Three Things : Weekdays + Creative Family Giveaway

We always make that extra effort to eat dinner together. Conencting over food has been passed down through our family for generations.

We love to go hiking & have a picnic for real family time.

I forgot all about that book! I had heard it was coming out and then forgot about it. I'd love to have it as I am always looking for new ideas. I really need some! My favorite thing for us to do is to just hang out at the lake together - no TV, telephone or other outside influences. So peaceful and perfect.

Meal time, reading time and our walks around the block are our favorite family times. Although, Sunday mornings with the three of us snuggling in bed is pretty darn cool, too! :D

One of our favorite things we do as a family . . . every Friday night is either movie night or game night. We pop popcorn and just enjoy each other's company. Simple, but something the kids (and us) all look forward to. This book looks great!

my favorite thing to do together is going for a hike and exploring. It's exciting to be able to see our world through the eyes of my children!

hello ali and hello to your simon and chris :)
i love it when my family simply hang out in our hobby room. my son would often join me stamping for my scrapbooks or go to his dad and enjoy his company at the computer. it is our bonding time and it is my favorite home activity.

a current favorite for our fam...trip to the park with a bat and bucket of whiffle balls. My three boys are LOVING baseball and beg for us to take them to the park to pitch to them!:)

I wish I could say "around the dinner table talking about our day" or "in the family room playing together" but, we rarely have that time alone as a family since we share it with extended family. So this is what I cherish most: "We love to take long or short drives together when we can enjoy the scenes and talk about our interest these days and take turns listening to our favorite music."

We have young children, so we are just getting to fun ages. Our most favorite thing to do as a family are special outings - about once a month. We got to the park, mueseums, swimming, etc. We let the kids pick and it's their day! On these days we also let a lot of our regular routine and rules slip a bit! Just a day of total fun!

I make iced chai and we play all of our favorite games, such as: Skipbo, Chutes and Ladders and Uno. My kids love drinking a grown-up drink and I love playing games with them. Tons of fun.

It is just my husband and I for now, but I would love this book for future reference. We love to go to the dollar theater together - a fun, cheap date.

my fav family time is 'play guessing game' during our driving... it encourages my kid to see her environment, watch out for objects, think how to descibe it... and we crazy adults got to think very hard, so as not to be out-smart by a first grader! Now that takes a lot of creativity from us!

Our favorite thing to do together is to go to the park and play. Mama gets a few quick shots in and then we just play and play. It's nice to see my husband relax a few minutes out of the week and just focus on nothing else a little while.

we don't really get to do many things as a family, but i do enjoy it when we go see a movie together and then have dinner to discuss the movie, among other things

With a two year old & a new baby, we are really enjoying lots of cuddle time. Early mornings when my two year old wakes up & I'm still in bed feeding the new baby is one of our favorite times to cuddle. My two year old also loves to "read" books to her baby brother!

My favorite thing is when we all have movie night and turn out the lights and pop popcorn - and then SNUGGLE! Nothing beats that.

Any time my husband and I try something new with our twins we have wonderful family time. It can be as simple as playing at a new park, or as fancy as going out to dinner at a new place we have never tried before. When we slow down and savor the moment it is always sweet. I love to do crafts with them best though. :-)

Our little family loves to create with sidewalk chalk :) it is my daughter's favorite thing to do... actually she just likes to tell us what to draw and we draw it for her :)

I love when you do giveaways Ali! Our favorite thing to do as a family is GAME NIGHT! We get down all our favorite board games and play until the wee hours of the morning! It is a great time, and we would do it every night if we didn't have to work the next morning! :)

Our favorite thing to do as a family for the past 18 years has been to go camping together. We camp simply, just a tent, but the peace and closeness are priceless. No TV, no radios, no phones, no alarms, no computers. Wonderful..we all work together and have had many priceless nights around the campfire.

Dinner conversation...Our family is making a "Historical Timeline" Which features the 160 events we believe shaped history. Any family member has the right to purpose any event..but you have to be able to defend it.

What a great book! With a 10 month old, there are so many things we love to do as a family, like go to the local park, teach him how to walk, read books and sing and dance to music. I can't wait for him to get older and be able to do more, especially arts and crafts!

We love to find adventures in our area. Come up with everyday ways to make an adventure. Like find an outdoor park to explore, a beach, a new restaurant or shop, try a new thing. My boys are in cub scouts and they have lots of things to encourage these adventures and the best part - we all learn something new!

I love Teresa Collins' stuff! One of our favorite things to do that brings us closer together is playing board games. We do the "would you rather", "sorry", or "trouble". We also like to cook dinner as a family. But, for us three girls, it's scrapbooking and crafting! Thanks for another great giveaway!