How to have more quality time with your families

Ideas that will create life time memories for your child with out spending a fortune. Small children don't need 400 dollars worth of toys to forget about, when boxes and imagination go so much farther.

And don't let your job or the kids or volunteer work or time with friends and extended family interfere with your marriage.

With Your Kids

Play.
Read.
Make crafts.
Cook. .
Give them creative reign.

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In Your Marriage

Schedule a weekend just for the two of you.
Have lunch together once a week.
Let your children know that you two need time alone together. Tell them they can knock on your closed bedroom door only if there is blood.
Walk around the block together.
Do chores together like the dishes or weeding.
When you are running errands together, turn off the radio or CD player in the car and talk with one another.
Take showers together.
Spend 20 minutes a day in daily dialogue.
Arrange for a quiet evening at home alone once a month.
Hire a babysitter to watch the kids for a couple hours even though you are home. This works wonders!
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With your family

Although it may be difficult to schedule, try setting aside a particular night and designate it “family night”.
Some families enjoy cooking together.
Exercise is a great way to spend time with your family, and you are also reinforcing the importance of fitness to your children.
While you are exercising, have fun. Talk, laugh, and find humorous ways to spend time becoming more fit and healthy.
Your family might also enjoy participating in benefit exercise programs, such as bike-a-thons or marathons.
Volunteering in your community can also be a family affair.
Everyone loves vacations, and even if you and your family can’t find the time or the money to spend a week-long holiday somewhere, you can take mini-vacations right in your own town and neighboring communities.
Finally, look for ways that you can connect with your family every day.