Priceless....
Last night was one of those nights where no matter how bad the news in the world may be, it made up for all of the wrong in the world. It was an evening I will forever remember. I spent the evening out with my nearly 3 year old daughter. My son had a birthday party to attend that my wife took him to along with my youngest. My middle daughter put on a pretty dress and went out with daddy. We went to the mall where she got a new book at the bookstore, we walked through several stores where she was allowed to drop a "bath bomb" in a bowl of water and see it fizz, she got to play with a few gadgets in Brookstone and she got to ride the carousel. She was beaming with joy and kept saying it was awesome. After we left the mall I took her for ice cream at Carvel and we finally got home around 8:30. It was such an amazing evening, spending such quality one on one time with her and seeing her personality in full force. Instead of the hectic errands we run as a family, we took our time and went at a leisurely pace.
Spending that one on one time with my children means so much to them. Where they are told to share their toys, share a snack if they are eating something, take turns watching TV shows, take turns hearing their favorite story for them to have attention directly on them for a few hours where you can listen to every word they say uninterrupted will have them beaming from ear to ear. Next on the agenda is taking my son fishing early one weekend morning. He recently got a new fishing pole for his birthday and he is dying to try it out.
I hope to make it a regular occurrence in taking them out for one on one time because not only will it mean so much to them, it means the world to me.
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