Some of the others habits we've got going on surround dinner time. In fact, from about 5:30 on, our evenings are as predictable as Monday mornings coming after Sunday evenings. There are a few 'musts' that happen during dinner and if either one of us forgets, E is always there to remind us.
{music fingers}
One of which being Pandora. We will typically play music from the time final dinner touches are being made, table is being set...all the way until Papa and E go into his room for prayers, reading, and getting into bed. For dinner, we play our "Jesus Music" or "Children's Jesus Music" stations depending on our moods. Caedmon's Call, Chris Rice, and Chris Tomlin make great dinner company. And we've since discovered this guy named Justin Roberts who does great, silly renditions of Bible stories for kids. A bit too catchy if you ask us though, because you'll hear us singing phrases throughout the day. We also love playing "Walt Disney Soundtracks" post-meal, pre-bed--think Mary Poppins, Lion King, Jungle Book, The Little Mermaid, and Beauty and the Beauty...we happen to like the classics. Or maybe we're just able to get away with being old school still since our kid isn't old enough to watch movies yet.
The other habit we have for dinner time is reading through this mini book set. I cannot for the life of me remember who gave us this set at E's shower, but we are happily putting it to good use.
W will read through a story while we eat and E loves it. And they are small enough to sit on the cabinet next to our dinner table.
One of which being Pandora. We will typically play music from the time final dinner touches are being made, table is being set...all the way until Papa and E go into his room for prayers, reading, and getting into bed. For dinner, we play our "Jesus Music" or "Children's Jesus Music" stations depending on our moods. Caedmon's Call, Chris Rice, and Chris Tomlin make great dinner company. And we've since discovered this guy named Justin Roberts who does great, silly renditions of Bible stories for kids. A bit too catchy if you ask us though, because you'll hear us singing phrases throughout the day. We also love playing "Walt Disney Soundtracks" post-meal, pre-bed--think Mary Poppins, Lion King, Jungle Book, The Little Mermaid, and Beauty and the Beauty...we happen to like the classics. Or maybe we're just able to get away with being old school still since our kid isn't old enough to watch movies yet.
The other habit we have for dinner time is reading through this mini book set. I cannot for the life of me remember who gave us this set at E's shower, but we are happily putting it to good use.
What are some dinner rhythms that are specific to you, either from growing up or with your families now? I'm always curious to learn how others do it because it's such an important time and can be so different, depending on each family's needs.
5 comments:
I love it AND you look beautiful with that new baby belly!!!
I love that you document this. I should do the same...
Schedules change or shift every so often, it's nice to reflect, remember, the different phases and stages.
We also love they disney sound tracks.
We've seen all the new Disney movies, the sound tracks for them are good but, like you, I'm still partial to the classics. There's just something special about them...
Maybe the memories of my childhood that they bring up. ; )
And by "Beauty and the Beauty" we mean "Jessica and the rest of us..."
we dont have too many dinner rhythms, we just like to sit down and have a family dinner every.single.night. i think it is so important to come together as a family after our days apart.
something i really want to do when the kids are old enough to understand, is over dinner, share our "peak" and our "pit" of our day. what was the best part of the day and what was not so great... i think this can offer great support for eachother and bring that bond as a family just a little bit closer by sharing our good times and bad...no matter how big or how little.
love this, Jess! I like the idea of music. I usually dim some lights and light a candle nearby, to set a calmer mood. We talk, a lot at the dinner table. About anything and everything. The kids tell Jason EVERYTHING they did that day (making up wild stories in between) and Jason and I pretty much don't use dinner time as our time to talk - never works. After dinner we stay at the table and do family worship time. We read from the Jesus Story Book Bible, each child tells us what they thought about it and then we pray. Usually Daddy and one child and then the next night Mommy and one child :)
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