Family Night #17, Turtle Night

In honor of Jacob, we decided to have a turtle family night!
We decorated plates like turtles...

We ate stuffed turtle shells

We wore turtle necks, well the girls did. Could you see Whittaker men in turtle necks? :)

I made this turtle bread

And for dessert we had a turtle cake.

The grand finale of the night was letting Jacob go.

Your turn...
Share your what your family does to connect. Simply write a post on your blog, LINK back to this site somewhere in your post and then put your URL into Mr Linly below. I can't wait to get more ideas!

Oh and as for the Olympic night. I was over the Olympics by the time our family night came around. Maybe we can do it in two years when they come back around. :) Thanks for all the ideas. H

Comments

[christian]

it's so amazing... whenever i see there is a family night update i have to read it straight away!!!

i love your ideas and the way how you raise your kids!

be blessed...

[Marie]

You're one of the first blogs I ever read in my life (yeah internet newbie) so I have a soft spot and have to read daily.. never wrote before now.. but I just had to - I am blown away by your creativity and how much you give to your kids!! This family night is amazing!! Made me wanna cry, it was just so loving and thoughtful and even the turtle bread?? wow! bless you!

[Becky]

I hope Jacob is very happy : ). I LOVED your turtle necks : ). Fun!

[Lisa@ Tropical Mexican]

That turtle bread is awesome.

[Tracie]

Seriously? You are my hero. I can't wait to be a mom so that I can try to be as cool as you.

[Kristy Black]

Yeah my husband and I are huge nerds. We had Math night :-)

[jimmy james]

Four years. London Olympics don't roll around until 2012. You have the winter olympics coming in two years...maybe frozen rings-popsicle things as dessert. You can freeze the house and wear winter clothes. Then you can put Losiah on a car creeper and send him head first down your driveway...you know like the skeleton. Of course while you have the olympic anthem playing on your laptop and the girls wearing clothes from different lands. Good times.

[Charlotte and Larry]

I love it!! What a wonderful idea. The pics of Jacob were great.

[Heather]

Heather, I love your family nights! Can you come over and do one for us? I'm so not creative.

[Jacinda]

It ended up being so cute! I don't know why, but sometimes the last minute ones turn out the cutest! Your turtle bread is super cute. What kind of bread is it? You never told me.

[Jacinda]

I did the linky :)

[whittakerwoman]

I know summer is in four years, i was talking winter... Which if you know me is more up my alley! H

[jennifer ward]

i want to know what was in the stuffed turtle shells for dinner. is there a recipe? looks yummy - and did your kids eat the lettuce?

[iamthird]

this is soo cute! have the girls grown since I have been gone??

[Ruth]

What a great idea! Turtles are great and your turtle bread is too cute and the rest of the food is very creative. I bet Jacob was honored being the star, or inspiration for family night ;)

[Julia]

Hi Heather!
I'm subscribed to your and Carlos' blog and it's so encouraging to read! :) Not sure if you're still doing the whole "ask a question and I'll answer" thing but here's my question: How did you and Carlos meet? When did or how old you were you guys when you got married? Seems like you guys have an amazing marriage relationship and I was always curious as to how it happened! :)

Also, Losiah's adorable! I'm a Korean-American so it's awesome to see him being adopted by such amazing, Jesus-loving parents. It's like destiny.

[Tina]

Thanks for the inspiration! We had a wonderful time at our first ever family night:) BTW: I linked up!

[Ali]

I think the turtle cake would have been my favorite. Great Family Night idea!

[Joanna Kurtz]

Love the turtle bread! Looks just like Jacob!

[Shannon]

I want the recipe to your stuffed turtle shells...That looks so good.

[Shannon]

Oh yeah...and I want to know how you get your kids to eat stuff like stuffed turle shells.

[whittakerwoman]

Sorry, guys I have no recipe for the turtle shells, I chopped up some yellow squash, red bell pepper, chicken, onion, and then I added some homemade teriyaki sauce. Something like that. :) H

[Rhi]

too cute!

[Simone]

What an awesome idea!! I totally stole one of your ideas this week. I didn't orchestrate it to the extent you did. In my defense, I was in a whole other country and not in my home, with all my stuff.

[Billie]

You are just TOO creative! YOu can come up with ANYTHING even on the fly!

[Nicki]

Heather,
You have inspired me so much with these family nights! Thank you for sharing all of your ideas with us. We had our first Family Night tonight and it was a huge success. I've got to get busy planning our next one!

Thanks again!

[Jennifer]

Hi Heather! We just had our second family night. I linked it up above. I just wanted to comment in case anyone with older kids might be reading. To any of those parents...You've got to try it! I wasn't sure if Fam nights would work for older kids, but mine LOVE it (ages 14, 12, 11, 11). Being a blended family we don't get to have weekly family nights, but bi-weekly seems to be working fine! They have even been asking when the second one was happening! Thanks for the inspiration!

[Anita]

I'm joining the turtle bread fan club.