It just so happened that the day before Shedoesthecity staffers headed up north for a weekend in Muskoka, a care package of Mattel games arrived on our doorstep challenging us to GAME ON! Have we ever backed down from a challenge? NO!

So, along with banana-walnut pancake mix, homemade salsa, store bought guacamole, polka dot bikinis, captain hat, dockside loungewear, a ten pound watermelon and WAY too many chips, we jammed the trunk with Apples To Apples, Imaginiff, Uno and Beezerwizzer.

On our journey north we sang American Pie at the top of our lungs in unison, talked about how we were self declared “Early Adapters” (dorks) and showed off our manis with dramatic jazz hands.

The weekend away included underwater noodle fights, magazine trading on the boathouse deck, late night hot-tubbing, perfecting the perfect iced tea, nature bonding,  and corn-cobbing. Then we brought out the games.

Mattel provided a list of ideas of how to create Game On events from Backyard BBQ with Beezerwizer to UNO Park Picnics with themed snacks and cocktails, but in the end, as always, we did it our way.

Shedoesthecity’s Game On night at the cottage included:

–       Mango Madness David’s Tea with Agave sticks. (We are fancy like that.)
–       A five month old Australian Shepherd puppy named Chutney.
–       Chocolate birhday cake from Dufflet’s.
–       Our summer playlist.
–       Frozen peppermint patties (Have you ever tried this? Sooo good.)
–       Loungewear in the form of plaid tartan pantsuits and pink short-shorts.
–       Imaginiff and Apples to Apples.
–       An imaginary Imaginiff player AKA Oprah Winfrey.
–       Laughter, a ton of it.

In between trying to figure out who selected “Judge Judy” as “Pathetic” or imagining which Madonna song Becca is most like (Papa Don’t Preach obvs) we veered into stories, impressions and revealed secrets that had us buckled in laughter and diving over the couch with extreme Game On enthusiasm. For real.

Good clean fun is sometimes the best kind.  Enter to win a Mattel Game On prize pack, valued at $500, and you will be a hero for the next cottage weekend. (It might even be the ticket to score an invite 🙂 ENTER NOW! And get your Game On!

Shedoesthecity is proud to partner with Mattel. Enter the Mattel Game On contest here.