Movie night at Grandmas

    Friday Night Movie Nights are the Best!  Although it is important for us to keep a routine with our kids (if we don't the chaos that would occur would be maddening) we find the need to throw in some fun changes every now and then.  So on Friday night we had a movie night.  We have done this at our house before.  We let the kids pick a movie they either haven't seen or at least haven't seen in awhile.  I make popcorn and "milkshakes."  I say that in quotations because really they are not milkshakes.  They are yogurt, milk, strawberries and some honey.  The kids love them and I don't have to feel guilty about feeding them as much junk food.

The love their snacks, but the movie I think concerned her a bit.

milkshake mustache

    What made this movie night special was its location.   After bath time we all went over to Grandma and Papa's house for a fun evening out of the house.  What really makes it special is Papa will put a fire on in their fireplace.  The kids absolutely love it.  Our fireplace at home isn't really kid friendly right now so I never have a fire at our house.  They love to sit on the hearth and warm up.   It also give them time to snuggle up with grandma in her favorite blankets. 

I love a fire in the fireplace.  It seems so cozy.

  This Friday we picked Cinderella.  We have been playing just dance Disney for exercise and the kids really wanted to see the fairy godmother and her magic wand.  I think they may have been thinking it would be a little more exciting but they did watch the beginning of it while they had their snacks. They ran around a little bit looking for the cat but they came back to Grandma's lap for the end.  They wanted to see Cinderella get married.  Since attending a cousins wedding a few weeks ago they are very interested in weddings and brides.

Snuggle time.

   While the kids are resting and enjoying their snacks it sometimes gives us a chance to relax too.  How did Ray spend the evening?  Drinking Scotch that my dad got for Christmas and then reading about it in the Whiskey encyclopedia.  Even Daddy's get to enjoy movie night!

    I love doing little extra things for my kids.  I hope that when they grow up they have found memories of Friday night movie nights and remember the times we spent as a family.  I hope they remember the little twists we put in like going to Grandma's house for a fire.