Host a family movie night

I once read in Entertainment Weekly that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie like to have regular movie-watching parties with the kids on a regular basis. She said,

We always have one night a week where everybody stays up late, watches a movie, and stays in our bed. We have, like, a slumber party.

At the time, they merely had four kids (ha!) between the ages of 2 and 6 (compared to my youngins at only one and three) and I thought my boys were way too young for that. Welp, fast forward a bit and we’re doing it here too.

Now that Holden and Milo are a whopping four and two, we’re ready for some very-very-G-rated movies shown early in the evening.

[As I write, Holden is howling in fear at the tractor-tipping scene in Cars. C'mon kid, you can do it!]

1st Family Movie Night

Here’s how we’re doing it tonight:

1. We ordered a pizza to arrive at 5:45
2. We laid out a fleecey blanket on the floor for a picnic
3. We started up the second most G-rated movie in the house (2nd to Finding Nemo)
4. We’re hoping when it’s over we can tuck them snugly to bed by 7:45 and enjoy the rest of our evening

All y’all with more experience squeezing in dinner and a movie before an 8 pm bedtime, do you have any tips for next time?

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