We sat the kids down and had them give us their ideas of a fun night out. The seven year old chimed in that his favorite thing to do was having us all play Dream Cast and watching his favorite movie of the week, Tremors III. (Yes they actually made a third one, yikes) Our twelve year old wanted to go to the mall and do some shopping as a family. I think she forgot that little brother and dad detest the mall and keep clear of that place, but of course I advised her I'd go with her another day.
Dad's idea was taking the family to dinner and a movie (kids movie) while my idea was staying home cuddled up with each other, having a pizza delivered as we watched a good family flick. So to compromise on all sides, we decided to go out for dinner (Chinese was the choice), run by Hollywood video or Blockbuster and pick a movie that we each would like to watch. I knew that a chick flick wouldn't be something the guys would want, so I'd keep it for the next day to watch as everyone was out doing their own thing.
The evening turned out a blast and watching "The Mummy Returns" three times was true family togetherness. The popcorn and soda was easily cleaned up on off the floor and we each smiled and hugged as we said family prayer and scooted off to bed (all before midnight mind you). This was so much fun, we just might do this again next Friday night. It's a great idea for beating the January Bla's.
Even the next day turned out to be some great family time as my daughter wanted to watch my movie with me, we turned it into a girl bonding time. We painted our toenails and fingernails and ate the stash of hidden candy bars, the true sign of girl bonding; chocolate and breaking out the nail polish.
January can be pretty bleak at times with either snow falling in one part of the world or summer scorching in the other part of the world that it's a good time to have family time and listen to each other on the likes and dislikes and enjoy the time spent together. Bundle up and stay warm together or cool off and drink some lemonade. Beat the mid winter bla's with some real family fun; Family it where it's at.
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