We are lucky enough to be part of a family that is willing to participate in our crazy games and don't even blink twice when we tell them to lube up their noses with Vaseline to participate in a game, a game that doesn't even have prizes mind you!
The competitiveness that they show in games suck as "Suck it Up" it admirable. Not many people can get that intense over moving M&M's with a straw!
Even after they see how silly one person looks participating in these games they line up to participate as well!
This picture of Cody says so much to me about how far this family is willing to go for a good time. Take notice of:
~The hat that has been turned backwards to not obstruct the view of the M&M's
~The sleeves rolled up, indicating the seriousness of the task at hand
~The redness in the cheeks that demonstrate the amount of sucking power that Cody is demonstrating
~The empty wine glass sitting in the middle of the table
When I bought this handy dandy pedometer I never imagined it would be as much fun as it was this weekend. FYI if you attached a pedometer to someones forehead a ton of laughter will follow.
Not only can the observers of this fun little diddy laugh so hard they have a pain in their side the person with the pedometer on their forehead can't help but laugh as well.
If you can find a way to have the pedometer start flying wildly and hitting the "Bobblehead" in the face it will produce even more laughter.
We tried to balance the crazy games with games that took a bit more skill. As a matter of fact too much skill because no one was able to successfully stack three golf balls on top of one another....oooppps our mistake, but its not like we are playing Minute to Win It every weekend with our friends, maybe we should start though it is pretty fun.
Cool thing about these games? Very little supplies need here is the list of the supplies for this game, Paper Dragon, that Mitch's Auntie Sherri is beautifully demonstrating.
1. Two packages of Streamers
THAT'S IT!
Super cheap, super easy, and you need to be super close to a bathroom because you will laugh really hard!
We rotated which team started first because with how competitive this group gets Lord knows it would not have been ok if one team had an advantage over the other.
As the teams watched one another participate in the games they gained new ideas and strategies with how to successfully completed the task in the fastest time.
One advantage that all the contestants on the TV show get are that they get to practice all the games before they are put on the spot. Not our skilled players they went into all these games cold and were really quite impressive at how good they were.
Take a look at that determination!
Is there anything better than watching family try and slide a cookie down their fact trying to get it in their mouth only using their face muscles? I think NOT!
Go ahead try it...Grab a cookie and stick it on your forehead...not as easy as you think!
You could call this the cheering crowd or the hecklers each name would be appropriate.
This group of people is super fun and crazy but more importantly they are really generous and loving. Mitch continues to impress me and surprise me the more time I spend with him. He came up with the idea to get everyone who came to the party to donate shoes to Souls for Soles an organization that provides shoes to the less fortunate around the world who are without shoes. And did the shoes rolled in, by the bag full. It was a beautiful display of humanity which makes me proud to say I get to be part of this family.
We are already planning for next year. Mitch and I love pulling together these games and have a few things stuck up our sleeve for Christmas 2011!
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