What do you do for dinner? What good traditions or experiences can you share about dinner time? When do you say "Time to Eat"?
I would love to hear how things are in your kitchen. What about cleanup?
I am trying to instill a tradition in our family where we cook together! I say it's "Time to eat" before the meal is actually ready. This gives everyone time to wash their hands, set the table, and get their own waters. When it works I have the kids help husk corn, or other safe tasks. Although kid's are still young and Dallen is usually still out working it is fun! Clean up is another thing. 9/25 Updated: I am about ready to toss in the towel when it comes to dinner. I just can't keep up. I guess I will try harder, maybe work on frozen meals, I really don't know but between kids and making dinner, doing homework and everything else, trying to clean up dinner and get the kids to bed it is just not working. Dal is around sometimes to help and I would like some free time to spend with him. Advice and ideas are welcome. I am thankful I have a dishwasher now, that really helps.
Good Question. Our dinnertime has changed a lot over the last few months depending on when Ernest is going to bed. At one point he went to bed around 5:30! Right now we eat between 5-6, usually. My ideal day is Marshall gets home before dinner so I can finish it up while he plays with the baby. I say it is time to eat when everything is ready. Or pretty darn close. We eat and then Marshall plays with ernest more or does bath time and gets him ready for bed while I clean up dinner. I prefer it that way. He needs his Daddy time too, and it gives me a chance to clean up how I like. We are always changing how we do things and sometimes I am doing it all so Marshall can work on the house instead, because unfortunately I am not very good at rebuilding a bathroom from scratch! haha I think the biggest key is to be flexible with how we do things because life always throws us curve balls. And I could use some improvement in the flexibility department as well...I can't wait for my kids to be able to help though. Sometimes when I am cooking I think about which parts of dinner I could have them help with. wow, that was probably more than you wanted!
ReplyDeleteThanks, that was great. I think the most important key is finding what works for your family. I think that is wonderful, not only do you get a break from "babysitting", he gets a break from "working".
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