Family Time Together

Families come in all formations, ages and sizes with varied interests and talents. The more we do together, the more bonded we are to one another, the more we know each other, and the more we share with and teach each other.

The first step in developing a close family unit is to spend time together.  If this is something foreign to you, it's never too late to start setting aside family time.  Sharing about your day with one another or going for a walk together is a simple beginning.  Take time to share ideas concerning what each of you would like to do.

Have you considered planning a day trip? Take a camera to snap pictures to preserve the memories of this special day. Share arranging the photos in a scrapbook. Get creative!  Trip ideas: Visit a museum, or go to the zoo, play miniature golf, or go bowling.

Looking for inexpensive outdoor ideas? Go for a bike ride, take a walk (looking at nature, finding bugs, looking for animals, name the trees or flowers you see), go swimming, go to the beach and collect shells and feed the seagulls, go to a park, window shop, plant some flowers, fly kites, go fishing, play ball, go to a playground, have a water balloon fight, feed the birds, go on a picnic, or go skating.

How about some indoor activities? Play charades, research your family tree, play cards, read aloud from a book, try a new recipe, work on a jigsaw puzzle, play music together and sing, put a skit together, rearrange a room, paint a picture, reframe family photos, make a collage of artwork or photos, make some fun snacks (ants on a log – celery topped with peanut butter and then raisins), sew, make cupcakes or cookies and decorate them, make puppets and put on a show, clean out a closet (then have a family garage sale), or play board games. There are endless ideas once you start to brain storm!

Pray together!  You've heard the phrase "the family that prays together stays together".  This is a wonderful example to children from the very start of their lives.  Not only does it strengthen their spiritual growth, it provides the family closeness and support needed to grow as a family.  Everyone's concerns are important.

After it is said and done, (we know time, days, weeks, months, years FLY by), reminiscing about these times with our family become dearer to us.


Quotes:

“There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues, the most dominating virtues of human society, are created, strengthened and maintained."  ~  Winston Churchill

“No matter what you've done for yourself or for humanity, if you can't look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished?”   ~  Elbert Hubbard

“In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future.”  ~  Alex Haley

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