Back-To-School Family Fun Night

This Friday Night's Family Fun Night was a lot of Fun. I surprised my Family with a Back to School theme. First I prepared a scrumptious dinner in a brown paper bag. I bought the usual lunch goodies for our "sack lunch" The sacks were loaded down! Of course, I included a note from their Momma. I made name cards to go where each "student" would sit and put their lunch sack by their name. Then, I called them into school with a bell.

I welcomed all of my "students" to Learning is Fun Academy. (That is actually our school name. When we started homeschooling 5 years ago I read in a book about creative homeschooling that said you should pick a school name. Josh picked Learning is Fun Academy. It has stuck ever since) I soon realized that I had some students with behavior problems! :o) (Yes, Patrick was one of my students!)

I had a picture ready for them to color. The girls did very well. The boys on the other hand....they made kids with blue hair and basketballs for their heads. I guess I should award them for their creativity.

Then, we had our dinner...I mean lunch. JEB had been talking about Little Debbies Cosmic Brownies. I was so excited when I found them at the store.

Of course Silas had to help Daddy complete some of his papers. We had a maze, a word search, and a Spelling Bee. I have some very good spellers!

Then, they had to look at a full pencil box for 10 seconds. I hid it and they had to try to remember everything in the case. We finished the night with Heads Up 7-UP. Remember that one? It used to be one of my favorites when I was little.

My "students" were awarded with highlighters, special pens, and pencil sharpeners. Hmm, what a coincidence we actually needed those school supplies! I think we all enjoyed our Back to School Night. It definitely put us in the school mood! We're still waiting on our ACE school books to arrive. I don't think we'll make our start date of August 31st! But, when they do come, we're ready to start our 2009-2010 Learning is Fun Academy School Year!