Family Date Night

There is a park in Fayetteville, about 30 minutes from our home, with a large display of Christmas lights. We decided after dinner this past Friday we would drive out there to look at them before they put them away after the New Year. We made some hot chocolate and headed out on our family date night. I did not bring the camera with me so there wont be any pictures of our field trip but we did have a lot of fun. When we got to the park we moved Sophie up front with us so she could see the lights better, and we all sipped on our hot chocolate as we drove through the park. It was fun to watch Sophie point to different characters she recognized from different movies they had displayed around. She loved the giant Santa waving, and the cool tunnel of lights we got to drive through. The neatest thing in my opinion was when we pulled up to the nativity set and she pointed to all of the statues and told us who they were. She know why we have Christmas, and who we celebrate this time of year.

After the lights we put Sophie in her car seat again and drove home. When we got home we all got in our Pajamas, and then Stewart made us a bed out of blankets in the living room so we could sleep under our Christmas tree before we put it away the next day. We all snuggled together with the glow of the Christmas tree lights and watched a VeggieTales movie, It’s a Meaningful Life. We only watched half of the movie before both Stewart and I were tired, so we turned if off and told Sophie it was time to go to sleep. I know I fell asleep before her so I don’t know when she finally decided to follow our lead, but I do know it was after 11:00pm! Teach us to give her chocolate milk after dinner.

The next morning we ate fruit loops and finished our movie in our makeshift bed. It was a fun family date, and perhaps a new family tradition.