The movie theater.

An extinct luxury, due to three small children, and the apparent skyrocketing price of popcorn oil.

Enter: Friday night movie nights.

It’s the one time a week we agree to wind up work early, change into our pajamas, and check our stress at the front door.

One queen sized mattress, a living room full of comfy pillows, warm quilts, bowls of homemade popcorn and hand-picked boxes of our favorite candies later, it’s showtime.

Sure, the movies may not be new releases, and the no-talking-during-the-film rule is totally under-enforced. But  sometimes life just gets away from us and planning something like this ensures we still make that connection we may sometimes lack while we are running around like maniacs all day. (You know, until they are teenagers and hanging out with their parents watching movies becomes FORBIDDEN.)

And, thanks to Huggies, even the most laugh-till-you-pee moments remain leak-free, no matter how many times we rewind them. And rewind them. And rewind them. Okay, seriously, Yogi Bear is only funny so many times.

Plus, we can pause for diaper changes and refills, and if they don’t make it ‘til the credits roll, they’re already in bed!

It’s all about being inventive, flexible, and keeping up with all the new challenges (and babies) life throws at you.

- Brittany, Barefoot Foodie