For those of you who don’t know already, I’ve got 3 kids, 2 girls ages 9 and 7 and a boy aged 5. A year or two ago, my husband and I came up with this idea to take turns to take the kids out, just one of us with one of the kids, while the other stays at home or brings the other two out. The idea was to let the child pick an activity they would like with the said parent. Great idea, but, I usually am the one who ends up with TWO of the kids. AND, the novelty quickly ran out once we all ran out of ideas on what to do, so we went back to our usual “going out together as a family” routine. A few weeks ago though, by some freak chance, my husband brought Master 5 to the movies, whilst the girls and I shopped and had some “hang out” time at a cafe nearby. We were also waiting for the movie to finish, so thought, why not kill some time, share a cake and have something warm to drink. It was then, while we were eating that one of the girls, Miss 7 I think, said, “Mummy, this is nice. I like this”. Her sister Miss 9 agreed heartily. I asked what it was that was so nice. It was apparently us hanging out, just me and the girls. So, from that sprung a new plan – to hang out with the girls and bond, while Master 5 hangs out with his dad for their bonding time. Just once a month though.
Yesterday; Sunday, was the said day. We went out to a nearby mall. You can tell that Miss 9 was REALLY excited, as she did not stop talking all the while we were out! It was like having a bee buzzing around you – NON STOP!! Even when I told her to chill and take a break, she didn’t. Unlike Miss 7, who was quiet and only spoke when she needed to tell me something. We did have a blast though. Shopping for the necessary things they needed (and some unnecessary things), shopping for my things and them giving their opinions; you know the usual girly stuff, which was actually pretty nice. It was pretty unbelievable though that we actually stayed there for 5 hours!!! Yes, even I was totally surprised. But I can’t wait to have “bonding session” again, next month. It’s lovely when you can spend some time alone with your kids just hanging out and doing things we all love. Next month, hopefully we’ll go somewhere else with actual activities. Or the movies. Or even just a trip to a cafe even….
