Sohaila was in charge of doing our last Family Night and she chose to have a Splash Mountain Family Night. Now I did what I typically do when planning and searched the internet, however it came up dry as bones. Not many creative idea's are floating around internet-land when it comes to Splash Mountain. So this one my friends was all Team Whittaker!
We started by decorating with what we could find around the house that looked mountain like, or from the bayou.
What Splash Mountain Night would be complete without the waterfall picture!
We had meatball sandwiches for supper. Which turned into our boats for the ride. I printed out pictures of each of us and glued them on toothpicks that then went into the sandwiches. Making our boat!
We decorated the table like the ride.
After dinner we had a mock ride. We rode the scooter through the "ride" and got splashed at the end!
Carlos even made a waterfall for us to go under.
After it was Losiah's turn he got mad at us and yelled " I ALL WET!" I guess he did not read the Family Night memo saying it was SPLASH Mountain Night.
The kids loved getting us all wet. What they did not know is we love pay back even more! At the end we had both the girls ride their scooters under the waterfall where Carlos and I hid with a huge cup of water that ended up all over them! It was a mess, but so much fun! H
CUTE!
Posted by: jen | June 08, 2009 at 07:40 AM
You guys are so flipin' cool it is not funny!
Posted by: Roxx | June 08, 2009 at 07:41 AM
SO MUCH FUN!!
Posted by: Brandi | June 08, 2009 at 07:45 AM
Wow! That is SO creative! Love it. =)
Hmmm... where did I put those waterguns...?
Posted by: Summer Kelly | June 08, 2009 at 08:01 AM
That is so cute and so funny. I love how creative you guys are. I would have never thought of that.
Liége
Posted by: Liége Davis | June 08, 2009 at 08:06 AM
okay, the waterfall cracked me up! well done. i am always in awe of these family nights.
Posted by: Crystal Renaud | June 08, 2009 at 08:08 AM
Ha ha ha - I LOVE the sandwich boats with your pictures sticking out! So CUTE! It all looked like a FUN time for sure!!
Posted by: Randi | June 08, 2009 at 08:19 AM
You should really write a book with all your ideas. You amaze me!
Posted by: kathy | June 08, 2009 at 08:21 AM
What fun!!
Posted by: Karen | June 08, 2009 at 08:42 AM
I love this idea! Looks like EVERYONE had fun! I need to make it my goal to have a Family Night once a month! :) Lana
Posted by: Lana | June 08, 2009 at 08:50 AM
I'm sure Losiah also had fun, even though you guys were mean to him. Love how you encourage the kids to be creative.
Posted by: Lita aka Grandma | June 08, 2009 at 09:33 AM
Hey hey... we all got wet. He just did not like when it was his turn. H
Posted by: whittakerwoman@yahoo.com | June 08, 2009 at 09:41 AM
YOUUUUUUUU
Posted by: YOLLIE | June 08, 2009 at 10:18 AM
So much fun! The looks of joy on your girl's faces are priceless!
Posted by: Jenn | June 08, 2009 at 11:53 AM
That is so creative! I made my husband come inside to look at this post and all he could say was "They let them play with water on the beautiful hardwood floors?!?!?!" HAHAHA
Posted by: Brittany Ibarra | June 08, 2009 at 03:58 PM
You do such a good job at this. I just love it!
Posted by: Michelle | June 08, 2009 at 06:57 PM
That girl comes up with some good ones! Way to go Sohaila.
We just saw Splash Mountain today and that looked a lot like it!
Posted by: angie | June 08, 2009 at 11:15 PM
Those sandwich boats are the cutest thing ever! SO creative. And the kids' faces are priceless!
Posted by: rachel h | June 09, 2009 at 05:53 AM
hey, wait a minute. What do U mean last family fun night? But everything was adorable. I can't wait to have kids.
Posted by: Tina | June 09, 2009 at 01:39 PM
Last family night ????
Posted by: kenia | June 09, 2009 at 08:39 PM
oh the sandwich boats are genius. love them! everything turned out so cute!!! :)
Posted by: alison | June 16, 2009 at 09:49 PM
adorable. I wander this way after reading a post from your hubby that someone encouraged me to read. So excited for you, it is moving to see other Christians desiring to have sold out lives to the least of these. :)
Posted by: aquietstrength | June 17, 2009 at 01:22 PM
This looks sooo cool! I so want to have a ride at the Whittaker Family Splash Mountain!!
I love your family's creativity.
Posted by: Brunettekoala | June 18, 2009 at 03:12 PM
Heather, you are so creative...makes me wish I had had such great ideas about family nights when J & J were young. You have a beautiful family...we hope to meet them one day. Tina said they had a great time visiting with you...so glad you all got to connect. Lots of love!
Posted by: Reginia | June 20, 2009 at 12:48 PM
amazing. I wouldve never thought of something like this.
Posted by: Kelli | July 02, 2009 at 09:44 AM
Losiah's face in that first picture is so dang precious I can't stand it. He knew to put his hands in the air but he looks a little confused about the rest. SO cute!!
Posted by: Erin | July 28, 2009 at 01:49 PM