Fun Things To Do With Your Children

 Our children, whether boys or girls, are God’s blessing to us.  No matter how busy we may be in our daily lives, we as parents should spend some quality time with our children everyday in order to bond with them and to let them know how much they are loved.  There are plenty of fun things to do with your children and while you’re at it, don’t forget to snap lots of photos and record videos for keepsakes. You and your children will have a great time looking at those photos and videos again years down the road. You will all have a nostalgic time reminiscing those great times that you spent together as a family.

Here are some fun activities that you can do with your children to create happy memories that will last a life time.

1  Get a pet

A new pet at home will cement the relationship of the children and parents and between siblings when everyone works together to care for the pet. There will surely be lots of rolling laughter and joy with a new pet running around at home with its antics. I can vouch on that after Haru our pet kitten came into our lives.

 

2 Wear matching outfits

One of the things that our family does every year during Chinese New Year is wear matching family outfits and take lots of photos.  This year is however an exception due to the pandemic and restrictions. We can’t wait to wear matching outfits again next Chinese New Year.

 

3  Escape everything and go on a camping trip

A camping trip in the forest is a great way to foster family bonding, enhances problem solving skills, get the kids to exercise out in the sun, appreciate nature and do everything as a family.

 

4  Devour everything at the morning market or night market

Be daring and adventurous and try all the new foods at the market.  It will be a cheat day and a fun one too. Strictly no calorie-counting is allowed!

 

5  Order a huge ice cream sundae

Which kid doesn’t like ice cream sundae?  The mood-lifting powers of the banana split or 10 scoops of all your children’s favorite flavors on a gigantic waffle for them to dig into while you snap away those precious photos for social media bragging rights. I love how Facebook reminds me of photos and memories that I posted on the anniversary every year.

 

6  Splurge on cheap and funky clothes

My daughters love it whenever I bring them to the mall to shop for cheap clothes during sales. Sadly, due to the pandemic and lockdown, we have not gone mall shopping for clothes for more than a year.  We now shop for cheap clothes online during massive sales. These days cheap kids clothes and adult clothes are plentiful at online clothing stores. I find it so convenient to shop for clothes online.

 

My girls can make me berserk at times with their unreasonable reasonings and behavior. But I know that I will somehow survive the rollercoaster teenage years and very soon I will miss those tumultuous years more than ever when they are adults and have their own lives.