Family Fun Night

My employer is... um... experiencing financial difficulty. As a result, everybody's hours have been cut. Some weeks I have a drastic cut in hours, and others I'm almost working the usual 40 hours. On days I don't work, I give Em the option to stay home with me, but she always declines and says she wants to go to daycare to see her friends.

One of these days off I was trying to come up with something special for Em and I to do together. I decided to make it a Family Fun Night. Just she and I hanging out and enjoying each other's company.

Then I got the idea to do fondue for dinner. She had never had it before, and I figured she'd really like it. I made a basic cheese fondue and cut up broccoli, cauliflower, celery stalks, apples, pears, and a loaf of toasted french bread. It was messy but really fun, and Em absolutely loved it! Her favorite thing to eat with the cheese were the apples. I thought the pears were really good, and of course loved the bread cubes because I'm such a carb lover!

Em dipping veggies in the fondue ::

After we finished dinner, I cleaned up the mess and we changed into our jammies. Then I pulled out Em's favorite game to play right now -- Hi Ho Cherry O! We played a couple rounds of the game before bed.

Em concentrating on the spinner ::

I am so glad I did this for her. She kept telling me how it was the best night ever and was talking about it for the next week. It really doesn't take much to make kids feel so special, and I'm very thankful I have the opportunity to do so. I love this little girl so very much!!!