Happy Memorial Day!
I hope you are still enjoying your holiday weekend! We have had a nice low key weekend so far, with a fun BBQ yesterday with some of our other small group friends. Which reminded me that I need to plan our monthly get together, but thought it would be best to wait for school to be out. I'll ask you all later this week or next when would work best for everyone.
And now for the Monday Morning Question...
How are you intentional with giving your husband and/or kids attention throughout your day/week?
Praying for a blessed week for each of you!
My Reply (The replies from the rest of the group were so good! I am blessed to hear all of their suggestions. It feels silly just posting my own here, when I know how much better it has been to share in a group.)
Some ways I am intentional with Luke. I try to always greet him with a smile when he gets home from work. There are days when I let the stress of things get to me and I am just ready to pass the kids off and take a breather. I know he has had a long day too, and is excited to see us. I also like to take the kids outside to be waiting for him as he pulls up the road. The kids love it just as much as Dad. I like to have dinner ready or at least prepped for when he gets home. I've been lazy with that knowing that it is so much easier to make dinner while he plays with the kids. If it's ready when he gets home, we can eat earlier and enjoy our night together as a family. I try to have the house straightened up when he gets home, so he doesn't have to come home to a mess which causes more stress. I want him to be relaxed at least for a minute when he gets home. We all know the toys will be thrown around as quick as they get cleaned up!
With the kids, just stopping all that I am doing to give them one on one attention. They love when they have my undivided attention and love showing off their new tricks. Right now Zac is loving learning his letters. He loves playing on starfall.com. He has learned so many in the past few weeks, we are shocked by him showing us a letter we didn't know he knew. We paint letters in the bathtub and find letters in his books. He loves it and can't get enough! He loves when we get to play outside. This week I am especially focusing on eliminating the distraction of the TV and computer. Lucy is now crawling and cruising along the furniture and loves when we walk with her. They both love when one of us holds Lucy and chases Zac around. This doesn't happen when I am distracted with getting housework done at the last minute because I've been lazy. They both get cranky when I haven't given them enough attention throughout the day.
You just got to hear me ramble and spit my thoughts out in this email. I mostly asked this question to get amazing ideas from you!
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