Monday, February 6, 2012

Time to shake things up! Flip a coin day

Between work, school, family functions, and errands we have been super busy with no time to relax on the weekends. When I realized this past weekend we had zero plans on Saturday I wanted to come up with something fun for my fiance, son, and I to do. I came up with a couple of ideas that would be fun and checked the weather to make sure outside activities were safe. I wanted to come up with a fun way to let the guys pick what we would do without arguing and complaining. I found small note-cards with envelops in the sale bin at a craft store for a dollar.
          I narrowed it down to two options per activity. Breakfast card had an A option and a B option I asked them each to pick a letter and if they agreed I would open the envelope and we would have the breakfast option they choose. But, if they disagreed I would choose which option would be heads and which would be tails and flipped a coin .
         Next was the activity note-card again two different options we ended up playing miniature golf.
         My son gets free meal coupons from school for honor roll so I decided lunch that day would be free but what we had to drink would be determined by the note-card.
         Now comes the BONUS card option, if everything is done per the decision card and there was no complaining the BONUS card is the finally for the day. A special treat for playing together as a family <3 We ended up with ice cream after a day of fun.. For any other decisions that were not covered on the cards we used the coin to determine our choice. Since I made the cards I was in charge of the coin flipping.
         My fiance and son loved it so much they want a mandatory "Flip a coin day" once a month. You can put anything on the cards and it doesn't even have to be an activity that costs money. A trip to the park to play Frisbee or soccer.Makes for a great family day can't wait until next months flip a coin day.

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