We love to be outdoors. We don’t really watch tv, we don’t even have cable, satellite or even Netflix. We don’t have anything against them really we just don't watch that much tv . We do watch family movies! We have a lot of fun together outdoors like: fishing, boating, camping in our field and through the summer we work in the garden together almost every night. The kiddos especially like to pick from the garden. What a reward to actually eat what you have grown! We also play board games and cards when we are home. One of our favorite things to do is have a bonfires. We just had one and I thought I would share. Now no bonfire is complete without s'mores and snacks. After dinner we headed down to the fire pit in the lower field wit our goodies. You have got to check out the fire that we had!
Of course this picture can’t really show you just how big it was but I thought I would try. It was initially over 6 feet tall! It was big and waarrmm. I am one who gets cold easily and the temperatures were dropping in the evenings here to the low 60’s or upper 50’s that week. To me that is a bit chilly. I had to move closer to the fire as the night went on. Once the fire was crackling and controlled we started the cooking. Now my kiddos may or may not agree with me, but I make the perfect marshmallows. First, make sure you have a really long stick. Second, clean the end off. Finally, you have to stick the marshmallow IN the flames to get it caught on fire…..
Once the entire marshmallow is in flames you have to count to about 5 or so then you can start to blow it out. Here is a picture of what it looks like after the fire is out….
If you don’t let it burn you don’t get to the gooey center. It is just like eating a regular marshmallow, not fun for a bonfire to me.. Check out the center!
Okay this picture stinks for checking the middle out. It doesn’t show off the ooey gooeyness of it. Let me just tell you this is the best. You do have to be careful though because I have lost a marshmallow or two to the fire in my days of roasting. If you let it get too gooey it slides off the stick. Yep I hate to admit it but I have fed several to the fire. Now if you don’t like your sugary treat to be so toasted an easy way to make smores is to wrap them in a foil pack. Have you ever made them with another candy than the Hershey's? We have only tried Reese's and that is my favorite variation. Yep sooo delicious! Other than eat what can you do at a bonfire? We play flashlight tag, or run around with glow sticks. We have even played music and danced! Of course in this modern technological age we have even used the Google Sky App and we play games looking for constellations. Hope you enjoyed! What is your favorite thing to do at a bonfire?
Blessings from the Clubb Farm!
