We have a lot of forced family time recently. A blizzard, below freezing temps, and snow days have gifted us with time together in close quarters. Even my husband had a couple of snow days from work.
I’ll be honest, I enjoyed our time together. Of course there were moments of bickering. We had lots of fun family moments. Enough were I paused what I was doing to think, “I love my family. They make me happy.”
It’s important to document the happy times along with my more challenging moments. When life feels tough, I can come back and look at my list.
5 Things I Love About My Family
- Our lazy Sunday snugglefest. The kids let us sleep in until 9AM! They wake us by sliding under the covers with us. We snuggle, giggle, and have tickle fights. Mostly giggling and tickling.
- Sibling love. Watching my kid play together makes me so happy. They play Minecraft together, but they also build with Lego together. I’m glad they’ll always have each other.
- Making banana pancakes together. On Sunday mornings, Jaxson helps me make banana pancakes. He mashes our formerly forgotten bananas, cracks the eggs, and basically makes the batter himself. After the first tester pancake is cooked, he cuts it up for everyone in the family to taste.
- Family dinners. We’re not able to all sit down together every night. It’s mostly weekends. We go around the table and share our favorite thing about our day.
- Pranks we play on each other. The kids absolutely love pranking their dad. We have a Furby toy that they hide for him to find. He pretends to hate/be scared of the toy, then hides Furby in a place for them to find. This ongoing prank is so much fun. Of course, they know better than to prank Mom.
What are things you love about your family?
This month we discuss themes of love and family. Read more from my fellow #AsianMomBloggers:
- Maria at Bicultural Mama: 5 Girl Names Using the Chinese Word for Love
- Grace at HapaMama: Different Love Languages
- Phyllis at Napkin Hoarder: A Six Year Old’s Love Advice
- Stephanie at A Family Lives Here: Love is Action
- Thien-Kim at I’m Not the Nanny: 5 Things I Love About My Family
- Ilina at Dirt and Noise: Imposter Parenting
Your family sounds like a fun, close knit one! I love that on the weekends my eldest will climb into daddy and mommy’s bed in the morning to hang out and I then go get the baby to bring her in with us. It’s a snuggle fest with our kiddos!
I love family dinners. It’s one of my favorite things to do as a family – whether it’s just us or it’s with friends and extended family.
YES TO ALL OF THIS! Family dinners are so important to us. Snuggles, and cooking and being lazy together. Time matters. I stuffed a furby in our coat closet because it scares me. I should get rid of it…
I love hearing about your fun mixed race family! Mine is, too! I just started blogging this year, and am writing for parents in general, Asian Americans, and I come from a social work/counseling background. Please check out my blog at https://joylovepeacesocialworker.wordpress.com/2016
I love hearing about your fun mixed race family! Mine is, too! I just started blogging this year, and am writing for parents in general, Asian Americans, and I come from a social work/counseling background. Please check out my blog at https://joylovepeacesocialworker.wordpress.com/
I love hearing about your fun mixed race family! Mine is, too! I just started blogging this year, and am writing for parents in general, Asian Americans, and I come from a social work/counseling background. Please check out my blog at https://joylovepeacesocialworker.wordpress.com/2016/03/11/to-be-asian-or-to-be-american/