When my son turned 5 he was crazy about Spongebob so we decided to throw
a themed party. I think I was more excited than he was, I love to make
my own decorations for parties! I was able to throw together this super
cute party for very little money, you won't believe what I used...
I posted the other day about the family conversation starters that we use at our family meal times. It got me thinking... why not have some separate questions just for couples? My husband and I have been together for 9 years, it's natural that we could use some interesting topics to discuss!
Here is another free printable - Fun Conversation Starters for Couples
Conversation Starters for Couples
Make it cute with these labels
Wondering what you would do with them? Here are some ideas:
- Plan a date night (technology free) and take turns going through the questions together.
- Decorate an old Altoid tin, put your questions inside, and throw it in your purse. Use them when you are in the car together.
- Put them in a cute jar or box on your nightstand, answer one question together each night before you go to bed.
Enjoy!
Take dinner conversation beyond "how was your day?" and expand it to fun topics that will bring your family closer and help you learn more about one another. A while ago I saw a few posts on Pinterest about dinner time questions and I thought it was a brilliant idea! I created a bunch of questions and put them in a jar on the table. My family loves it, we end up sitting at the table long after the food is gone and it didn't take us long to burn through all of our questions! As I sat down last night to come up with some more questions I decided I would share them with you and encourage you to adopt this new family tradition. I hope your family will enjoy it as much as mine has.
A
New Christmas Tradition
This year we jumped on
the bandwagon and got an elf. My kids were a little apprehensive about having
him in the house at first so I didn't really emphasize the part of the story
that states that he would be watching them and reporting to Santa. We read the
story and they did see that part but I just chose not to remind them of it over
and over. I wanted them to think that he was a cute little elf not a creepy
little stalker. We just looked at him as a fun addition to the magic of
Christmas around our home. I decided not to make our elf naughty either, though
I have found a lot of hilarious things I would have enjoyed doing, it just
didn't make sense to me to have an elf that belongs on the naughty list!
My kids named our elf
"King Kirby". My 2 year old wanted to name him Kirby, after the
Nintendo character, and my 8 year old wanted to name him King of the Elves...
neither would budge so we agreed to a combined name of "King
Kirby".
If you are
contemplating adding an elf to your Christmas traditions next year, I say go
for it! I had a lot of fun with it, it took very little of my time, and it was
great to see my kids reactions as well as to share the adventures with others
online, everyone got a kick out of our little guy this year. I think that I will get another elf next year and then another the following so that each kid can have an elf. I would love to think that when they grow and have their own children that they will continue this tradition using the elf they themselves had as a child.
I found lots of cute
ideas of things to do with Kirby on Pinterest and also came up with a few of my
own:
