize! I use games (too) many times each day with my students!
Please count me in! :o) XOXO
Oh, what a great prize! Please enter me! YAY!
Wow we love to play these kind of games. Enter me please.
-Tessa
this is a great giveaway. trying to get more families to spend some time together is awesome
thanks
My family has started a similar tradition.. though different. We are all grown some with kids of there own, some without (me) but when we get together with my parents we have started watching movies and playing games and yes we've had the wii bowling tournement.. Dad is the king! LOL
HEather
These are great - our family of 5 would love them. Our 4 yo has just discovered games and thinks that they are the greatest things ever - every night is family game night (he makes everyone in the family play at least one game!) Thanks for doing this.
Heather
hersheygirl74 at yahoo dot com
What a wonderful giveaway! I would like to institute family night at our house! This would really help!! cookiecutter72 AT hotmail DOT com
Fantastic Giveaway!! Enter Me Please!
crackerjacks51603@yahoo.com
Awesome giveaway. We love games. Thanks for the chance to win.
WOW Count me in!
SWEET! Enter me! My kids would lOVE this!
joyful.miller [at] gmail [dot] cp,
Please count me in. jeranimals at gmail dot com
what an incredible give away for all age family members!!! please count my family in. thanks!!
Wow!! What a wonderful giveaway. Very generous! I would love to be entered. THanks!
coxfamileeATsbcglobalDOTnet
Awesome giveaway!
Beth at thenaturalmommy dot com
I wonder what type of misfortune befell my daughter by being born to us, instead of you?lol. She would beg for a place at your table. Alas, perhaps such a prize package will have her content to stay here.
Great giveaway! Please count me in.
sweetanlo92292@yahoo.com
We are home bodies too. Enter my family
Jo1brat@aol.com
Oh wow! I'd love a chance to win this Game Night Extravaganza package! My kids love board games, and we don't have any of the ones on the list. Plus, I was planning on buying an ant farm this fall when DD starts homeschool kindergarten, so this would really be perfect. Thanks for this generous offer!
Amazing giveaway! nw_wife(at)hotmail(dot)com
great giveaway! please enter me
sweetanlo92292(at)yahoo(dot)com
Hi! Could I enter your givaway? Thanks!
I am not on any of the boards below, so I put anon. my email is sgoetsch @ cox . net (without the spaces of course)!
Thanks again!
Wow! Great giveaway! Enter me, Enter me- as I wave my arm wildly in the crowd-
Love your blog!
Hugs
Renee
Wow, awesome giveaway!! Please enter me!
Oh! Pick me! Pick me!
I have two little munchkins that would truly enjoy some new games for our weekly family nights!
miranda_e19[at]yahoo[dot]com
What a great site. Going to mark it as a favorite right away. I just found blogs a couple of weeks ago and I can't get enough. Great giveaway also, thanks for offering this.
Oh I hope I win....I have so been wanting to start a family night at our house. Love your blog
Greay giveaway!
We are another family who spends tons and tons of time together. We even eat ALL of our meals together! But still seem to find the need for 'game night' ;)
We don't have any of these! Thanks for such a cool giveaway!
art and nature [at] juno dot com
Great giveaway!! Enter me!
jennyparks@knology.net
What generous gifts. Our family would surely benefit from these. Count me in
fairydancer40[at]yahoo[dot]com
Family games, how great!
Sounds like such fun!!! I'd love it!
Wow! What a fabulous prize. With 8 month old twins, nights at home are routine and this would be great for hubby and myself.
Jennie
Ooooo I want in!!! I bet my students, as well as my kiddos would love these!
I am a grandmother o 6 and we need some new entertainment for the grandkids. What a great gift you are offering!
What a great giveaway!
Precious family:)
alboston@juno.com
We love game night at our house! Thanks for the great giveaway!
apkweber@gmail.com
we call it game night and invite ll our family. it is great, enter me please.
Your blog cracks me up...it could be MY family!
Shirley pedsrn9999@sbcglobal.net
This is fabulous! Thanks for the giveaway :D
anastasia_falling@yahoo.com
Please count me in! Sounds like fun!
Great prize...sounds like lots of fun.
What an awesome giveaway! BTW - I laughed so hard at your hubby's pics. That is totally something mine would do! :)
So fun! Please enter me. I love your blog, as you probably already know. Thanks for the fun giveaway!
Count me in.
that looks like a ton of fun!
count me in.
Charlotte
what an amazing giveaway! i have two daughter who love. love. love games! thanks for the chance to win!
What a cool giveaway! Enter me please!
We do a Friday surprise or family fun time every Friday and do something special, games, movies, etc... with our kids. It is a fun time!
This is so awesome! My 22 yr old got excited about the Risk game! lol And I was excited to have the I spy preschool game as I am a caregiver for extended family of little ones. Thank you so much for your generosity!
