All the Small Things...

Two If By Sea...

We had SUCH A FUN family night tonight!!!

Since tonight is the anniversary of Paul Revere's famous midnight run, I knew I wanted the lesson and activity to be based around that.  I completely LOVE this era in American History and was so excited to teach the children about that famous night in a really fun way.

 

After reading the story, we picked the houses we wanted to ding dong ditch these packages to.

So I thought it would be fun to drop off English candy to our friends' homes to help celebrate the occasion.  

I just added the candy to a cello bag and added a paper topper that read, "THE BRITISH ARE COMING..." and then I printed out the poem, Paul Revere's Ride, rolled it up in patriotic paper and tied it to the back of the bag topper.

Then it was time to hit the road!

 

Dan and the boys jumped on their skateboards and started ding dong ditching and leaving the treat bags at our friends' houses while Scarlet, KK and I waited in car.  

They had SO much fun and were only caught once- and that was just lousy timing-- the Dad opened his front door to go to his car right when the boys stepped onto the porch!  I think they scared him to death! lol

I started receiving some texts later on in the night thanking me for the fun treats.  I asked Dan how they knew it was us and he said, "Um duh... do you think anyone else out there is celebrating the ride of Paul Revere?"  I think the man may have a point!  

National Licorice Day...

A side note about licorice-- I am a fan!  

LOVE the stuff. 

I happen to come from a mother who is slightly obsessed by the stuff.  No, not Red Vines or any of the other "fake" licorice.  The hardcore, black, tough as nails, bitter stuff.  I believe the stuff she likes may not even be recreational... I think she's into the "black tar heroine" of licorices actually.  Why do I think that?  Oh, only because she's not able to buy it in just any store.  She has to go to "specialty places".  That's right- there are "specialty licorice dealers".  Just when you thought you knew everything about licorice, huh?!  

Now, while I LOVE black licorice, I'm not into the hardcore stuff. 

I do LOVE the salty kind though!  YUM!

I also LOVE Licorice Allsorts.

Oh, and Pontefract Cakes... delish!!!

I love black licorice pipes, and laces and wheels too!

HATE black jellybeans though.  yuck!  shudder shudder

Okay, now onto red licorice...

I HEART Red Vines.  LOVE them!

Twizzlers... um, gross!

Oh, one more thing in closing-- a delicious tip!  My mom's FAVORITE treat is to eat black licorice with a green apple.  It sounds weird, but the combo of the two is divine!  So, next time you are eating black licorice, grab a Granny Smith apple and prepare to snack on a most delicious combo of flavors.  I swear!  Try it!

Hope your Licorice Day was as fun as ours... you celebrated it, right?!  :)

Halloween Family Night...

We knew this week was going to be ultra busy, so we had Family Home Evening on Sunday instead of Monday night.  Our rule of thumb is 20% lesson and 80% entertainment.  It should probably be the other way around, but when have we ever followed rules?  :)

So, our lesson this week was about lying and we tied it into a Halloween theme by calling it our "Web of Lies" lesson.  Thanks for the idea, Tressa!  My favorite part of the night was when the children started spontaneously confessing some of their little lies to us... quite eye opening!  LOL

We then had homemade chocolate chip cookies and incredible hot chocolate topped with our favorite ghost marshmallows!  They are ADORABLE!

We then topped off the night reading our FAVORITE Halloween story...

Oh how we LOVE those Goulyah sistahs!

Family Home Evening...