Does this sound familiar?

“Mom & Dad I am so bored, isn’t there anything to do?”

Well if your like most parents your thinking to yourself,”If your that bored then you can wash the dishes, take out the trash once in a while and clean your room!”

Do I have it right?

Well this summer can be a family effort. You can pick one night a week to spend as a family doing various things. As a father of 2 I sure do delight in my children so I wanted to incorperate a fun activity that they WANT to do coupled by some dull things I want to do. So let me describe what we do as a family followed by places to find these activites.

1) Movie night is fun…for everyone. I used a service called Netflix to get the kids entertained. I whip up my favorite smoothe and get some carrots for the movie. They pick the movie I pick the food and drink. HaHaHa  Excellent catch right?

2) One night will be game night for the kids. I pick the game. Instead of the normal shoot um up games I pick up a health game like

The Largest Looser Ultimate Workout, or Nickelodeon – Kid Fit. This one they really like Family Have fun: Fitness Fun. Then I let them choose the food and drink. Half the time they choose the junk food and drink but I found a way to get around this… {evil laughter}  Don’t have them in the house that night. Only place one junk food in the house for that night and the rest can be healthful. Is this manipulation? YES but that is what a parent is for, to make sure the kids are well taken care of.

So these are just 2 things I have found that really works well for our family.

I would LOVE to hear about your family nights so we can share it with other parents. This summer might not be as dull for us and our kids as last summer. We might even loose a few pounds! ^^

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