Here we go! It’s Tuesday what better day to give my (writing) hand a try at this.
Top ten ways to get to know your kids.
1- Play a game with them. Tag, Basketball, Catch, Hide and Seek, Checkers, Chess, or even Video games.
2- Read a book with them. Let them pick a book then you pick the next one. If your kids are older, you can both read the same book individually and have a mini book club discussion as you read it.
3- Take them out on dates. I like to do one on one dates to help us connect. You can take them out to dinner, take them to a park, get spa treatments, test drive a truck (that can get expensive, if you know what I mean), go to a museum, or shopping, you can even just take a walk.
{Here are the kids getting ready to wrestle Paul, (little did he know). What a way to wake up from a Sunday afternoon nap. LOL.}
4- Coach or volunteer to help in their activities.
5- Just talk to them, ask them specific questions often. Let them know you are proud of them. Talk to them about specific things you are proud of.
6- Cook together, let them help with the planning, shopping, preparing and clean up of a meal. Enjoy your time together.
7- I like to have a special “thing” with each kid. I don’t know how to explain it other than with what we do. With Tommy- We coupon shop together. I match the ads, he cuts the coupons, he always goes with me. With Emily- We play Words With Friends with each other all the time. With Katey- We play card games together. Right now her favorite is war. With Tyler- He gets to stay up later than all the other kids, on purpose, so I get special alone time with him (and so he will sleep in, causing our mornings to go smoother).
{Just family bubble blowing time in the back yard.}
8- Take a family road trip – plan it together- hold scheduled family meetings to plan and discuss. We don’t hold anything back, we discuss everything from when to where to budgeting.
9- Leave notes for your children. They can be as simple as “Have a great day!” or a complex clue hunt that ends with a cookie or a hug.
10- Do something that neither of you have ever done before, together for the first time. It can be going somewhere new or maybe even rock climbing or skydiving.
{Family hike}
I enjoy finding new ways to reconnect with my children. I love to spend time with them as a family and individually as well.
This is my top ten list! Check out more at Oh Amanda.
