Game On!

As the school year begins, it is easy to get sucked in to going 5,000 different directions without skipping a beat. Sports, activities, lessons, dance, friend's house, out to eat, church, etc, etc. take up day in and day out. And, if you add in
cleaning, cooking, chores, and adult time, the window for family time is small.

For this reason, it is so important to actually carve out time to sit down as a family. Eat, laugh, talk, and what about play games? Our family actually loves board games, specifically Yahtzee and Monopoly, but we also love the Wii and XBox too. And, yes, despite my efforts to stay away from video games, I love when we play them together. It is fun to bowl, play Wipe Out, sing, or play the drums as a family.

And, I might add that it is very funny to watch each other dance or rock out to the guitar solo. If you have really little ones, yes, you too need to play games, Memory is so much fun even for the littlest ones. And, please, for goodness sake,
don't forget the snacks......popcorn, honey grahams and milk, peanuts and M&Ms, apples with peanut butter.

So, after homework is knocked out, supper is over, PJs are on, play a game and have some fun family time. It will be a lasting memory!