We've been wanting to go to the Drive-In theater about an hour away from our town for the LONGEST time. Thursday night my dear friend came over and we spontaneously made plans (is that an oxymoron? ) to have dutch oven dinners, go fishing, and attend the drive-in Friday night.
Sadly- Friday turned out to be insanely windy- winds reaching 60mph.
So....what to do? Why, hold our own little Drive-In movie, of course!
First, we went to our friends' home for de-lic-ious turkey burgers- (Im a won-over fan!) and then headed back over to ours. The kids and dads made cars, and Beck and I finished setting up. The kids also each decorated a brown paper sack to be used later...
The kids were each given 10 'dollars' -
then they came down the stairs where they could buy a movie ticket for $1. The Ticket Man punched their tickets then directed them to the Snack Booth.
They each had their remaining $9 to spend on snacks. (yeah, I know. We're pretty big spenders over here... ;) )
As each kid came up to the snack booth, I pulled out their special bag, and they got to choose how to spend their $9- each scoop cost $1.
Chan, Anna, and Madi checking out the snacks.
Christian waiting in line
Christian and Jed- Best Buds
Jed
Decisions, Decisions....
Happy Girls- Best Friends
The Gang all parked and ready for the show!
The Popcorn and Drink Lady came around calling
"Popcorn! Popcorn! Who wants some Popcorn??"
We watched the new Winnie the Pooh movie- and the kids were cracking up. We love that show. :)
It was SUCH a fun night- and we are so grateful we have such wonderful friends to share it with. The kids thought the whole thing was fantastic- (and they've never been privy to such a variety of treats before! :P )
Thanks, Hatch fam- we love you guys!!!
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5 comments:
This is such a cute idea!!!
This is AWESOME! Love it!! So much fun! Some thoughts I had while reading this . . .
1) Man, what a cool mom!
2) So much fun--they'll remember it forever.
3) Man, she needs to be a preschool teacher. Perfect.
4) THIS IS WHY SHE NEEDS TO LIVE BY ME. Like down the street. Okay, I guess we'll take around the corner . . . :)
You are awesome. Seriously awesome.
SO fun!! I love the snack booth idea!!! Wouldn't be cool to get a projector and do this at the family reunion? Maybe minus cardboard cars....since that would be one heck of a pain to find and haul....
Ok... seriously?! Why in the world do you not live in Texas anymore?! I am dying here! This looks like it was SO much fun!! Big time jealous of your Utah friends right now!
It really so fun, especially for being spur of the moment. We need to squeeze in more of these activities. On the way home Jed "...next time it's gonna be at our house and we're gonna have a carnival too!" Maybe we can volunteer the men to give carnival rides.
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