Comments on: More Than Ordinary http://thecreativemama.com/more-than-ordinary/ every day living with a touch of creativity Tue, 22 May 2012 20:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Debbie Pearson http://thecreativemama.com/more-than-ordinary/comment-page-1/#comment-8148 Debbie Pearson Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:18:02 +0000 http://thecreativemama.com/?p=3227#comment-8148 I have 4 kids, almost all grown now, but when they all lived at home we had a tradition of always eating dinner at the table together, no TV, cell phone, just us. We would go around the table each night and everyone had to tell us their \"high point\" and \"low point\" of the day. With six of us that just about took all of dinner time and many nights all we heard was \"recess as the high point\" and \"homework as the low point\" :) but everyone got their say and many nights we all were able to talk about someone\'s high or low or find out something about each other we may not have known otherwise. When my older kids come visit today (16, 23, 25, 30), they say that dinnertime at the table is a favorite childhood memory of family time and something they want to pass on to their children. It didn\'t intentionally start as a tradition, but my Mom had the same principle, always eat at the dinner table and TALK to your family. I\'m so glad I have passed that on to my kids too. I have 4 kids, almost all grown now, but when they all lived at home we had a tradition of always eating dinner at the table together, no TV, cell phone, just us. We would go around the table each night and everyone had to tell us their \"high point\" and \"low point\" of the day. With six of us that just about took all of dinner time and many nights all we heard was \"recess as the high point\" and \"homework as the low point\" :) but everyone got their say and many nights we all were able to talk about someone\’s high or low or find out something about each other we may not have known otherwise.

When my older kids come visit today (16, 23, 25, 30), they say that dinnertime at the table is a favorite childhood memory of family time and something they want to pass on to their children. It didn\’t intentionally start as a tradition, but my Mom had the same principle, always eat at the dinner table and TALK to your family. I\’m so glad I have passed that on to my kids too.

]]> By: Luschka http://thecreativemama.com/more-than-ordinary/comment-page-1/#comment-8140 Luschka Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:14:08 +0000 http://thecreativemama.com/?p=3227#comment-8140 I have a beautiful covered box that was given to me with gifts in for her when she was born. Those first days I was sooo high on mommy - ness, I just put ANYTHING to do with her in the box - cards, papers, notes and so on- for a time when I have the time to go through it and keep what was worth keeping. Later, when she\'s able to do so herself, I\'ll give her access to the box and she can add her own memories to it. I love the idea of giving her crafts as thank you notes and so on. Thanks! (By the way, your security code thing for anti-spam, I guess, is really hard to read and makes leaving comments a real pain. I always have to enter at least twice. Is it just me?) I have a beautiful covered box that was given to me with gifts in for her when she was born. Those first days I was sooo high on mommy – ness, I just put ANYTHING to do with her in the box – cards, papers, notes and so on- for a time when I have the time to go through it and keep what was worth keeping. Later, when she\’s able to do so herself, I\’ll give her access to the box and she can add her own memories to it.

I love the idea of giving her crafts as thank you notes and so on. Thanks!

(By the way, your security code thing for anti-spam, I guess, is really hard to read and makes leaving comments a real pain. I always have to enter at least twice. Is it just me?)

]]> By: Angie http://thecreativemama.com/more-than-ordinary/comment-page-1/#comment-8089 Angie Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:00:01 +0000 http://thecreativemama.com/?p=3227#comment-8089 We too are in a jumble of thoughts over how to make 2010 unique... I just love your ideas! We are starting date nights with the boys. We each take a turn every other week (so it happens weekly) and go to a park just the two of us, or ice cream, or a book store. Danny is really starting to look forward to it and Luke? Well he just likes to attention ;) Fab Thea, thanks for sharing. We too are in a jumble of thoughts over how to make 2010 unique… I just love your ideas! We are starting date nights with the boys. We each take a turn every other week (so it happens weekly) and go to a park just the two of us, or ice cream, or a book store. Danny is really starting to look forward to it and Luke? Well he just likes to attention ;)

Fab Thea, thanks for sharing.

]]> By: Missy P http://thecreativemama.com/more-than-ordinary/comment-page-1/#comment-8087 Missy P Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:29:34 +0000 http://thecreativemama.com/?p=3227#comment-8087 My mother gave my sister and I each a night of the week where we were in charge of dinner - shopping for planning, shopping for ingredients, preparation and service. . . the other sister had clean-up that night! Of course, we were in high school, by then and she supplied ideas, grocery money and lots of support. It was a great way to learn how to manage a kitchen and I still remember feeling so proud to serve my meal. Missy www.penn-fam.blogspot.com My mother gave my sister and I each a night of the week where we were in charge of dinner – shopping for planning, shopping for ingredients, preparation and service. . . the other sister had clean-up that night! Of course, we were in high school, by then and she supplied ideas, grocery money and lots of support. It was a great way to learn how to manage a kitchen and I still remember feeling so proud to serve my meal.

Missy
http://www.penn-fam.blogspot.com

]]> By: feona http://thecreativemama.com/more-than-ordinary/comment-page-1/#comment-8085 feona Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:07:39 +0000 http://thecreativemama.com/?p=3227#comment-8085 i love this post...something i thought of doing last nite my daughther loves to draw..i have endlesss stacks of papers with her drawings everywhere the fridge is covered, her wall is covered today will go around taking a photo of all her art...and placing them in an album for her to one day look back on her \"drawing treasures\" i love this post…something i thought of doing last nite
my daughther loves to draw..i have endlesss stacks of papers with her drawings everywhere
the fridge is covered, her wall is covered
today will go around taking a photo of all her art…and placing them in an album for her to one day look back on her \"drawing treasures\"

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