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Family Night Traditions


Ever since our oldest started school, we’ve put a bigger focus on family nights around here. You don’t realize how much time you get with your kids until they’re off to school all day!  

 One thing that’s almost always on the to-do list? Pizza. 

Almost every Friday starts with the dinner that no one ever complains about. The boys like to have movie nights upstairs and you’ll often find us enjoying a very competitive game of Monopoly. The new Here and Now version is perfect for kids! 



Did I mention that I tend to win that Monopoly game? It may be a recent stroke of luck and Cooper is telling y’all that I cheated…which I absolutely didn’t. But it sure does make for some good laughs. 

While food is generally not allowed upstairs, family night is a fun exception. It makes it even more special when you can break the rules a bit! I’d like to think that the memories we make every weekend will last a lifetime. I remember when we had pizza nights when I was a kid and how fun it was! You just don’t forget those special times spent with your family. These days, it’s harder than ever to have undistracted time together, so we have to make more of an effort. 
Family night is also a bit of a cooking break for me, being able to serve dinner quickly and easily. The RED BARON® brand is timeless and has been providing pizza for family nights since 1976. RED BARON® Classic Crust Pizza has medium thick crust, with just the right crunch. 

I hope pizza family night continues until my boys are grown and that they keep the tradition alive with their own families. Maybe they’ll even bring their kids here so I can kick their butts in board games, too! 


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Now for a chance to win a $100 Visa gift card, tell me in the comments below: how do you spend special nights with your family? 

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Comments

  1. Rach Almeida says

    I love that idea for family night! Our daughter is still young, but we try to go to grandma and grandpas house every week for Sunday dinner. It's great because we all get to sit down and see each other every week

  2. Allison Clements says

    Aww how fun. We don't have any kids yet, but we have fun thinking of what our nights with them will be like. Right now, we like to do pizza night and movies. Lately we have been doing no phone date/family night and I have a feeling that will be a big one when we have kids too.

    Allison http://allisons-eye.com/

  3. Christina Patricio says

    I have a 4 year old and 21 month old. I cook every night because it is easier to eat at home than take 2 kiddos out to eat. We always have dinner as a family in the kitchen between 5-6 pm. My husband does bath time while I clean up the kitchen and than we sit down as a family and my oldest Carter who is four gets to pick a show or a movie and have either popcorn or ice cream or a cookie (some kind of dessert) and sit as a family and enjoy together time. Sometimes we play Disney dominoes or Candy Land while the show is on. We just love spending time together and we know after daddy gets home from work being together and spending time with the kids and our family is most important.

  4. The NV Mingays says

    We have family movie night – and watch family movies (new and old) or play a kids game with our 6 and 8 year old while trying to keep the 2 year old from messing it up! Pizza on Fridays is pretty popular around here too. Thank you!

  7. Liz says

    We love to watch movies together. Every other Friday we declare it to be family night & we cuddle upand watch a movie. It calm, relaxing & something we all enjoy after a busy week.

  15. Julie Wood says

    We spend family nights by watching movies and having snacks and we Love Red Baron Pizza for dinner night family get togethers!

    jewelwood55(at)gmail(dot)com

  19. Erin Ellis says

    We spend special nights by having game night, or watching a movie that our kids choose. Thank you for the wonderful giveaway.
    Erin
    ErinLoves2Run at gmail dot com

  23. Amy says

    How fun! Special night with my family would be BBQ or dinner pizza. We enjoy watching movies and game shows together.

    amy [at] utry [dot] it

  25. Samantha Eggers says

    When I was a kid it was Friday night movies, pizza, and everyone camped out and slept on the floor in the living room together definitely a tradition I will pass onto my children!! One of my favorite memories!

  29. One Frugal Girl says

    My kids are quite small so right now we spend a lot of time wrestling and tickling after baths and putting on pajamas.
    onefrugalgirl AT gmail DOT com

  33. erika says

    We try to make something for dinner that everyone likes, and spend extra quality time together. 🙂

    chambanachik(at)gmail(dot)com

  38. peg42 says

    We love to enjoy game night or movie night and we also love to make those nights more special with pizza. Thanks so much.
    rickpeggysmith(at)aol(dot)com

  49. Katie N. says

    We do pizza for family night too! We also recently started a new tradition recently where we go around the dinner table and each person shares something good that happened that day/what their favorite part of the day was. It's such a nice way to connect and learn more about what's going on with each other 🙂

  56. FireRunner2379 says

    Our special family nights are spent around the pool, swimming and playing games. Sometimes we'll roast marshmallows in the fire pit.
    jlammers002 at woh dot rr dot com

  58. Tricia Nightowlmama says

    WE have family game night too!! But we play on XBOX 360 Just dance or Bowling. Its friendly family competition and gets us all up and off the couch and spending the evening in the livingroom together

  75. Elle says

    We like to play board games together and if it's in the spring/summer, spend time in the backyard or go bike riding.
    prettyinhotpink6 at gmail dot com

  83. Anne says

    For a special night together, we put away the laptops, tablets, and phones, have a nice meal, then settle down with a movie or show we'll all enjoy.
    {notheranneother [at] gmail [dot] com}

  85. Allison Swain says

    We have game nights or movie nights and have a make your own taco or pizza buffet.

    Thanks for the chance to win

    allisonrsdswain(AT)gmail(DOT)com

  106. angie lilly says

    No kids here, so family is my cats and my man. hahaha! We like to just relax around the home and sit outside on the deck and listen to the birds sing and frogs croak, whenever possible. It is so nice and romantic and just meditative.
    Angie
    14earth at gmail dot com

  134. slehan says

    I live alone so don't have a family night. When I was growing up we always ate dinner together.
    Thanks for the contest.
    slehan at juno dot com

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