Progressive Dinners

When I was in youth group, one of the activities we did was called a progressive dinner.  All of us teens would load into a fleet of cars and head to someone's house for the appetizer course of our meal.  Once we finished eating that person out of house and home, we would travel to the next course on the menu at another house.  It was so fun.  The same group seldom in the same car twice.  We would invade at least four homes for food for one meal.  The dessert house was the longest stop because games would follow the food.  These dinners would last at least two and a half hours with lots of laughter and fun.  The tradition continued in college for our church group there. Lots of good memories.

This year for Halloween the youngest M wanted to do something special, but not trick-or-treat.  My friend had taken her kids on a different kind of progressive dinner, so I stole the idea from her and we took the boys on a "Fast Food Progressive Dinner".

It starts with clues.  Each course of our meal has a clue the boys must figure out before we travel.

Stop number 1 is just for a drink. We are not getting chicken, like you would think. There's no burgrz here, just some thirsty cows. So we will grab our drinks before we get our chow.

 Drinks from Chick-Fil-A

Appetizers are next before we drop. We are headed to the place with the cool car hops.  We can order rings or sticks from our parked car. But don't think there will be hedgehogs where we are.

 Appetizers from Sonic

Our next stop is for some greens. Be thinking lettuce, not the beans.  A couple tomatoes with croutons, too. The place with the redhead is waiting for you.

  Salads from Wendy's

For our main course, we'll hang with the guys. We can eat burgers and enjoy fresh cut fries.  It's not much farther to this favorite stop. We'll get out of the car and into a chair we will flop.

 Yum!

Now to grab a bowl and fill it full. Toppings galore, and that's no bull. Sarah's favorite critter* is where we're bound, where lots of toppings can be found.

*Sarah is the boys' cousin who collects frogs.

Dessert

We had so much fun with this fun version of a meal on wheels.  We laughed and enjoyed un-interupted  family time in the car as we traveled from stop to stop.  I will keep this family activity in my back pocket and start planning new (and harder) clues for our next meal about town.  

We may even have to try this with some friends too!