THE MOST OF IT >>>> WE DID BRAINSTORM A LOT IN THE END. REPORTER: A LOT OF BRAINSTORMING HAPPENS HERE IN THE WISSEL FAMILY KITCHEN. THIS IS ALSO WHERE THEME NIGHT STARTED. >> I THINK IT WAS A FRIDAY NIGHT WAS THE FIRST NIGHT. IT SOUNDED FUN. REPORTER: 14-YEAR-OLD ADDISON CAME UP WITH A FUN IDEA FOR DINNER — 80’S NIGHT. IT TOOK OFF HIM THERE. >> I REALLY LIKED DANCING WITH THE TWINS OF COURSE. AND I ALSO LIKED RED CARPET READY BECAUSE I REALLY LIKE DRESSING UP. REPORTER: FROM PUTT PUTT TO PAC-MA EVERY NIGHT, A NEW THEME, AND THEN A FAMILY MEMBER REVEALED WHAT THE NEXT NIGHT WOULD BE. >> WHERE IS WALDO? >> I LIKE THE OLD TIME PHOTOS. REPORTER:REPORTER: HARD TO PICK A FAVORITE WHEN YOU HAVE 50 THEMES TO CHOOSE FROM. FOR MOM KELLY, THE BEST PART WAS THE TIME TOGETHER. >> NO PHONE, NO TV ON. REPORTER: IF YOU’RE WONDERING IF THEY ORDERED COSTUMES OR HAVE A PROP CLOSET, THE ANSWER IS NO. SAY CARDBOARD CAME IN HANDY. >> WE REPURPOSED A LOT OF AMAZON BOXES. WE MADE THE MAYFLOWER AND WE WILL PILGRIMS ONE NIGHT. WE MADE A GIANT EASTER BASKET. REPORTER: THEY MADE IT LOOK EASY, BUT SOMETIMES IT WASN’T. >> THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE IT AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND THEN TWO MORE TIMES. REPORTER: ONCE THEY DID GET IT RIGHT, THEY SHARED IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND FEEDBACK WAS WELL WORTH IT. >> AT THE END OF THIS, IT STARTED, EVERYONE STARTED BEING HAPPY, SEEING THE PICTURES AND IT JUST BROUGHT A SMILE TO PEOPLE’S FACES. REPORTER
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Family makes most of quarantine with over 50 theme-night dinners
Updated: 10:31 AM EDT May 20, 2020
Families are spending more time together than ever. One family in Maryland decided to make the most of it.A lot of brainstorming happens in the Wissel family kitchen, where theme night started.”I think a Friday night was our first night. We said, ‘That sounds fun,'” said dad Mike Wissel.Addison Wissel, 14, came up with a fun idea for dinner: 80s night.”I really liked ‘Dancing with the Twins,’ of course, and I also liked ‘Red Carpet Ready’ because I really like dressing up,” said Lauren Wissel, 12.From mini-golf to Pac-Man, every night is a theme. It’s hard to pick a favorite when you have 50 themes to chose from. For mom Kelly Wissel, the best part was the time together.”No phone, no TV on. We sat and we spoke. We spoke about our days, about how silly it was,” she said.”We repurposed a lot of Amazon boxes. We made the Mayflower and were pilgrims one night. We made a giant Easter basket,” Mike Wissel said.They make it look easy, but sometimes, it’s not easy getting a good photo.”We’d have to take it again and again, and then again and then two more times,” said Carter Wissel, 12.Once they did get it right and shared it on social media, the feedback was well worth it.”At the end of this, everyone started being happy seeing the pictures and it just brought a smile to people’s faces,” Lauren Wissel said.
Families are spending more time together than ever. One family in Maryland decided to make the most of it.
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A lot of brainstorming happens in the Wissel family kitchen, where theme night started.
“I think a Friday night was our first night. We said, ‘That sounds fun,'” said dad Mike Wissel.
Addison Wissel, 14, came up with a fun idea for dinner: 80s night.
“I really liked ‘Dancing with the Twins,’ of course, and I also liked ‘Red Carpet Ready’ because I really like dressing up,” said Lauren Wissel, 12.
From mini-golf to Pac-Man, every night is a theme. It’s hard to pick a favorite when you have 50 themes to chose from. For mom Kelly Wissel, the best part was the time together.
“No phone, no TV on. We sat and we spoke. We spoke about our days, about how silly it was,” she said.
“We repurposed a lot of Amazon boxes. We made the Mayflower and were pilgrims one night. We made a giant Easter basket,” Mike Wissel said.
They make it look easy, but sometimes, it’s not easy getting a good photo.
“We’d have to take it again and again, and then again and then two more times,” said Carter Wissel, 12.
Once they did get it right and shared it on social media, the feedback was well worth it.
“At the end of this, everyone started being happy seeing the pictures and it just brought a smile to people’s faces,” Lauren Wissel said.
