Our house was full of laughter tonight and I wanted to pause and remember it! I was trying to post a video, but I'm not having the patience to get it from my phone to my computer tonight, so I will just capture it in words! (The rest of my family will be glad about the no video thing, I'm sure!)
Tonight's laughter was brought to us courtesy of my friend Lori (who shared this advent activity with me), our church who played the hilarious video on Sunday (edited version, of course!) and Jimmy Kimmel. If you like this video, he also has a part two, which I think is even funnier!
So here's how it went down, we drew names at dinner, and each of us had to find a present that the person would have a hard time finding three nice things to say about. We wrapped them up pretty and exchanged them.
Sarah got hotdogs (from dad), Morgan got tuna fish (from mom), Mike got makeup (from Morgan) and I got...drumroll please...my daughter's chewed up laffy taffy (from Sarah). We each had to come up with 3 nice things to say about our present. We all laughed and laughed some more! For the laffy taffy, I said, "I love the color yellow, I will think of you every time I look at it, and it smells so yummy!"
After that we let the girls watch the Jimmy Kimmel video (caution, some inappropriateness for kids), and we spent the next 30-40 minutes watching some of his other challenges -- we really liked the "Kids, I ate all your Halloween Candy ones." H.i.l.a.r.i.o.u.s. - (And some spoiled kids!)
ADDITIONALLY, I finally feel like I did something right. You see, my 11 year has expressed more disapproval this year than approval for our family fun/togetherness ideas that I put in the stockings -- and while I know she's changing and growing up and our family traditions will change as she grows, it's just well, caught me by surprise this year. So when she was excited about this idea...well it made me smile! I vow to continue to find new and fun ways to connect with my girls as they grow in each and every season of life! And I will pause and capture the laughter in my heart every chance I get.
Sarah got hotdogs (from dad), Morgan got tuna fish (from mom), Mike got makeup (from Morgan) and I got...drumroll please...my daughter's chewed up laffy taffy (from Sarah). We each had to come up with 3 nice things to say about our present. We all laughed and laughed some more! For the laffy taffy, I said, "I love the color yellow, I will think of you every time I look at it, and it smells so yummy!"
After that we let the girls watch the Jimmy Kimmel video (caution, some inappropriateness for kids), and we spent the next 30-40 minutes watching some of his other challenges -- we really liked the "Kids, I ate all your Halloween Candy ones." H.i.l.a.r.i.o.u.s. - (And some spoiled kids!)
ADDITIONALLY, I finally feel like I did something right. You see, my 11 year has expressed more disapproval this year than approval for our family fun/togetherness ideas that I put in the stockings -- and while I know she's changing and growing up and our family traditions will change as she grows, it's just well, caught me by surprise this year. So when she was excited about this idea...well it made me smile! I vow to continue to find new and fun ways to connect with my girls as they grow in each and every season of life! And I will pause and capture the laughter in my heart every chance I get.
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I can just SEE the smile on Sarah's face when she watched you unwrap that taffy! HA! What a little turkey! Creative though, right?!?!
I was worried when she was laughing BEFORE she even wrapped the present! She couldn't stop giggling! And yes, she could NOT stop smiling while I unwrapped it and tried to 'be thankful' for it! Yes, creative! She always comes up with ideas I never think of!
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