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Family Meals

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Family Meals Made Easy for November

Sunday, November 11th, 2007

Great Recipes, Helpful Hints, and Fun Ideas
Family Fun Idea
The next couple of months we are going to use dinner time as a way of establishing meaningful opportunities to talk with our kids. Using dinner time to engage in meaningful conversations with each other is an easy way to reconnect, share thoughts, and check the pulse [...]

Family Meals Made Easy

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

Family Fun Idea
The next couple of months we are going to use dinner time as a way of establishing meaningful opportunities to talk with our kids. Using dinner time to engage in meaningful conversations with each other is an easy way to reconnect, share thoughts, and check the pulse of the family. This isn’t something [...]

What’s Missing?

Tuesday, August 14th, 2007

Start your family meal off right with the What’s Missing game. You can find this game as well as many others in the Original Family Dinner Games.

What’s Missing?

One person closes his or her eyes

Everyone else takes one item from the table (salt, napkin, fork) and hides it in their lap. Then the first person [...]

Weekly Meal Planner

Tuesday, July 24th, 2007

For those of you who subscribe to our free monthly newsletter, you know what a big fan I am of our monthly meal planner. Even though it is a bit more time intensive at first, I love the feeling of contentment that comes from knowing that all of my meals are planned out in [...]

Getting Back Into The Groove After a Family Vacation

Monday, July 16th, 2007

Sleeping in, relaxing by the pool, spending quality time with the family, and having wonderful memories are all the great aspects of family vacations and frankly the reasons most families take a family vacation year after year. But with all of the great fun, getting back into the groove of things after the vacation [...]

Raves, Craves, and Not So Faves - Juice Pal

Monday, May 14th, 2007

This week’s rave is something I can’t live without. It is perfect for toddler hands and perfect for preventing sticky messes all over you, your child, and car. It is the Juice Pal available at OneStepAhead.com. It prevents kids from squeezing the juice box and squirting the juice all over themselves and you. [...]

A, B, City

Saturday, May 12th, 2007

Make dinner time fun and enjoyable with this fun family dinner game and easy to make and great tasting dish. Be sure to check out the helpful hint at the end!

A, B, City
 
The first person names a geographic location that starts with A, such as Africa
The next person names a location that starts with [...]

Rainbow Dinner

Saturday, May 12th, 2007

Try this Rainbow Family Dinner Game at your next meal. It’s a great way to develop creative and critical thinking skills and is available in the brand new Beginner Dinner Games.
Rainbow Dinner
 
Someone starts the game by saying a color
As a team, your family names all the foods they can think of that are that color
For [...]

Thumbs Up

Wednesday, February 7th, 2007

Try this Thumbs Up family dinner game at your next meal. It’s great fun for kids ages 3 - 6 and can be found in the brand new Beginner Family Dinner Games.
Thumbs Up
At the count of 3, everyone puts one fist out toward the center of the table with their thumb either up or down.
If [...]

What’s in the Sock?

Wednesday, February 7th, 2007

Make dinner time fun and enjoyable with this fun family dinner game and easy to make and great tasting dessert. Also be sure to read about creating a family meal planner. An easy way to eliminate the craziness associated with planning family meals.What’s in the Sock?
One person begins by hiding a “secret” object in a [...]

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