Summer BBQ
Every year in summer, during the school holidays, we have a family BBQ at my house. I really look forward to our gatherings as it’s the only time we see each other, otherwise everyone is busy with school, college, university and work.
Preparing for the BBQ takes up a lot of time; I usually have to start two days before hand. There is always so much to do, putting the gazebo up in the garden, buying the food, organising games to play and rearranging furniture to make space for everyone to mingle freely.
My husband takes care of the food, making sure there’s enough for everyone, preparing and marinating it, while my children handle moving the furniture so the house is more spacious and I organise all the games and activities.
The game and activities are our way of making sure everyone is included in the BBQ; they are based around adults as well as the children. All the ideas for the game are taken from team building events which companies have for their employee’s to become a better team.
Team building sounds too professional; so we changed it to ‘family bonding’ which sounds more like it’s family orientated. As some of the games are adult based, I have to find games and activities that are more appropriate for the children and babies too.
This year’s BBQ will be slightly different, everyone decided we should have a fancy dress BBQ and bring a dish as well as a gift. All the gifts will be put together and then as everyone is leaving to go home they take a gift that wasn’t bought by a member of their own household.
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