What is "hang out night"?
Hang out night is where we get together with friends and family and hang out. For awhile we called it "game night" but we don't always play games and it turned into "hang out night" instead.
Here are Sky and my kids playing a video game.
When is hang out night?
Every week (with a few exceptions. For example: when people are sick.) It's on Friday or Saturday nights, depending on everyone's work schedule. And sometimes it's both Friday and Saturday nights. This last weekend, it was Friday, Saturday, and Sunday night. That's why I like to post hang out night and fun things to do on Friday.
How do you organize hang out night?
I am more laid back about it. I wait and see who shows up. Sometimes people call and say they'll be in town. Sometimes we call and see who is coming over to visit and play games/ watch a movie/ wrestle/ work on a blog post/ eat/ whatever... and an occasional trip to the ER because we get rowdy.
And if no one shows up, I head down to my friend's apartment for a good old fashioned "Stitch and Bitch" session where we crochet or knit while gabbing away. Or give manicures and pedicures...
Or a lovely spa...
What do you do during a hang out?Goof off, sit and chat, drink (the adults, not the kids!), have ice cream (the adults, not the k... oh, wait), play games, watch a movie, walk to the store for a drink and a smoothie, shoot the breeze
Credit: Bob Downs, evilcrayon.com
What games do you play?
Here is a picture I took of all my games. These aren't all the games we play because other people bring over their games. I even numbered them to tell you what they are! And I am adding some other games that aren't pictured.
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- Card games. Like, blackjack, kid-friendly poker, nerts, card tricks, rummy and other fun card games (click to go to a site for card games).
- Backgammon.
- Cribbage.
- Pac-Man. The Atari game (yes, we have an Atari!) and the card game for kids.
- Yahtzee.
- Pente.
- Monopoly City.
- Cards Against Humanity. (NOT KID FRIENDLY! This is for after the kids are sleeping.)
- Quelf Board Game.
- Phase 10 .
- Mad Libs, the card game and the game from the pad.
- Chess or checkers.
- Another backgammon game.
- Dominoes.
- Made the Terracotta Flower Pot Candle space Heater. (Not a game, but it was in the picture and we did this during hang out night)
- Hide and Go Seek in the dark.
- Apples to Apples.
- Fluxx .
- Video games on Atari, Nintendo 64, Commodore, Xbox, PlayStation, and computer.
- Emergency Room visits. While it's not a game, some of our rowdiness lands us in the ER and we make the best of it.
Don't snort kool-aid, no matter how cool they say it will be!
- Dye our hair... sorry, Zack... I love this picture!
What is Hide and Go Seek in the dark, you weirdos!?OMG! It's so much fun! Here is what you do...
- Gather all your crazy friends!
- Pick a "seeker".
- Turn off the lights. All the lights. And cover the windows. Unplug the coffee pot or anything with a light on it. NO CELL PHONES! That's cheating! Remove glow-in-the-dark nail polish.
- The seeker counts out loud while everyone else hides.
- Once time is up, the seeker wanders through the dark searching for everyone. Once tagged, you are found!
- The best part is, if your friends are like me and can't see in the dark, it's MUCH harder to play.
- The downside is, my brother can see in the dark. Poo.
"I will act sweet... then attack your face."
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