Movie Night: Fantastic Family Bonding

Since movie nights typically run past the kids’ bedtime, we have them get their pajamas on beforehand.  While they are doing that, DH and I prepare the snacks and drinks.  I take care of getting the drinks ready and hiding some kind of gummy snacks on the counter for intermission.

In the meantime, DH is making popcorn.  Not microwave popcorn… Not even air popped.  He uses a hand-crank popper that we received as a Christmas gift a dozen or so years ago.  Wasn’t until a few years ago that we actually cracked it open to use.  Wish we had done it sooner.  If you don’t own one, seriously add it to your Christmas list.  You can find them at stores like Target in with all the gift basket stuff during the holidays.  Anyway… He tops off the popcorn with salted butter and Morton’s popcorn salt then serves it up in the kids special popcorn tubs.  They eat it up both literally and figuratively.

As with most families, we spend a lot of time running here and there and feeling like there is no down time.   We could each do our own thing when the weekend rolls around but  instead, we do something together.  When it boils down to it, we really want our kids to grow up with wonderful memories of bonding as a family… memories that will mean even more when they have kids of their own.  If you’re already plan family-time, kudos. If you haven’t set aside time for a movie night, give it a shot at least once.  Just make sure you spend the extra time adding the details like great popcorn and a nice place to cuddle because it makes all the difference in the world.

About the author: Nicole Brady logs most of her blogging hours at SahmReviews.com, focusing on story-based reviews that highlight how products and services interact with our everyday lives. Social media and blogging have been a great collision between her degree in business and her love of writing. But her experiences wouldn’t be worth writing about if it weren’t for her wonderful husband and two beautiful daughters.

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