I emphasized yesterday that we always wanted our home to be filled with fun, as well as spiritual input and educational excellence. And anytime we could do that fun with surprise and creativity, it was even better! <\/p>\n
Here are some ideas of \u201csurprising\u201d fun that we have done:<\/p>\n
1. Told everybody to gather around to say good-night only to tell them to go get their shoes on, we\u2019re going to town for ice cream or other sweet treat! (I have heard some families who do this frequently\u2014and call if their family\u2019s pajama run!)<\/p>\n
2. Watched the first installment of a movie at home whose sequel was on at the theatre and at the end of the movie, said, \u201cWow. That was so good. I wish we could see the second one. Wait\u2026we can see the second one. Let\u2019s go to the ten o\u2019clock showing!\u201d and loaded everybody up to go to the movies.<\/p>\n
3. Told the kids we were having a family work night, but then when it\u2019s time to start working, have pizza delivered\u2014and have a family game night instead.<\/p>\n
4. Secretly packed their overnight gear when we went to visit my dad and step-mom, and then when my dad said (as he always does) that he wishes the boys could stay overnight, I said that sure they could, we already have their stuff packed\u2014to the kids\u2019 amazement.<\/p>\n
5. Wake them up in the morning for school like usual, but then surprised them with a \u201cfree day\u201d instead (since we homeschool). <\/p>\n
6. Stopped to do go karts or lazer tag on the way home from church or some other event near those places.<\/p>\n
7. Biggest surprise ever: We traveled to Tennessee with Ray on business when we only had four kids eight and under (and only one who was reading). When we left Tennessee, we headed south rather than north\u2014and went to Disney World for a couple of days. At one point in the night as we traveled, Joshua lifted his sleepy head and saw a sign for Florida\u2014and it was all we could do to keep him quiet until we got there. The kids who remember this one still talk about it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I emphasized yesterday that we always wanted our home to be filled with fun, as well as spiritual input and educational excellence. And anytime we could do that fun with surprise and creativity, it was even better! Here are some ideas of \u201csurprising\u201d fun that we have done: 1. Told everybody to gather around to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[277,107],"yoast_head":"\n