Wow this is a goodie! (I like your son's glasses--he is about the same age as my glasses wearing son). I love the family video idea! Maybe that will inspire another baby here too! :)
Thank you! Angela
email
mybuttercup "@" cavtel "." net
OH OH OH! I knew I kinda' wanted this prize and then I saw the HANNAH MONTANA activity set. My 7 yr old would freak out over this.
I read your blog and realized that we really don't have a family night, and that is so sad. My son is 9, and he's never really sat down to play a game with us. He plays checkers with dad (he always wins, so that is getting a bit old)
I would love to win your giveaway, as that would give us the means and ways of having a family night. I mean, it's hard enough to get them to sit at the table 4-5 times a week, but, with the promise of a game after, I bet we could improve that!!!
Thanks!
Don't enter me in your contest. My family is out and about these days and I live alone. I just wanted to tell you that I am subscribing to your journal on the strength of your writing. The entry about organizing your photos made me cry/smile. :) This is a good thing
I love game night with my niece and nephew (and their mom & dad). They aren't quite ready for most of these games yet... but that's OK, 'cause Aunt ML can hold on to them
Oh my goodness! What an awesome giveaway! The things I could do with this stuff...my son would never be bored! LOL! :) Thanks for the giveaway. Tina :) harrisonsmommy1@gmail.com
If this helps your shopping addiction... I'm game (pun was totally intended!)! Go random generator!!!
What a fun idea for a giveaway!
What a great giveaway! Thanks!
I really enjoyed reading your post - you have a wonderful sense of humor!
Awesome deal!
We are bonkers for board games. Please enter me!
John
jnrbarnhart@gmail.com
What fun! and I think I just found a new blog to read!
Great Giveaway! Please enter me, thanks
Please enter me in your giveaway.
warillever AT gmail DOT com
Great giveaway! Thanks! Very funny blog!!
What a generous giveaway... My family is a big board game family.
My niece is just getting to the age of understanding how to play games and this would be so awesome to win.
Thanks for the opportunity,
Elizabeth
zizziecards@gmail.com
zizziehappenings.blogspot.com
How fun is that!! We have just started having game night with a couple other families... this would be great!
Such a wonderful giveaway. Thanks so much for sharing your habit with us all. Bridget
I had no idea there were this many bloggers in the world. OK, I did, but still. 525 comments. WOW.
I'd love to enter. BTW, great blog!
laskigal@gmail.com
wow I would love to win this
Please enter me. Thank you.
hafner611{AT}gmail{DOT}com
What an awesome giveaway! Enter me please!
well throw my name in the hat, please. we have one sorry game here....
Not only several games that I have never played, but popcorn! Sign me up!!
Great giveaway! Please sign me up!
Oh we just love family time with games and we don't have these, please enter me:
hugapoohlouise@yahoo.com
I grew up playing games as a family all the time. My kids are just starting to get old enough to do this ourselves, so this prize would be great!
That sounds like a lot of fun.
What a great giveaway! Please enter me. Our family loves to play games. My four year old especially. He regularly kicks my butt at board games. Seriously.
Wow! Happy Blogoversary...or something like that! : )
I had two children in 13 months, and those years are a blur for me as well. It's sad, because they are so adorable at that age. It's hard to sit back and appreciate the miracle they are when you're exhausted.
Maybe that's why we have grandchildren...so we can really appreciate the baby years.
My son is five, I've just gotten remarried, and family night would be a super thing for us to institute! Sign me up, and I'd love to win!
Count me in!!! thanks a bunch!!!
Okay THAT's a LOT of comments! And your pictures are great!
Random generate me, eh?
Cool! This is an awesome givaeway!
a.l.goldsby@mac.com
Ooh, those would be great additions to our Friday night "game nights"!
We love family night!
our(dot)happy(dot)home(at)hotmail(dot)com
Great prize and bloggy giveaway! I'd love to have you enter mine, too - on Krississippi.com.
Thanks so much for participating and making the contest fun :)
Krissi
Great giveaway. Please enter me in the drawing.
What a generous give away! Please enter me as well. We are just beginning the stage of games.. right now we are stuck in the world of candy land and shoots and ladders!!
Thanks a bunch!!
Wow. What a generous gift. You have a beautiful family! We play games all the time, as a family and with lots of friends. This would really be used well! Thank you!
The thought of winning all that has my daughters dancing around saying, "Ohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohplease!!!!" I may be in real trouble if I don't win! LOL
It's a nice change to see a REAL FAMILY. And I'm sure your're more the norm now than what anyone wants to admit.
Lovely, all of you.
What a great idea for a giveaway and a fun way to spruce up our weekly (and more) family nights! Thanks!
Brittany
Oh how fun! You have no idea how much I need this - a family night of fun and not morning sickness, or complaints about what I made for dinner or a crying 6 year old, or a crying 36 year old for that matter - yes, it would be nice if you picked me. :)
enter me! the games look like fun times!
~bigmamou80@netscape.net
We love family night! Thanks for this awesome give-away!
Great giveaway!
