With all of the moving/baby craziness this summer, I forgot to post about our Family Movie Nights! Granted, they weren't as elaborate as they have been in the past, but were still very fun.
I had such grand plans for Flushed Away movie night. It was scheduled to play at sunset on the beach at Lake Washington. Personally, I think that is even cooler than a drive-in (although I am looking for one of those too.) As luck would have it, after a gorgeous week of almost 90 degree weather, the day Flushed Away was scheduled to play it decided to downpour rain. Grrrrr. I was holding out hope until the last minute, but as cool as a beach movie sounded, sitting on wet sand in a drizzle sounded worse. So, we watched Flushed Away at home with Kelly's Dad. The impromptu treat? Gummy worms. Kind of sewer like, right? Although if you ever do plan to watch this for FMN at your house, I would recommend some slug like dessert. There are lots of slugs in the movie. Hilarious slugs. LOL!
I know what you are thinking. Why are we dressed like pirates to watch Jonah and the Whale? That is because I got Zoë all excited to watch The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything, and as it turns out, the movie wasn't being released to DVD until October. BUT the pirates are also main characters in Jonah so I think it worked out. Some gold wrapped chocolates as treats and we were set, although when we watched The Pirates in October our treat will definitely be Cheetos Puffs (the pirates LOVE rootbeer and cheese curls.) We had to watch the movie upstairs in the playroom where our portable A/C unit was running. It was cooling the room to a balmy 85 degrees instead of the 90+ degrees in the rest of the house. Bleck.
Cars (or Movie Cars as my nephew Harry calls it) was our last FMN with just the three of us. It doesn't look terribly fancy but it was quite the special night. Kelly went to Matt's Gourmet Hotdogs (Zoë's very favorite restaurant) and picked up dinner for the movie...which she got to eat IN the family room. Hotdogs are definitely not my thing, but Kelly and Zoë were very happy campers. Add a racing flag and some race car tires (mini chocolate doughnuts) and you have one fun night. Seriously though, that movie is FOREVER long. Have you noticed that? It kept Zoë's attention but the end really drags on.
Last up (from last weekend) Nim's Island. Eden's first FMN. She was clearly enthralled with the movie as you can see. LOL! It took a bit of convincing to get Zoë to watch it, but we all liked the movie. I am actually going to go buy the DVD this weekend. It is darling. Of course, I am a bit neurotic when it comes to germs so Jody Foster's character was beyond funny to me. The treats? Little islands. :) I used dessert cakes as the base, tinted some Cool Whip blue, piped it around the island (using a ziploc bag) and reused the trees from our Madagascar FMN treats as a finishing touch. Those were definitely a big hit.
There you have it! I am racking up quite the collection of FMN photos. I am itching to start scrapping them but I haven't quite decided on the format. I am leaning towards the same layout for each movie to create a coordinated look. Then there is the problem of a different number of photos for each movie. Hmmmm. If you are having FMN at your house, what are you planning to do with your photos?
