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What’s that Smell? A Guessing Game for the Whole Family

March 20, 2019/in Activities /by ValleyFamilyFun

What’s that Smell? A Guessing Game for the Whole Family When we were kids, my mom used to set up a guessing game for us for Girl Guide events or birthday parties. We called it “What’s that Smell?” or the Smelling Guessing Game. So, when we were having family over for dinner and I wanted […]

Family Night with Greco Pizza

March 18, 2019/in Family Life, Restaurant /by ValleyFamilyFun

Family Night with Greco Pizza Disclosure: This is a sponsored post to show how you can have a family night with Greco Pizza. Really, it’s any excuse for us to get together! There is something different about hanging out with family that you can’t find anywhere else. With family, you can completely be yourself, you […]

What’s that Smell? A Guessing Game for the Whole Family

March 20, 2019/in Activities /by ValleyFamilyFun

Family Night with Greco Pizza

March 18, 2019/in Family Life, Restaurant /by ValleyFamilyFun

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What’s that Smell? A Guessing Game for the Whole Family

March 20, 2019/in Activities /by ValleyFamilyFun

What’s that Smell? A Guessing Game for the Whole Family

When we were kids, my mom used to set up a guessing game for us for Girl Guide events or birthday parties. We called it “What’s that Smell?” or the Smelling Guessing Game.

So, when we were having family over for dinner and I wanted to have a family-friendly activity for us to do afterwards, I knew just the game.

I phoned my mom, and lo and behold, she still had the tiny glass jars, still numbered, that we used in our childhood.

You might be able to find small jars at the dollar store, or I would recommend using dixie cups, or any other small containers you can find.

Fill each jar with a liquid. This was the fun part, and Mom and I brainstormed for a long time and probably could have filled dozens of jars! We happened to have 17.

I used:

Pancake syrup
Milk
Maple flavouring (this was too close to the pancake syrup, so use one or the other)
Laundry detergent
Vinegar
Soya Sauce
Windex
Water
Bleach
Almond Flavouring
Vanilla
Lemon Juice
Cherry juice
Coffee
Peppermint extract
Beer
Mr. Clean

Other possibilities were

Honey
Paint thinner
Molasses
Wine
Orange Juice
Mouth wash
Pickle Juice
Apple Cider Vinegar
Apple Juice

What else can you think of?

I set the bottles up around the table, each with a numbered tag. Each person had a paper and a pencil and spread themselves around the table. We rotated around, smelling the contents, and writing down our guesses.

DO NOT TASTE the contents! I made this very clear!

Some of the liquids were really hard to guess, especially the water!

The kids had a lot of fun doing this, and could guess most of the smells. The youngest, at 7, needed to be paired with an adult.

We spent about 15 minutes smelling the contents before people stated their guesses and I revealed the answers. The best score was 14/17! But, really, it was all friendly competition!

This is a fun, multi-aged family activity that only takes a few minutes to set up, and is a fun challenge for the nose!

Family Night with Greco Pizza

March 18, 2019/in Family Life, Restaurant /by ValleyFamilyFun

Family Night with Greco Pizza

Disclosure: This is a sponsored post to show how you can have a family night with Greco Pizza. Really, it’s any excuse for us to get together!

There is something different about hanging out with family that you can’t find anywhere else.

With family, you can completely be yourself, you can wear your pajamas to dinner (even the adults) and you don’t have to set the table or prepare a fancy meal. It’s enough to just be together.

My brother and his family live 400m away. Literally. We looked it up on Google maps tonight.

There is however, a giant ravine between us, making it longer to travel there. We always joke that we need a zipline between our houses, and we could be there within 30 seconds.

Although we live so close, we do not get together as often as we should. We’re always busy, running around with kids, or frankly, just tired.

There really should be no excuse, and we need to remember that family time doesn’t have to be complicated, it’s just about being together.

Which is why, we decided to kick start our March Break with family time.

Scarlett and Digby are literally best friends. So, any time we can get the two of them together, everyone is happy.

We started off with a walk in the ravine (that separates our houses) to get some fresh air, and to give our dogs a run.

The path was a bit tricky with all the ice, but we made it without too many casualties.

After that, we had well-worked up an appetite.

Instead of worrying who was going to cook, or about what to serve that everyone would eat, we decided to order from Greco, New Minas.

To meet everyone’s tastes, we got 2 XL pizzas.

1/2 Hawaiian/ 1/2 works

1/2 cheese/ 1/2 pepperoni

And, no meal is complete without garlic fingers and donair sauce!

Overall, there were a lot of very happy smiles.

The pizza was delicious, but I think one of the best parts was the slightly flavoured crusts that may have been garlic Parmesan! It was so good and made the pizza complete!

One thing we know is that we will be ordering from here many more times in the future!

Sing the song… 3-10 30-30!

Hours and Location

There are four Greco locations in the Annapolis Valley: Bishopville, Middleton, Greenwood and New Minas.

The New Minas location has changed to 8927 Commercial Street, in the strip mall across from the movie theatre.

Greco’s menu can be found online, where you can also place an order.

View Greco’s online menu or place an order

What we’ve discovered is that Family Night does not need to be complicated. If you make it simple, it means you are more apt to do it again, soon, which is exactly what we plan on doing.

Making family night a habit.

Easy company, simple set up and delicious food, thanks to Greco.

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Family Night with Greco Pizza

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