Drive-In

So we had this brilliant idea: Spend the day letting the kids earn pennies by doing chores, being nice, sharing, etc. As well as loose pennies for fighting, sassing, and not eating dinner...you get it, right? We let them know ahead of time that with their pennies they'd be able to by treats after dinner. So at the end of the day, Maeli and Tucker each had one, and Riker had 2. (Jeremy actually did the most chores and had quite a stash).

So then we dressed up our laundry baskets like they were cars, and we drove them to the Drive-In movies!




When the snack shack opened, everyone brought their pennies and chose what they wanted. Everyone did great with this except Maeli. Early in the afternoon she decided that she was only going to want one treat and therefore wasn't doing any more chores and she would be just nice enough to keep her penny....she was pretty sad that she couldn't have chocolate AND a sucker.

Honestly, it was by the far the most enjoyable movie night we've ever had at our house. The kids couldn't touch each other so no one was fighting, Jeremy and I didn't have kids all over us, and everyone say through almost the entire show...I think we'll be doing this again!