I ain’t got no ideas.

BUT…

I am really looking forward to gleaning the great ideas from everyone else!

Now, this could be so totally wrong that it’s ridiculous. But, uh, cake first then broccoli? I am good with that so I won’t research it too much. =}

http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/family/specialfeature/aprilfools-food-pranks-ms/

Great idea about documenting the fun nights. I think they’ll really have fun down the road looking back at what will hopefully be a long running tradition.

Amy,

You know, I think eating dessert first would be really fun and novel. We don’t eat many desserts around here, so to have a dessert AND eat it first would be a huge highlight for my kids. Good idea!

Mamasboy,

I think that’s awesome that you read and play with the kids. That’s the sign of a good dad.

And you gave me a good idea for fun night. We can play Candyland…backwards.

Lisa H,

That’s a fun idea! I might have to combine that idea with Amy’s of eating the dessert first.

Right now we’re planning to have our Family Fun Nights on Fridays.

Whittakerwoman,

Oh, I love the flower idea. That’s hilarious! Thanks for all the inspiration…

Randel,

I’m not good abotu doing them either. I tried it once and the kids loved it….and I’ve not done it again. How awful is that?

So that’s why I’m hoping we come come together and create something cool.

Mark Whitlock,

Sounds like a GREAT book. I’ll go check it out…

Charity,

Such fun ideas. I especially like the one about hanging the pictures backwards. I think the kids will have a ball coming up with ways to decorate for Backwards night…

Decorations:  we wrote words and place cards backwards… had upside down candles… turned pictures on the wall backwards…put glow sticks on the ground so the light source was down not up…

We read I can read with my eyes shut by Dr. Seuss and played a game where

I wrote out goofy cards with things like… there’s a fish on the wall

and they had to read it with their eyes shut and so they would make up funny things

Enough caveats…

I wrote a small book a few years ago called FIFTY NIGHTS OF FAMILY FUN. I was working at http://www.familylife.com at the time. Every August, Dennis Rainey and Co. encourage families to fast from media as a way to “reset” consumption and family togetherness.

There are a lot of great ideas inside. But the worst part about the book is the fact my kids haul it out every so often to remind me that we haven’t had a family fun night in a while. Ahh, conviction!

Check out the book here:  http://store.familylife.com/detail.asp?id=7283&p;=&c;=&g;=