Family Movie Night.

I'm back peoples, and I've got some stuff to share. I'm especially excited to share our family movie nights with you. We've done 3 so far, and I don't see an end in sight.

The kids adore doing this. And I must admit, I have lots of fun planning what we're going to eat and do with each movie.

I'm going to separate our movies into different posts, so bear with me (I had to look it up, I had no idea which one to use bare or bear)

Alright, first up...

BEE MOVIE!!

(and yes, I am aware that I didn't get the circle cut perfectly around the bee, and there is a huge noticeable white strip at the bottom, but I can't be amazing all the time)

To be perfectly honest, I wasn't super impressed with this movie, but the kids liked it. (they seem to really like these Pixar type movies)

I made the little toothpicks with an image of Barry the Bee and stuck them in pineapple chunks. (which are yellow) We also had lemonade (yellow) and bee pops (yellow/brown... I couldn't get black chocolate wafers okay.) Noticing a theme yet?

 

The bee pops...

Or otherwise known as cake balls.

All you do is bake a regular cake mix (has to be cake mix, not homemade) in a 13x9 pan. Then once it has cooled, you crumble it into a bowl. Then mix in a can of frosting (we did chocolate frosting, but I'm sure cream cheese would be just as yummy) Then roll the cake/frosting mixture into balls, and stick a popsicle stick in them. Freeze until firm, then dip them in melted chocolate. Enjoy. The kids really, really liked those.

Mommy did too. I ate about 4... okay 7.

And lastly, here they are all snuggled up in jammies and a blanket ready to start the movie.

A little off topic, but for those of you that asked for the chicken lasagna recipe, I have added it to my recipe album in my side bar. It's two pages, so make sure you see them both. The apple pie recipe can be found here at Pioneer Woman.

So I've been thinking about what a terrible mom I've been this week of Spring Break, instead of doing something new with them everyday, I've done nothing with them. If I wasn't so pre-occupied with some other issues, I'm sure I would of had some great things to share with you. Oh, well. Life goes on.

So does anyone have any great ideas for Easter? I really want to do something different this year, but my kiddies are still pretty young, so a scavenger hunt would be difficult for them. I would love to hear what your family does. Traditions etc.

XOXO!

Comments

[mandy]

My son just got the Bee movie for Easter and he loves it. Though I liked it the first couple of times I watched it, Jerry Seinfields voice gets to be a bit annoying. Great ideas for the movie night.

[Crazy Daisy]

these cake balls look wonderful!

[Nikki]

The only thing I've managed to be consistent with at Easter: the Easter Bunny brings books. I usually buy a new Easter (spring) dress for Keeks (this year it's a pretty yellow dress with a white sweater set that matches). Not too much on the candy...as Kia tends to not be a big candy eater and it just becomes wasted. Definitely an easter egg hunt...that's about it.

[Amy]

I love that idea of hiding the colored eggs and doing team work to find them! :D

[Lynn C.]

I LOVED the Bee Movie! What cute ideas you have for your movie night. Yum! gotta try the cake on a stick. Looks SO good. Thanks for the Lasagna recipe BTW.

Hmm.....Traditions for Easter......Well, we have made Easter Cards before and I let the kids go door to door to the neighbors to hand their creations out and say " Happy Easter". The creating of these handmade pieces of art kept them busy and chatting for hours. We had everything from stickers to paint to glitter.

Then there's the traditional family game of ..."Hide and Seek the egg". We use to hide a real colored egg, until someone hid it SO good that mommy was in a panic as to find it before the stinker stunk up the place.. Now it's one of those plastic eggs that they hide. Over the years it's developed into a more serious game of "Who can hide these 10 colored eggs the best?" and "Which team can find all 10 eggs that fastest?" Can get quite competitive. LOL!

[Bobbi-Jo]

You know your cake balls aren't doing anything for my diet. THanks!

As for Easter - we leave clues (which mommy and daddy read) and they follow until they find their Easter Baskets. If your kids are too young for that - maybe have them follow some bunny tracks around the house to find some treats. Not too many great ideas in this brain today. LOL!