Foam Puppets
Welcome home fiesta for Kayelee
Pinata at My cousin's Chaelanie's house. She did a welcome home party for Kayelee and we had a blast.
Bowling
Spa time with the girls
Breakfast at the Restaurant
Over memorial day we had an Austin family Staycation. I got the idea from the Family Fun magazine, there website is a great resource for fun activites and ideas of things to do, make, cook, create all with kids in mind http://www.familyfun.com/. I created this schedule and we did it like a small family reunion at our house with just our kids. It was so fun our kids loved it and it was just what we needed after our long stay in the hospital and being apart as a family. It was great just taking a whole weekend and focusing on the kids. I think we will do it every year. Above are some highlights of our weekend.
1st Annual Austin Family STAYCATION (stay at home vacation)
May 2010
Friday night:
- Daddy gets home begin the party
- Chicken nuggets and Pizza
- Sleepover, Sleeping bags, movies, and popcorn
Saturday:
May 2010
Friday night:
- Daddy gets home begin the party
- Chicken nuggets and Pizza
- Sleepover, Sleeping bags, movies, and popcorn
Saturday:
- Happy Late Birthday Lizzie
- Open Brittlee’s presents Sing Happy Birthday
Breakfast:
The Red Restaurant aka Austin family kitchen: Mom and Dad are the cook and waiter
Menu—order what you want
Eggs
Toast
Hot Chocolate
Oatmeal
Pancakes
Waffles
Cereal
Cupcake decorating – decorate cupcakes for Britt’s birthday
Free Play
Mom reads stories
Lunch: Indian Fry Bread
Clean up
Spa hour for the girls/ wood making project Kyle and Dad… you guys get BrittJ
Cool off with popsicles and rest
Bowling
Dinner: Something goodJ Maybe out to eat?
Sunday:
Mom work on sharing time, Dad has meetings. Kids free time, focus on the Savior, read Friend, watch Jesus Movies or family videos.
--Everyone baths and ready for church. Clean up and help where needed
Church
Make a treat together
Play games—Hide and seek, Charades, Bingo, Hot potato, Mother May I, Uno attack,
Eat Popcorn and have egg sandwiches
Monday:
Breakfast: Menu (see first breakfast)
Show and Tell—Everyone gets their “favorite thing” and they get to share it with the family.
Craft—foam animals/puppet show
Lunch: sandwiches/smoothies
2:00 FIESTA—at Chaelaines, Piñata, BBQ, fun with cousins.
Come home, End of Austin Staycation. Put all Austin tinies in bed.
- Open Brittlee’s presents Sing Happy Birthday
Breakfast:
The Red Restaurant aka Austin family kitchen: Mom and Dad are the cook and waiter
Menu—order what you want
Eggs
Toast
Hot Chocolate
Oatmeal
Pancakes
Waffles
Cereal
Cupcake decorating – decorate cupcakes for Britt’s birthday
Free Play
Mom reads stories
Lunch: Indian Fry Bread
Clean up
Spa hour for the girls/ wood making project Kyle and Dad… you guys get BrittJ
Cool off with popsicles and rest
Bowling
Dinner: Something goodJ Maybe out to eat?
Sunday:
Mom work on sharing time, Dad has meetings. Kids free time, focus on the Savior, read Friend, watch Jesus Movies or family videos.
--Everyone baths and ready for church. Clean up and help where needed
Church
Make a treat together
Play games—Hide and seek, Charades, Bingo, Hot potato, Mother May I, Uno attack,
Eat Popcorn and have egg sandwiches
Monday:
Breakfast: Menu (see first breakfast)
Show and Tell—Everyone gets their “favorite thing” and they get to share it with the family.
Craft—foam animals/puppet show
Lunch: sandwiches/smoothies
2:00 FIESTA—at Chaelaines, Piñata, BBQ, fun with cousins.
Come home, End of Austin Staycation. Put all Austin tinies in bed.
4 comments:
Sounds like SO MUCH FUN! What a great way to spend the weekend with your family! Love you guys so much! :)
What a great idea! I definitely want to do this with this little family o' mine :) And what perfect timing to do it with your sweet family after being apart for so long...glad it turned out so well! I bet this will be something your kids will remember and look forward to each year :)
What a great idea! That sounds like so much fun. We did that when I was a kid and I can remember that staycation as much as any other vacation we took, maybe better. We took the phones off the hook and just spent time with the family, no interruptions. It was awesome. I'm so glad you're together again and can do fun things as a family.
This is so cute. I bet your kids just loved it too! How sweet that your cousin? threw a welcome home party for Kayelee. That must have been so fun to celebrate!
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