Family Fun Night

We have recently made it a priority to have a planned Family Fun Night each week. Most recently it will fall on either a Tuesday or Friday night depending on the week. And sometimes...both nights. Ed and I try to plan something fun and special for the kids that we don't normally do. The last two that we did was building a fort and home movies.

One Friday night after dinner, Ed and Micah built a fort in the living room. They built it so it included the tv. So when they were done, we ate popcorn (a necessity in the Martin house), and watched Horton hears a Who, a new family favorite. Caleb was scared at first, but eventually got used to it. Haleigh even joined the party later when she had to eat...have you ever tried nursing in a fort? Pretty tricky! I know, TMI!
(let's not talk about how AWFUL that picture is!)

Another night, we pulled out our unlabeled home videos...you're not alone Emily! And Emily, ours aren't combined with soccer but rather youth retreats, camps, and even skits! Here's cute little baby Micah, and there's a teenage boy acting like Dr. Phil! It kind of ruins the mood, don't you think!

Anyway, let's just say that mommy had a hard time with those videos. It was so hard to see my boys as babies! But it was fun and definitely will happen again. It also created a teachable moment about self-centeredness...is that a word? Micah just wanted to watch videos of Baby Micah, and so we had to tell him that his brother was just as important and just as cute as he. Not sure if it sunk in!

So, what do you like to do for family nights?