The big game day has come and gone, but there’s always the next event to celebrate with friends and family and around here food is a big deal. For boys, food seems to be a large part of any event and they look forward to it immensely.

For me, keeping it yummy and simple is always the biggest factor in any game-day menu. Here’s a few tips to make preparation even simpler.

Use a Crockpot.

This is absolutely mandatory around here. In fact, crock pots are so useful for holidays and game day we went out and bought a great unit that has three crock pots in it. They are attractive, convenient and one pot does it all from cooking, to keeping warm and serving. 

Plan Ahead

Don’t get too very extravagant, you’d be surprised just how amazing things can turn out with just a little prep and a few ingredients. By planning ahead you don’t have to worry about missing ingredients or last minute trips to the store. Keep in mind there’s almost always a simple way to improvise if you do end up forgetting something.

Keep it Simple

When you’re entertaining a crowd all too often as the hostess we get way too caught up in wanting it to be fancy and impressive. On game-day this is absolutely not necessary! Break out the everyday dishes, the simpler the better actually as game-day tends to be casual and messy. Keep it as simple as possible for not only serving and eating, but for clean up as well!

Now it’s your turn! Join the conversation and tell me what tips you have for hosting a successful party for friends and family for the Big Game and be entered to win a 42” LG flat Screen TV!

Looking for some snack ideas? Tyson Any’tizers are a great snack that satisfies your kids on game day or any day! 

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I know there’s lots of GREAT back to school giveaways going on right now, this linky will be available to add to through the month of August (I will repost it each Friday).

If you know of a giveaway… link it!

If you’re hosting a giveaway… link it!!

Be short and descriptive and feel free to add to the list as often as you want (no duplicates though please) through the month of August. It’s even better if you update and add more information for each giveaway in each post’s comments.

Although I’m actually going to be offering a giveaway starting tomorrow (for the first time in months) here at A Frog In My Soup, I’ve been wanting to offer all of you an easy resource to enter and list your own giveaways. So, feel free to take advantage of this linky list and I’ll see you all tomorrow for an extremely fun Father’s Day giveaway!!!

I have had many requests to review products that are perfect for back to school.

Who knew that NOT being one of the bloggers attending BlogHer could turn out to be such a great opportunity…why you ask…well, read my list first then I’ll go into a little more explanation.

1. Our family is going to be together, having fun.
2. We get to go to Great Wolf Lodge which is a rare opportunity.
3. Meeting other bloggers locally is a TOTALLY cool opportunity.
4. Half of our children have never been to water slides and the half that have were very little.
5. We get to stay in a hotel…very fun for little boys.
6. I didn’t have to pay a ton of money (that we don’t have) to go to the event.
7. I only get to participate in the Cozi opportunity because I didn’t go to BlogHer
8. The travel time to get to our destination will be just a little over 2 hours.
9. Everything will be in one place, no running around town for food and such.
10. I don’t have to fly…although I will fly, it isn’t my favorite thing.

So, as you may have guessed, we won’t exactly be in our own home, but we will be staying together and locally, and frankly, I’m so glad we aren’t missing out on this opportunity!

Finding babysitters is always a challenge for us, but even for families with far less children than we have it can be tough.

This giveaway has ended and the winner is #17 – MJ!