I love dinner time! Aside from the fact that I love food, I just love being with my family and getting caught up on what went on with them on that particular day. I love when we have evenings with just not a whole lot going on. And I especially love when my kids are reading quietly in their beds nice and early and get to sleep at a decent time.
But that doesn’t happen very often in our home. Between piano, scouts, youth activities, basketball and Troy’s sometimes busy evening schedule, we rarely see quiet evenings where we can spend good, quality time together. But we pretty much always have 1-2 nights a week where we set aside those evenings to have that quality time.
If it isn’t planned and scheduled, then it won’t happen. Life gets too busy and sometimes we let the ones we love the most suffer the most. Planning a specific evening for quality family time is vital to keeping a family strong and communicating well. For us it is Monday night and usually Sunday night too. But sometimes those have to be switched out and changed based on what is going on for that particular week or season.
The activities that I choose to have my kids involved in are important. Sometimes we can overburden our kids with just too much. That can often lead to something suffering, whether it’s school, friends, family life, or maybe even our children just feeling inadequate. I think it’s important to look at what our children are involved in. Is this something they enjoy? Are they learning a good skill or hobby from this activity? Is this right for my child at this time? Can they keep up with the things that are most important, like academics and family time and even some down time?
We know what is best for our children. We also know how important it is that we spend quality time together as a family. I was once told a while ago that I better get used to change and even sometimes changing things at the last minute, especially with a large family….. and that is so true. If we value the importance of family, make family time a priority, and learn to be flexible, we will come to find what works best for our family.
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Ok I will need to get used to changing things last minute cause sometimes that stresses me out. So do you have any tips for daily things to do to make busy families keep close? I feel like this is my next phase of motherhood and I am nervous!