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Family Fall Festival

Last year we were traveling for Thanksgiving, but I still wanted to have a fall dinner so I decided to have a family fall festival.  I cooked all day while the kids planned activities  and games in their rooms.

The Menu: pork roast, sweet potatoes, sweet corn, caramel fondue with fruit dippers, zucchini bread with cinnamon butter, Autumn salad with maple cider vinaigrette, apple cider, and pumpkin pie with real whipped cream.  I went overboard on the sweet menu, but the kids didn’t complain!  🙂

After supper we went upstairs for the Festival they had worked on all day! I was impressed with all the games they came up with on their own.  This was musical “chairs.”

A few activities they came up with:

Who ever pulls out a blue lego with out looking wins.

Faith read a pumpkin story to everyone.

Joy prepared a puppet show.

Smash the legos game.

Basketball.

Bean bag toss.

The prizes!

We had such a good time all day.   The kids keep asking me if we’re going to do this again this year.  I think we’re staying home for Thanksgiving.  Maybe we’ll do it on Thanksgiving Day!  We’ll see!

This post is linked to 31 Days of Autumn and Halloween Traditions Link-Up.

Esther

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Comments

  1. Sophia says

    October 13, 2010 at 9:44 am

    That looks like so much fun!!! You guys must have had a great time.

    Reply
  2. Julie Bagamary says

    October 19, 2010 at 9:25 am

    Love this idea!!

    Reply
  3. EstherIrish says

    October 19, 2010 at 9:43 am

    Thank you! We all worked hard and then enjoyed the fruits of our labor! 🙂

    Reply
  4. Candace says

    November 18, 2010 at 11:41 am

    Oh, I love it. That menu is making my mouth water!

    Reply
  5. Hannah says

    September 23, 2011 at 8:57 am

    This post really gets me in the mood for fall. Hip hip hooray!

    Reply
  6. Susan Evans says

    September 23, 2011 at 10:00 am

    Smash the Legos game? Whatever it is, my boys would love that! LOL

    Reply
  7. JDaniel4's Mom says

    October 27, 2011 at 6:00 am

    I love that everyone planned something! Your meal sounds awesome.

    Reply
  8. Julie@Teaching Good Eaters says

    October 30, 2011 at 6:43 am

    Mmm… zucchini bread with cinnamon butter! I think I know how I’ll be “stepping up” my next batch of pumpkin muffins 🙂

    Reply
  9. Janmary, N Ireland says

    November 1, 2011 at 4:38 pm

    Love it. Thanks for sharing.

    Great the kids got involved in planning the activities.

    Reply
  10. Lisa says

    October 4, 2012 at 2:57 pm

    Sounds awesome. I love the festive dishes too. Thanks for linking up with us. 🙂

    Reply

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