Sunday in the Park

I thought I'd get the plans going for next sunday at Festival Park. Here is a link to a map and address of the park in case anyone is not sure where it's located...

The idea is to bring a picnic lunch instead of grilling out. Some ideas for types of food for lunch...?

Sandwiches

Pasta and/or Potato Salad

Fruit Salad, or just some fruit if that's easier

Chips and/or Pretzels

Soda and/or Juice

dessert ideas??

other things we might need...

picnic blankets (do they have tables there? i don't know)

chairs

cooler(s) and ice

jug of water (?)

It was easy to just throw some extra burgers or hot dogs on the grill if more people show up, or they come towards the end of the afternoon like they did last time, so is there a way we can plan on being prepared for that or for extra people when we're just bringing sandwiches? Also, that many sandwiches take a lot of preparation compared to burgers, so any ideas there, or ideas for another option besides sandwiches would be great! What do you think?

Last time having coffee and snacks before we started seemed to be a hit, so Eli and I will plan on bringing that again.

Are there some ways that we can think of to let our guests feel involved? Maybe we all have some ideas about how to involve them in the discussion time. It seemed to go well last time, but we should be thinking about how we can simply involve them in it and not feel like we need to be witnessing to or impressing them all the time (Not that I feel that's what happened at all, its just something to keep in mind!) Maybe we can bring some stuff to do...lets keep it simple and laid back, just frisbees or yard games to play to encourage everyone to interact...