Three Things : Weekdays + Creative Family Giveaway

We have a young family - my kids are 4 and 2 - and my husband is very busy trying to build his business. So when we do have time to spend together as a family, it is pretty rare. ANY time that we can carve out where everyone is available and awake becomes family time. If we only have a few minutes in bed in the morning, it is snuggles and tickles. If we've got a few hours on a Saturday morning it is a trip to the park. And whenever we can, we try to eat dinner together.

Amanda has an awesome blog and ideas! Our family fun is just being together for anything; a meal, a wedding, a birthday...having family surround each other and re-living memories - especially with my 91 year old Father-in-law. We especially love these times at his cabin in the mountains. If only the snow would melt so we could get there!

Our favorite family times revolve around the dinner table. We are all talking and laughing, sometimes many of us have books that we are reading, other times I will read aloud a book, we play I spy or fill in a mad lib. Then other times we just talk about what is going on in our lives. We have prayed for people...dinner for us is just a great time to connect.
C~

I would love to win this book! I have had my eye on it for awhile. Thanks!
Monica

We love to travel together! The adventure of deciding what we do and see each day plus hearing the kids reference things we did on our trips in their everyday life is just a rush! Thanks for the fun question!

When the boys were little we would read books together, sit in the floor and play with lincoln logs, legos, cars, etc with them. Was such fun having all 4 of us playing together or yes or laying in the floor and watching cartoons or movies together. Now that they are grown, I/we enjoy our meals with them or sport/school functions. With my youngest just graduating from High School, it will be interesting to see what the future holds for us as a family. Thanks for the give away

One of our favorite things to do is go running as a family at the local track. We are looking forward to summer vacation so we can start doing this again. :)

Hi Ali,
My favorite thing to do with my 3-year old son Parker is our bedtime routine. I *love* tucking him into bed at night! He tells me to "snuggly, buggly boo" him and "cover up the piggies". I enjoy that each night when he says his prayers he chooses to GOD BLESS different people that he loves- it's so precious!!!
Abby

Lately our favorite has been playing frisbee together... I have an 8 yr old daughter and a 3 and a half yr old son. We play for hours, right up until it's too dark to see the frisbee fly through the air! And when it's not nice enough to play outside, we love family movie night with popcorn all snuggled up on the couch.
Look like a great book, thanks for yet another great give-away Ali!
Liz T
NC

our favorite thing to do as a family is to play together. doesn't matter what - it can be cars, puzzles, paint, play-doh, trains - but as long as we do it together, it's special! thanks for the giveaway!

Our favorite activity to do lately is to go on a bike ride. The kids sit in the trailer and enjoy the scenery while my husband and I get some exercise.

We always sit and eat dinner together. It's a great time to share stories from our day and to focus on each other.

As a Mother of four sweet children, we love to sit at the dinner table and talk about our day. Dinner can last a LONG time doing this, but it is a highlight we look forward to each day. We love spending time as a family no matter what we do. Thanks for sharing your family moments and ideas with us.

We go on walks together on the trails throughout our town. We have some of the best conversations are we breathe the fresh air and enjoy each other's company.

We love holidays at our house! We celebrate all the big ones, of course, but we love to do fun (and funny!) things for some of the more obscure holidays. Colorful napkins, decorations and cool food are definitely a must for any holiday.
Thanks for the heads up on this book! Looks like a great one.

As a family. That's a toughie. There are so many. With teens and a grade schooler. I love to travel and to have them see new things. There individual responses are priceless. Also, a given. Laughing. Together. About anything, anywhere.

I love when we can get the whole family together for a meal and then tell stories afterwards. My family has a lot of stories to tell and it's funny to see how the stories grow each time.

Bike riding. While I was growing up I babysat for a family down the street with a creative mama. One of the ways she connected with her family (and kept them fit) was bike riding almost every day. I still love nothing more than a bike ride with my dad.

We love to have dance parties together, where we put on old motown cd's and laugh and dance together! My 13 year old daughter, 10 year old son, my husband and I will dance all at once or take turns making everyone else crack up at our antics!!

I love her soule mama blog. I've been looking for this book in our local bookstore and at the library but no dice.
My husband and I are just starting to try and begin a family so I would love this book. My parents weren't very creative but we did go camping often and tell stories at night by the campfire.
thanks