Ever wonder why parents always talk about drinking wine? Here's envision vs reality of Friday Night Family Activities:
Spend a family night watching movies - reality - spending the night starting to watch several movies on Netflix before moving on because they are really bad. Realization - there are a lot of BAD movies on Netflix.
Game Night with the Family - get out the old favorites and play Monopoly with popcorn and sodas. Reality - a bottle of wine for Mom and another one for Dad as the kids start arguing over who gets what Monopoly piece and way. Ending game night in the bathroom nursing a bleeding cut from one child throwing his houses at his brother for bankrupting him.
Go out to a nice dinner with the family - enjoy quality conversation with the family on a beautiful evening out. Reality - arguing with one that he cannot order the Filet Mignon off the adult menu while convincing the second that a dinner of crackers and soda is actually pretty healthy. Saving enough money this way to order a bottle of wine for Mom and Dad.Campfire Cookout - outside evening relaxing while listening to nature. Reality - fight over who gets to light the fire. Leave hubby to do this deed, him and boys come back with partial eyebrows missing. Evening spent sitting in the perfect spot for the smoke of the fire to continually hit you in the face, while a child argues with another continuously looking like someone will fall face first into the fire.
Arts and Crafts Night - create beautiful projects to give as gifts for grandmothers and grandfathers. Reality - painting Inspector Clouseau moustache on your face is not funny. Painting the dog, not even funny. Spilling the paint, walking through it then walking through the house - definitely not funny.Make A Home Movie - create a memory of the fun your family has making a home movie. Reality - disgusted halfway through because all they want to do is smack their butts in front of the camera. Then giving up when all they want to do is the Harlem Shake. Tell them not to keep filming you drinking wine, you'd rather not have that in your memory.
Family Reading Night - sit and enjoy a good book, reading aloud to the family. Reality - no one wants to sit quietly while you read a book, so they ask questions with every sentence so you get to a point where even you are not sure what you are reading. To tell your friends that you actually achieved reading night - give them comics - heck, at least they are reading.
So I guess I look forward to Friday because it's one night where I can justify drinking wine - and as a good Mom, at least give a few of these the college try. Will make any family activity that much easier.
Happy Friday!
