Christmas Family Fun.....

It was L4's turn to organise the Family Fun Night* tonight, so he chose the Christmas Tree this afternoon (it had a really nice shape and fullness this year and was 8 feet tall!) and after The Lad got home from work we decorated it and the house. Then he chose Sashimi for dinner (raw fish, rice with a raw egg stirred through it, seaweed strips, dried salmon sprinkles and soy sauce - try not to come to our house when it's a sashimi night - we're utter pigs scoffing it, it's one of the few dishes we all LOVE). While we were having dessert we each chose another's name out of a hat and thought about what we might buy that person to put under the tree. While we waited for it to get dark, we did some late night present shopping and then went on the Christmas Light Trail.


*Family Fun Night: Every fortnight we alternate between a Family Fun Night and a Date Night.
On a Family Fun Night, whoever's turn it is thinks up a plan for the evening, including the menu. The aim of Family Fun Night is to do fun 'stuff' - watch favourite dvd's, playing spotlight or bat down, picnic in the forest, board game challenge, etc. - as a family, usually at home and usually not costing anything (we make exceptions for Christmas and Birthday's and other special events).
A Date Night involves The Lad or I taking each of the kids (and eachother) out on a rotating roster so everyone gets a turn with both Mum and Dad. A date has a ballpark budget and the aim is to have some one-on-one time doing stuff that interests the person but it may be cost-prohibitive to do as a family - like blo-karting, rock-climbing, dinner out, etc.