Sometimes as moms, we get caught up in the monotony of the day-to-day. Keeping up with the routine, scheduling appointments, drop off, pick up, cooking, cleaning-it can all start blending together. This post is just a reminder to create a few memories along the way.
My kids and I like to do movie nights, since my husband works late most nights. I’ll pop a bowl of popcorn, or make s’mores and one of the kids will choose a movie. It’s not a big production, just something we get to enjoy together and something I hope they’ll remember when they’re older.
I’m no Pinterest mom, but I’ve always enjoyed adding special touches to each holiday for my kiddos. We go all out decorating the house for Christmas and birthdays, of course, but I like to do a little something for the smaller holidays as well.
For Valentine’s Day, I dyed their pancakes pink and cut their eggs out in heart shapes for breakfast. They wore pink and red to school, and came home to homemade sugar cookies with pink icing and strawberry milk.
For St. Patrick’s Day, they will probably have green eggs a la Dr. Seuss for breakfast and wear adorable shirts to school like this and this. I sometimes will give them small treats in their lunch-maybe chocolate coins to resemble “pots of gold”.
I like to hide eggs around the house, stuff wicker baskets and make “bunny shaped” food around Easter.
Enjoy it While You Can
The truth is, we only have a few short years while our children are young, that. they will enjoy silly traditions and little extras that we do for them, so I feel it’s our job to make sure we create as many memories as possible while we can.
What small things are you doing to create memories for your kiddos?
