Permit me a run down memory lane?
When I was young my dad was a school teacher, and several times a year he had parent/teacher conferences. This meant that he didn't get home until about 7 or 8 o'clock at night.
I LOVED parent/teacher conference nights--because my mom made them into something fun. We would have a supper that included foods that were very untypical in our diet. "Fun food" was what I called them--in reality it was just things like frozen dinners from the grocery store, or hot dogs.
These were meals that my mom knew my dad was not fond of, and she purposely chose them for us because we thought they were "fun." It made the whole evening seem like an adventure.
Now that I have a family of my own I do something similar. My husband drives truck, and he often works long hours during the summer. I often try to have my house-work done by about 5 o'clock and plan a "fun" evening with the children. We have our own version of "fun" food and we play games.
Sometimes we get take out food, drive out to the lake, and eat supper while watching the seagulls. It makes the long evenings pass quickly, and before we know it daddy is home.
My children act like I've handed them the world when we do these simple things. Which is my point--it really doesn't take much effort or money to be a fun mom. A child's definition of fun mostly just involves doing something together.
What are some ways that you have fun with your children?
