Three Things : Weekdays + Creative Family Giveaway

Hi Ali-
My favourite thing to do as a family is be outside! Especially go on walks...the longer the better. It is the perfect time to have a long chat about everything and anything...love to communicate!
My husband and i are trying to have a family of our own...and the summers down here are perfect for long family walks! Can't wait to begin our family and share everything we love with our little one!
Thank you for all of your inspirational stories and quotes...love reading what you have to say!

We love to sit and play games or draw together. While we play or draw we try to encourage as much conversation as possible. We try to only talk a little and mainly listen to what they have to say. The kids also love family movie night- big comfy sofa, snacks and a good movie makes for one fun night!
Mary G

I love anything date/calendar related too!
We have a couple favorite family activities. The most important is sitting down to dinner together, talking about our days, my DS has the most interesting stories!
One is gardening, we are lucky that we can do something outside most of the year here in Florida, just spending the time outside working on something we all love is great and it's a great time to just talk with no distractions.
Another is playing games, my 5 year old just loves when we all play his games together, candyland, guess who, monopoly jr. and his backyardigans game.
And one of our favorites is going on trail rides, exploring nature and the beauty of it on our four wheelers, we have such a great time on those weekends.
We are just now getting to do these things as a family now that my DH is back from being deployed, right now it's just great to do anything together! But one thing i made sure of when my DH was gone was doing some of those things with my DS, we did alot of craft things together too which he loved and i did even more!
Thanks for the giveaway!

May be there're lots of things, but each time I look at the photos of our 15 days of holidays in Mallorca (every year we spend summer holidays there )I realize that is the best and great thing we do and the best time we spend together in all the year.

What a great book. Our favorite things to do as a family are just simple things like eat dinner together, cuddle and watch a movie together, play together, and even do work around the house and yard together. It is the simple moments that happen while doing these things that help build a stronger bond among family members and are the most memorable.

Two different things that we do as a family that I consider unique:
We eat lunch in our "treehouse" during the summer. It is actually just the platform of our playset, but it is nestled into some bushes, so it looks like a tree house.
We also make a "nest" by pushing our loveseat and sofa together when we have family movie night.

I love to have a Saturday where my husband and I can sleep in, take our dog on a walk, eat a nice lunch and watch movies. Just be together and relax without having to be anywhere in particular.
Thanks for the giveaway opportunity!
Reeanna

we love to play board games. cranium games especially.
take out food. tv off. games galore and hot cc cookies. so much fun.

One of my favorite family traditions is "pajama runs." After the kids are already in their pjs and bedtime is close, my husband or I yell "pajama run" - and we make a quick trip for an ice cream or smoothie :)

We live close to the mountains and love to go hiking. Now that our son is 3 we can go on small hikes and take our 9month old daughter in the backpack.

Camping!!! No phone, no computer, no TV, no house to clean or chores to do. Just us. Outside. Together.

At the end of the day, after the kid's baths and everyone is in their comfy sleep clothes we have SNUGGLE TIME!! We sit on the couch all together and watch tv or read. Our twins are only 3-years old so it is a great time to just be together and have a lovefest.

just picnic in our backyard with whatever we were going to have for supper.

Hi Ali,
My favorite thing to do as a family is eat dinner together. No matter how hectic life is we always do this as a family, with the TV off. I'm a stay at home mom with a 2 year old and a 2 month old and I love to hear my 2 year old ask her daddy: "So daddy, how was your day?".
Liz

One of my favorite things to do as a family is read books at bedtime. The current favorite is Olivia. We also have a book of animal poems that my son loves. It is a nice relaxing way to end our evening and say our goodnites.

Thanks, Ali! This book is on my wish list. :) My favorite thing to do with my kids (2 and 4 yr old) is cook. They both pull their chairs up to the counter and help in whatever way they are able. We all love it. Take care!

We love to read together as a family. Every night before the girls go to sleep we all pile onto our bed and read a book or two. It has become a family ritual that we all look forward to.

Our whole family - the kids & grandkids - love to play in the pool together. It never fails that everyone laughs and has a wonderful time!

Hi there,
This book looks amazing!
My favourite way to be together with my family always enjoys a good meal and good laughs. For some reason when we get together it doesn't take long for us all to be roaring and building memories :-)

My favorite time with all four of us is just hanging around on our king-size bed - lots of cuddling/giggling/"I love you"s ensues. I have Soulemama on my rss feed, she's great!