Weekly Mom Challenge

Last week I challenged myself to sit down to dinner as a family every night and ask the kids questions from our conversation jar. We did pretty good but it was a busy week so there were some nights we didn't. So, this week I want to continue with that challenge as well as add a new one.
This week I want to make sure I hug my kids at least 3 times each day. I'm not saying we never hug, cause I think we hug and say I love you's more than most families we know, but usually it's just in passing and in a hurried get-it-over-with kind of way. This week I want to make sure to talk and listen to them when I hug them on there way to and from school. I want them to know I care.

Weekly Mom Challenge: Dinner Conversation Jar

This is the idea that I am using to help make dinner easier on us all!  Hope it helps!

Cut these questions into strips, fold them, and place them in a jar.

1. If you could have picked your own name what would it be?
2. What animal would you be?
3. Which is your favorite cartoon character?
4. Which character in a book best describes who you are?
5. If you could cook for me what would it be?
6. If you were granted three wishes from a genie what would you wish?
7. Do you do dance crazy when no one is looking?
8. Why is the alphabet in that order? Is it because of that song?
9. Tell me the five best things about you.
10. What does the word "success" mean to you?
11. Who would you rather be: an NBA ballplayer, the mayor, a famous explorer, or a movie star? Why?
12. Which of your friends do you think I like the most? Why?
13. What would be the ideal allowance? Tell me how you would use it.
14. What Punishment have I given you that you thought was really unfair?  Why?
15. If you could keep your room any way you wanted, how would it look?
16. What are the qualities that make a good friend?
17. What was your favorite toy when you were little?
18. What do you think of my driving?
19. What is the most enjoyable thing our family has done together in the last three years?
20. What do you think is beyond the stars?
21. Name two things we should do as a family this weekend?
22. If you were going to have a weird, unusual pet, what would it be?  Why would you want that pet?

23. How do you describe me to your friends?
24. What would you do if you were invisible for a day?
25. Do you think any of our neighbors are scary?
26. What helps to keep you from crying when you are chopping onions? Chewing gum
27. T/F Dalmatians are born without spots? T
28. How far can large kangaroos cover with each jump? 30 feet
29. A dragonfly has a lifespan of how many hours. 24
30. Ben and Jerry’s send the waste from making ice cream to local pig farmers to use as feed.  Pigs love the
stuff, except for which one flavor?  Mint Oreo

I got this particular list on questions here: http://www.howdoesshe.com/christmas-present-to-our-readers/

Weekly Mom Challenge

Weekly Mom Challenge: SIT DOWN TO DINNER AS A FAMILY.
I know how hard it is to sit up to the table as a family. Even when we actually do, it is so hard to sit there and listen! Maybe it's because I don't just have to listen, I actually have to answer question after question. Mostly from my curious six year old. :) this week, I am challenging myself, and anyone who wants to join me, to set and sit at the table as a family. I want to engage in conversation with my children. I have a way I'm going to try to do this, which I will post tomorrow! Hopefully, with my idea, we can get through the next weeks meals with some kind of order! Is it just my family that seems to have trouble with dinner time? Hmm.