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Fun Ways to Spend Quality Time With Your Kids

July 16th, 2010 - Category: Uncategorized

Time with Kids VS. Work

I think, for the most part, parents genuinely want to be able to have more time to spend with their kids.  Work schedules, school, housework, and travel (essentially our day to day routines) all tend to creep their way further and further into our lives until eventually we can end up suffocating ourselves with “to dos” and appointments. We don’t want these things to take over our lives, but somehow it ends up sometimes that we let the small things in life outweigh what is most important.

Family Comes First

If you’re wondering, the idea for this post came from the movie “Click It” with Adam Sandler. My wife and I just finished watching it and I couldn’t help but wonder if I might be letting my day to day routine and work rob some of the quality time in my life that I could be dedicating to those I love most, my family. There is a fine line that needs to be walked but no matter the circumstances, as Michael states in the end, “family is always first.”

I’ve Made the Time, Now What?

This in mind, I’ve decided to share some ideas on ways to spend quality time with your kids. When we do take that vacation, put away the chores for a night with the family, or ditch the 5th “can’t miss” meeting to pick up the kids early from school, it’s nice to have some good ideas up our sleeves to make sure that the time we spend with our kids and family is meaningful, fun, and memory creating.

This is simply going to be a list of brainstormed ideas. I debated breaking them down into categories but decided that it would be easier if you could just pick and choose which ones would work best for your family and your own kid’s ages since each family is different.

Ideas for Spending Time with Children

• finger painting
• face painting
• build a lego city
• read books
• pitch a tent in the backyard
• build a fort
• Draw and color pictures of your favorite places
• play marketplace (bank)
• dress-up
• put on a talent show
• karaoke
• build ginger bread houses
• puzzle
• fishing trip
• play catch
• go for a “walk n talk”
• teach them how to cook their favorite meal
• go to the park for a picnic
• make cookies
• visit grandparents

This list could be endless and I hope everyone can share some of their own ideas on ways to spend quality time with your kids. What do you do on your days off with the family? What brings a smile to your son or daughters face? We’d love to hear from you.

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