Last night was Family Night at our house. We normally do this on Thursday nights, but Kim has a concert tonight to play in (clarinet), so we moved it to Wednesday for this week.
We keep a jar filled with activities to share together on family night. Some examples includes bowling, crafts, spades, watching a movie, dinner at a restaurant. For the things we do at home we usually include a special dessert. Last night we had coke floats.
This is something new for us. A night that brings us all together usually without video interruption. My hope for these evenings is that it will keep us together as a family and maybe give the kids a relaxed time when they might share concerns they might not otherwise.
Last night we watched "A Wrinkle in Time" and afterwards we sat around and talked and laughed. I told them about the ultrasounds I had done with each of my pregnancies. They loved hearing about those early days, when we were still waiting to see who would be joining the family. We laughed and shared. I told them about the names that we had picked out ahead of time.. how if Kendra had been a boy, her name would be Fletcher. And how if Mackenzie had been a girl, we'd have used "Rose" for his middle name. The kids laughed so much when I told them about Kim's ultrasound, she was so tightly wrapped upon herself there was no way she was sharing her sex prior to birth. And how Mac was an exhibitionist during his ultrasound... legs splayed and his penis whizzing all over the place.
The evening really was a success as far as bonding together goes. :) It made my heart sing to see them laughing all together and being in harmony for a few hours.
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