Three Things : Weekdays + Creative Family Giveaway

My immediate family consists of just myself and my husband. So anything we do together is wonderful. But what we really like to do is go birding.

Very simple thing...our evening routine- dinner, bath, play, book, prayer, bed. We treasure this time together because it is so filled with love!

We make it a point to have dinner together every night (at the table). We each take turns telling what our one favorite thing was about each day.

I love eating dinner together and then cozying up to a good book or movie.

The book sounds so cool.
My favorite thing to do is "talk". In the car, at bedtime, sitting around with no TV or computer. Really hear about what her day at school was like, what is on her mind, silly things she says and does. I always walk away amazed at how bright, witty, sensitive and happy she is.

I love Amanda's blog too and check in there often! My family plays cards together. We have so much fun and there's always a lot of talking and bonding. Playing games with my family has created some of my fondest memories!

I would say it would have to be eating together...we all love to eat! Looking forward to hot weather to be able to swim and grill out and just hang out in the backyard as a family. And start our Sunday night neighborhood cookouts!

My favorite family time is when me, my husband and 2 kids bake together. The kids help in sifting the flour, measuring & putting muffin paper cups on the pan. The best part is eating together what we baked!

I'm so thankful that we are a close and very active family. I think my fave thing we do as a family is to watch an outdoor movie. During the summer everyone's home and we hook up the projector on the porch, light the tikki torches, grab a bowl of ice cream, and gather on bean bags under the stars. It's simple and free and one of those things that I can't wait to do again!

I have two sons - a 2-year old and 9-year old and we love to dance together. It's so much fun. The music is loud and everybody dances his own dance. We sing and dance, laugh and play. That is our favourite time of the day!

As new parents, our favorite time is cuddling up in bed with little Cooper, oohing and aahing over his sweet perfection and talking about our hopes and dreams for him and our family.

Good morning Ali,
We make sure to take all our meals on weekends together and do an outing [playground, science museum, or a simple drink/cookies at a local bakery/cafe]... during the week our schedule is so ectic that it feels really good to make time just for the 4 of us [my children are 5 and 2].

The things we do that keep us together is simple. Eating dinner and family walks/bike rides. I usually work nights so our time together is limited but eating dinner together has always been important to me. And since I just got laid off just having the evenings with both of my men is special. The whole being there is high on my list too.

Favorite thing is eating dinner outside on the patio, where there are only "natural" distractions which are nice, and we really focus on each other. With a 4 1/2 year old and a 9 year old, we are now able to start enjoying playing games together (board games, esp. the Cranium games or Rukshuk, even Charades)... used to be just Candyland or Chutes-n-Ladders worked, but horizons are expanding and the fun is increasing :-)

This weekend, I helped my son weed the flower bed. It gave us some time to talk. I keep reminding myself to take advantage of chores (washing dishes, pulling weeds) to have conversations with my children and not just make it a to do list item. I want my favorite thing we do together to be "we work together".

With so much hussle and bussle in our daily lives I have come to treasure our camping weekends-no TV, no video, just old fashion fun--and some hard work which doesn't seem like work when you are doing it together.

I would have to say two things we enjoy as a family which allow us to get to know each other are eating together and playing games together.

In our family we have pizza, movie night nearly every Friday night. We also enjoy going together to worship service on Sunday. Usually we go for a walk, fishing or something else that involves nature and exercise during the weekend too.

My favorite is thing is taking our evening walks. Even my two year old son now says "evening walk" after dinner - so cute. It's such a great time to unwind, relax, talk, breathe in the fresh air, and appreciate the beauty around us! :) Have a good one!

My favorite thing is to sit around and listen to music, dance and watch our children dance and sing.