Family Fun Night

For the past few months we've been doing Family Movie Night.  Every Friday night, the boys are excited because they get to stay up a few extra minutes.  We eat dinner a little early, put on their pajamas and brush teeth, and then try to pick out a movie together (sometimes it is easier to come to an agreement than another times).


The boys also love reading books, playing board games and playing Wii.  We then decided that instead of just a movie night, we should change  it to Family Fun Night.


Enter the bucket!  We made a list of fun activities that we all like to do together. Some of these are specified, as in play a specific board game. Some just say pick a movie. Or read books together. Some cards have a snack of popcorn on it as well, for something extra special. 

A ton of ideas are printed on little cardstock cards.  Then, they are folded up and placed in our handy, dandy bucket.  (We buy honey in these little buckets, and so I have a ton of them, which I use for a variety of storage ideas).  

This past Friday was our first time to use the bucket for Family Fun Night. The boys rolled a die to see who would pick for the first time.  J. won, and he enjoyed picking.  S. enjoyed reading the card.


And the first ever Family Fun Night was…......

S. gets to pick a movie.  He was happy. :)