A Dessert Guessing Game

What an awesome idea – I’ll be trying that for sure :-)

Such cute boys! Miss those days with my girls…. Sorry to be one more person asking but I’m obsessed with the kid’s table in the first photo. May I ask where it’s from? I’m not a shopper so I have to find things from other people’s blogs…lol

This is so cute!

Currently our “thing” is pancakes for dinner every other Thursday. I have a pretty intense Olympic lifting training schedule and Fridays are my rest days each week, and every other Thursday my 5 year old reads to dogs at the local library. So since we get home later those evenings (just 30 minutes before regular bedtime) and pancakes for dinner on those Thursday nights is the perfect no-time-at-all dinner – and a great mini celebration (by way of a kitchen break for me) of another week of training in the books.

One summer ritual we instituted this past summer: A dessert cart in the kitchen (instead of a bar cart). The kids LOVE it: http://www.kelseyespecially.com/2015/09/a-kid-friendly-bar-cart/

I dont know what it is about coffee tables and little people, when we were young the coffee table was our favorite place to sit!

Oh this is so fun, i’m going to totally do this with my niece!!
Don’t kids claim the red m&m’s are better than the yellows and greens?? ;)

My husband usually reads books to them first and then I head in when the lights are off. We try to have the GLAD conversation – what are you Grateful for today? What did you Learn? What did you Accomplish? What Delighted you? We often just make it through the Grateful part. My 5 year old son always says Family, and my 2 year old daughter switches it up every night. Tonight, she said she was grateful for elephants, bunny rabbits and noses. It always ends with the two of them dissolving into giggles before they say I love you to each other and then fall asleep. It’s a sweet thing to witness.

My husband and I play this with jelly bellies on road trips. Most entertaining road trip game ever!

What a cute game! My older kids (12 and 10) love to answer questions after dinner to win chocolate chips, m & ms , mini cookies or mini marshmallows, etc. This game is easily tailored to ability levels (math facts, vocabulary, history, science, spell a word) and they love the challenge and quality time.

This is a great game! Although my boys are older (9 and 11) I’ll try it, I think they’ll love it.
Our traditions include a story right before bed (weekends only) created by their dad and with three fictional characters that go through different HILARIOUS adventures. I love hearing all of them laugh extra loud while I’m downstairs making tea for my husband and me.

Alina
http://www.eclecticalu.blogspot.com
PS. loved this post!

I’ve recently starting offering my two and a half year old dessert, as an incentive to stay at the table, or have “one more bite” of her dinner. The funny thing is that she is still young enough that “dessert” just means something that isn’t already on her plate. It could be crackers, cheese, or maybe fruit but not necessarily something sweet. One of these days I’m sure she’ll demand cake and ice cream!

Cute idea! I’ve only recently introduced Luna to chocolate and let’s just say she didn’t have any issues with that food group! Haha! Chocolate broccoli anyone? Haha! Ewww

Lendy
http://www.twoplusluna.com

We’ve bought a box of half red/half green grapes and then tried to guess if the grape is green or red with our eyes shut. Some boxes are really easy to guess and some are really tricky. It’s surprising!

Such an adorable idea! My daughter is a little too young, but I love this for the future! Our bedtime routine is just to make sure a have a little time with each parent before bed. Most nights Iput our daughter to bed, but she lover her father so so much that even when he is busy a quick book or run around the house before bed really makes her smile. If I have plans that night, or something I’m trying to get done and he is taking over, I make sure to spend a little time with her before bed, a little pretend play or cuddles. For us, this has helped so much in avoid her developing much of a preference towards a parent and therefore fussing when they’re not around. She is excited to play with either of us!

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We play 2 Truths & a Lie at supper. Each person tells 3 things from their day. One of them is made up but the other 2 are true. We have to guess which is the lie. My kids are 9 & 13, so may not work just yet around your table!

Love it!

That’s so fun! What a good memory for them! Our kids are usually a wreck by the time dinner’s over so there’s lots of wailing and dragging towards bedtime, but we do always light candles at dinner to make it feel special and cozy (and sometimes the two year old blows them out because oh, THE CONTROL)