Family Fun Night

Most weekends for the DeLoach's are filled with going and doing.... This weekend however was not. Even though it was a very yucky, cold and wet Friday night we wanted to do something fun just the 5 of us. Since there are five of us we have to always be aware of the cost, preferably before we arrive at our destination. If I'm not prepared I tend to spend more money than I prefer and then kick myself afterwords. So we came up with a few ideas (with the help of some friends) like going to the Bass Pro Shop or the Circus which is in town. I wouldn't say I have a fear of clowns, but I don't go willingly to anywhere I know there will be clowns. They are just freaky! So the Circus was out pretty quickly for me. We decided that we would just keep things simple. We'd go out to eat and then rent a movie. The rainy night was perfect to spend some time indoors.

One thing my kids love is going out to eat! Not something we do a whole lot, but come the weekend it's nice to not have to fix something as well as clean it all up. Pretty much on any given day you can ask any three of our kids where they would like to go and your pretty much going to get the same response from all three. MEXICAN! Which honestly is nice considering we could be having fights over where to go.

Around 5:00 on the rainy, cold night we headed out for our family fun. We all 5 decided that Pablo's at Lee Branch is our favorite Mexican restaurant. We used to go constantly every Sunday afternoon and yes they know us by name. So when we showed up on a Friday night we caught them off guard. After the best taco salad in town and Isabel's meal she made with chips & cheese dip we headed to get a movie. The Redbox movie rental for a $1 is a favorite of mine. I actually have a Redbox allowance in our budget :) Since it was raining and the Walgreens didn't have an awning over the redbox, it was a pretty quick decision for the movie. The boys really wanted a "boy movie" and Isabel really wanted a Barbie movie. Unfortunately for Isabel there was no Barbie movie, but there was a HeMan movie that the boys HAD to have. So we got HeMan, but mommy also decided that we would get Hotel For Dogs.

The couch wasn't enough room, so we got the air mattress out and made a nice "movie bed". After just one episode of HeMan (which brought back so many childhood memories for Ben) we watched Hotel For Dogs and the kids loved it! They all three stayed up and watched it till the end which was around 10pm. It was a wonderful family fun night! One I'm sure we'll duplicate soon.