Quality Time

 Everyone knows the importance of spending quality time with your kids. Time when you are enjoying their company and not just doing chores/errands/boring adult stuff. I've heard many parents complain that it's difficult to schedule quality time because of everything they have to do. We try to involve the kids in everything we do, from cooking to car repair.

Here my husband is working on his car. In order to make this a family activity, we got out the kids tool box and their cars. You can see both kids diligently fixing their cars near Daddy. They would often trade for a new tool when he did as well. 

We also alter our schedules to get in quality time. Each child attends a Montessori program 3 mornings a week. Sweet daughter goes M,T,W and sweet son goes T,W,Th. This means on Mondays sweet son gets a "Mommy Day" and the same goes for sweet daughter on Thursdays. This is a morning they get to choose what we do and get my undivided attention. Something that doesn't happen very often for twins. Usually sweet son wants to "play with toys, no share Sister" while sweet daughter wants to go shopping (grocery). 

Sweet son informed me one day of what he wants to do on his next Mommy day. He wants to ride in a passenger car, go over a trestle that's high in the air, go through a tunnel that is dark inside, and see a locomotive that's black. um... Specific much? No, I didn't find a way to make that happen on a Monday morning, but we did make that happen a few months later in a much more exciting way.