We had a lot of fun at our Cowboy Cookout.  We invited the grandparents to it.  We made "wanted posters" of the grandparents, daddy, and the kids which were adorable.  You can make them here for free: http://www.glassgiant.com/wanted/.  We also used our horse poster and a red/white checkered tablecloth that we already had.  We used tin pie pans for plates.  We would have liked to done it outside, but it was too dark and too cold.  We considered doing a fire anyways, but ended up not.  We made "Son of a Gun" Stew, homemade biscuits (which I used baking soda instead of baking powder and they tasted disgusting), beans, apple cobbler, coffee for the adults, and rootbeer in bottles for the kids.  We set up a table to showcase the books we've read, some artwork, pictures, and Sam's lapbook.  We sang some songs and had the grandparents try to lasso the grandkids and played a cowboy game called "thimble rig" (where you have 3 thimbles -we used cups-and you hide one item and then move them around and you guess which one has the item under it).  Then we just relaxed and the kids ended up making it into a dress up party and decided to dress everyone up.  It was a nice night.  Oh, I almost forgot to mention that besides ruining the biscuits, the apple cobbler leaked all over the edges of the pie pan and started smoking and my mom suggested putting salt on the part of the stove that had the food leaked on it to stop the smoking.  Well, it started smoking furiously then and the whole house was covered in smoke, so we had to open all the windows and doors.  So, we at least go to have the feeling of it being outdoors!

 

 

 

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