This is a fabulous idea!!! Wahoo...I want to be entered :)
dolphinwen@juno.com
Oh free things, how we love thee!! Board games ROCK for any family!!!
Wow, what a fun giveaway and a HILARIOUS post!! Thanks!!
shawneeh at yahoo dot com
I'd love to win!!
Unbelievable! Having a giveaway for Mall Madness would be enough, but to add the others in? I'm speechless. Mall Madness was a staple of an all-girl household growing up, and I'm still a huge fan at 24. We love our family nights too, good for you for doing it. Thanks for the entry!
Enter me :)
Wow that is a great giveaway! We try to have family night but it just doesn't work sometimes. And we need more Wii controllers because trading when everyone is playing just isn't fun.
(email is first name at gmail.com)
This would be so great!
We love games....
vickers at comcast dot net
Cute kids! I just love family night.
Be sure to head over to my blog and enter my giveaway.
What a great giveaway! Our games need some serious updating. I'd love to win!
Kristen,
This is my first time on your blog but I love your humorous writing style. And the blog about your "rear view" was a scream! My husband does that too! I still have the photo of his handprint (in flour) on the back of my pants. He snapped the pic. while I was making cookies! LOL
Anyway, we have 6 kiddos here, so games are always appreciated!
Thanks,
Christa
jczellar@gmail.com
Since we started doing family night over 2 years ago I have seen such a change in my boys. I love the idea of watching all those old vids w/ the fam.
You're funny, I love your blog! Please enter me in your fun and generous giveaway.
My kids would be delirious to get an ant farm! With my luck I'll win! Hee Hee
allmycrazycats@aol.com
enter me please! we have about 30 board games but none of the ones you have in your giveaway!
hntersmom@yahoo.com
What a great giveaway! Thanks for the chance to win! And I love seeing your son's handsome glasses. Mine has glasses, too. :)
wonderful giveaway! any family would be thrilled with these items!
Sounds like alot of fun! BTW - cute family! :)
This is fantastic. Who doesn't need real family time. Even if I don't win, thank you for the reminder and motivation!
My hand is cramping up too!
I am in love with your blog!! The pictures in your header speak volumes--ha ha ha! They describe my life to a "T"
This prize would be absolutely PERFECT for my family--We are like you: the mall is my husband's nightmare and I, too, have the wild toddler whom I cannot take anywhere (We're patio parents, too). Anytime we do anything with my siblings or parents or friends, it has to be at our house and there is never anything fun to do besides flip the tv on---It would be amazing to pull out a stack of entertainment for every age. Please put me in the drawing!! Great to bump into you here--I will definitely be back!
missfluff29@yahoo.com
These are some wonderful prizes my children would love!
Enter me please. My family would really enjoy this! Thank you for the great giveaway.
kamlchap@yahoo.com
What a great giveaway! Family night is so much fun!
Jennifer
jjlovejillian@msn.com
This would be great! We have six kids and we always need games to play!
chadmerrilynn@yahoo.com
Your family sounds kind of like ours! We are homebodies...we even get Outback take out, a new Disney movie and lock ourselves away. Bliss!
Rebecca
www.homeschoolblogger.com/luvbnamom
what a great giveaway! My kids would be estatic! :)
What a great idea! Thanks for hosting such an incredible giveaway!
Ohmygosh.. mall madness.. I didn't even know they made that any more.
Wow! This is an amazing give-away! My family would be blessed to win such a wonderful assortment of games for our family nights. Thanks for the opportunity!
great giveaway....Ilove spending time together as a family!
oh my gosh, how fun. We love Wii bowling. I must admit I'm petrified someone will throw the controller through the t.v., but so far so good. Have you ever done the boxing? Wow, what a workout!! Thanks for entering me.
Such an awesome selection of games your giving away! We would use them all!!!
Thank you for the great giveaway!
wearethatfamily rocks!
:)
themonkinme(at)gmail(dot)com
I love the fact that the entire family can benefit from this!
You have no idea how unbelievable happy this makes me. I have three little girls and you have covered them all in this giveaway. There may be some hairpulling over the Hannah Montant activity set, though. PLEASE count me in!
theyearofme@hotmail.com
www.3kids2jobs1dog.com
oh count me in.. i want to join the fun too..
labyouqt@canofthoughts.com
check out my contest too.. i am giving away a set of kitchen ceramics.. i need people to join...
http://tinyurl.com/6s3ana
thanks!
what a super cool giveaway! (and blog!!)
Hope I win!
Sounds wonderful! Count me in!
hellerfam(at)yahoo(dot)com
btw - your children are too cute!
Yeah!!! Enter me! We love family night. That would be a great addition. We're a game playing family!
Great giveaway, my family would love this.
Thanks for offering such a great prize - I hope I'm the lucky winner! :)
What a neat giveaway! Thanks for hosting.
Please count me in! Great prize!
Enter me! Hooray!
WOW! Your giveaway is amazing! We LOVE games in our family! We try to have game night every Sunday night. The kids LOVE it!
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