This past weekend was our first time to plan one, and we had a great time with it! We wanted to try to find the balance between keeping it pretty low key (so no one felt nervous) and using it as an opportunity to learn more about these people we share daily life with.
We thought it went pretty well!
I dialed back a little of the typical over-theming that I normally do for a get-together, but I did have a theme! Favorite things.
Our current group enjoys food and most of them are pretty good cooks, so we asked them to bring one of their favorite snacks to share. (They could make it or buy it - but we just wanted them to bring something they enjoyed.) We brought food too, and we had a little icebreaker game that was a mix of questions about their favorite things and would you rather questions.
We took homemade chocolate chip cookies and cheesy Mexican dip with chips!
Our tenants brought spicy dip, Pop-Tarts, ice cream sandwiches, and chicken wings! We had quite buffet of snacks going on in there!
Ryan led the game portion of the night, and he rocked it!
We loved the answers to the questions - and the thought they put into them. Even on the questions that didn't prompt them to explain their answers, they did, and they had quite a process behind every single answer!
When we finished those games, they asked if we could play Uno, so we did! As expected, I lost (solidly) but we had a GREAT time.
And then they all sat around to talk for a while, and we loved that. We loved it that they didn't rush out - and we loved what we learned about them in conversation.
Sorry we look so bedraggled. Second day curly hair, wind, busy days...and I need to cut my bangs.
But bedraggled looks aside, it was a great night, and we were thankful for it!
2 comments:
That sounds so fun and tasty!!
So glad the wig didn’t get into the yard sales! Lois
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