I have theme nights that I do from time to time. Most of them have to do with food, but not this one.
Every ones bedtime routine is different, for my family we have quiet time. That usually means we put a movie on for the kids before bedtime. My guys don’t watch much TV so this usually keeps them engaged enough that they are not running around before bed. Sometimes it just doesn’t work. So last week I came up with “slumber party”. It’s a twist on family movie night.
While my husband was upstairs giving the guys a bath I set the mood. I put a huge comforter on the floor and then brought down all our sleeping bags. This was the end of another long rainy day. The kids were too hard to settle so I had to come up with something. I picked the movie instead of having them chose and we popped some pop corn.
The boys went nuts! They loved it. They also more importantly did not move! They loved lying on the floor with their dad and I in the dark.
Well, that’s what worked for me!