Sunday, September 18, 2011

Doc Night




One of our favorite activities is our "Doc Night," or Documentary Night.   We try to do them once a week, but really we average about once every two weeks or so. It's a fun change from regular old movie night and Project Runway night.  (My girls are obsessed with Project Runway.)    We tend to be more consistent in the fall and winter when the weather is bad.    We pop large amounts of popcorn, get the fuzzy blankets out and snuggle in for something we'll all enjoy.  

Having Netflix makes Doc Night extremely easy.   We can shop ahead of time and have a DVD ready to go or add something to our streaming queue to watch on the Wii.  

Nick and the girls tend to enjoy nature shows and I prefer the historical ones.    We have many favorites, including anything by Les Stroud (Survivorman, etc.) and BBC Nature.      I made a little widget above of our all time favorite family documentaries.  Although, the widget includes the show How It's Made that I do not enjoy or watch. Nick and the girls LOVE it, though, so I added it.    

Tonight we're ready to watch a documentary from National Geographic on lions and hyenas that was available to stream from Netflix.   

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