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A successful wild rumpus! (Where are the wild things? In my backyard!)

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on Sunday, 12 June 2011 in where the wild things are

In celebration of Maurice Sendak's birthday on Friday, my boys enjoyed a backyard wild rumpus! It all started when the kids came home from school. We read Where the Wild Things Arewhile enjoying a "birthday" treat (a sweet afterschool snack). When I mentioned having a wild rumpus, they loved the idea!

We began with a staring contest (if you remember the story, Max "tamed [the Wild Things] with the magic trick of staring into all their yellow eyes without blinking once").

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We then headed outside for the real fun.  The boys hung from trees and play equipment, just like the wild things in the story.

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The book gave them the idea to run around and act crazy (not that they needed any encouragement).

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Yes, it was a successful wild rumpus!  The boys expended some energy.  We made some fun memories.  And just like Max, I hope each of my boys finds home to be the place "where someone love[s] him best of all."

 

For more fun children's literature and activity ideas, take a look at the book Let the Adventure Begin! Theme Nights for Families with Young Children: Fun & Easy Family Night Activities (click on the title for more information).


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Thanks for visiting my site!

My name is Laurie, and I am the author of the Family Theme Night Blog and two books (Let the Adventure Begin: Theme nights for Families with Young Children, and Memory Making Meals: Fun & Easy Family Dinners). I am also the mom of two boys, Drew (age 8) and Stephen (age 6). As a family, we have been doing family fun nights based around different themes since the boys were four and not quite two. I have put together lots of fun, easy and inexpensive ideas. We have enjoyed the adventure, and I want share these activities and resources with you!

More about me:

The boring stuff (my “credentials”):

I’m a graduate of Wheaton College (IL) and Nazareth College (NY) with degrees in elementary education and TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages). Before becoming a mom, I loved the challenge of teaching in the Rochester City School District.



The fun stuff:

• I love to travel (although I’ve traded European adventures for camping trips and amusement park visits).

• I consider swiss chocolate paired with a novel to be absolute bliss.

• I think hiking and geocaching with my family is a blast (until the boys get tired and cranky, but the first part of the hike is always fabulous!).

• My ideal getaway is a quaint bed and breakfast enjoyed with my wonderful husband.

• I actually love watching football and look forward to setting up my fantasy team every year (although it is a bit of a drag to be a Bills fan these days).

• I’m a huge Anne of Green Gables fan—I even convinced my husband to take me to PEI for our honeymoon!

• Besides planning and writing about our family theme nights, I enjoy teaching Sunday School and coaching an Odyssey of the Mind team.

• I love experimenting in the kitchen.

• I really do treasure every moment I spend with my family—especially our family fun nights!
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