brians great aunt died about a month ago and today was a memorial service for her. even though fevers in our home have started to return to normal, snotty noses are still keeping us locked up. we thought it best that brian go while i stayed home with the kids. they have pretty much been cooped up in this house all week (excluding last nights chinese dinner) so i thought i would try and make being at home as non boring as i could for them. while talking last night brian and i came up with the idea of making tonight the first ever EMRICH FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT!
From the moment they woke up all day long i kept their excitement high as i talked about my great anticipation of what the night would hold. by mid day levi could hardly wait, he kept asking when would it be dark outside. while brian was gone i thought it would be fun to get them involved in baking a "special dessert" for the evening. they LOVE to bake! anytime i start to do anything in the kitchen they are right behind pulling chairs so they can get involved in all the action. we pulled all the ingredients out and made our family favorite ooey gooey bars... boy are they yummy.... i'm stealing a bite this very second! :)
brian got home just in time for real fun to begin. the pizza came, and the kids enjoyed there mini cokes... something they rarely get. after dinner brian gave quick baths while i made bags of popcorn.... FINALLY!!! movie night was here!!!!
we turned out all the lights, sat down with popcorn in hands and began watching the opening credits. within five minutes brian heard a faint sound coming from levis way, and we glanced over to see him snoring! poor kid, was so excited all day and fell asleep before it even really started. note to self.... give naps on movie night! alivia of course, was awake the whole movie but was bouncing from place to place rarely pausing to catch a scene. brian and i joked about what a "great" idea movie night was. but by the end of the night we came to the conclusion that even though the night might not have turned out the way we thought it would it was still a lot h fun.... and thus, emrich family movie night was born. :)
2 comments:
we too like family movie night, although it is hard to watch a new movie with Jay. last time we tried to watch Cars, the only scene that held his attention was the initial racing scene...after that he was all over the place. none the less still fun :)
i might have to steal that idea! and your pictures are so cute! :) welcome to the blogging world!
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