Our Family Night Favorites | The Mommy List, Week 5
Today is Jon’s first day of his THREE WEEK CHRISTMAS BREAK! He generally works about a 60 hour week, and we don’t see a whole lot of him during the school year. So yes, I’ve been unbelievably excited for some good quality family time!
As the kids get older, we’ve been starting to do Family Fun Nights on Friday nights. We’ll pick a movie or grab a game, and hang out as a family. Emily gets to stay up a little later, and we grab some popcorn and hot chocolate. It’s a lot of fun, and it kicks off our weekend well.
So, today I’m sharing a few of our Family Night Favorites! I hope you find something that your family can use too!
Our Family Night Favorites:
1. Game Night – Lately, we’ve been trying to turn off the tv and play some games with Emily. Nathan’s still too young for this, really, but Emmy’s at a great age for it! Here are a few of our current favorites:
The Sneaky Snacky Squirrel Game | Disney’s Memory Game | Super Why’s ABC Game | Uno Moo | Chutes & Ladders
2. Card Night – 
Jon and I love cards. We used to play a lot of cards at Starbucks on date nights! And in my family, we grew up playing cards. We especially love Rummy!! So, when I found some tin boxes of card games for kids, you better believe I picked them up!
LeapFrog Math Rummy & ABC GoFish | Eric Carle’s ABC Game
| Doc McStuffins Uno
3. Movie Night – We really are trying to turn off the TV more, but for those nights that call for popcorn and a movie, here are some of our favorites! And yes, we are big on musicals around here – they’re kid-friendly and music-director-(Jon)-approved.
Annie | Enchanted | Frozen | The Music Man | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
ALL family nights are always accompanied by popcorn and hot chocolate, of course!
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What are YOUR favorite family night activities?
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We love Sneaky, Snacky Squirrel! I would really like to try to the Super Why game! We tend to ask relatives to purchase games as gifts, so I will have to put that one of the list. We do a very similar family night every Friday and we usually do a movie/dinner in the living room or game night. I want to start introducing my girls to card games soon! Thanks for the recommendations!
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I’m excited, I just bought my son (who is 3) Chutes and Ladders for Christmas. I have been wanting to start playing games with him and I think he is finally ready! Enjoy your Christmas break, especially with the added blessing of having your husband home. It is always such a nice gift to have them home for a few days, let alone 3 whole weeks! 🙂 Merry Christmas!