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One-on-One Time with the Kids: A Date With My Son

1 on 1 time with each kid. New Year’s resolution. Somehow it happens more naturally with my daughter, 10. We just find ourselves together. My son and I used to find ourselves together. Building Lego houses. Making caterpillar homes. Shooting hoops. Now four inches shorter than he, I’m barely lucky to block his shot, with no hope of ever scooting past him with a soccer ball or football. My only hope is to win the tiebreaker in ping-pong. He’s 13, and 1:1 time is just different now. How about breakfast out? A date with my son. Just the mention of Belgian waffles and bacon gets him to look up. That’s it. Our first official New Year’s Resolution Date. Uh-oh. What do we talk about? I mean, we spend time doing things together. Um, as a family. But this new 1:1 time . . . with my teenage son . . . at breakfast . . . is a little new. With my quiet and independent guy (“thanks, Mom, but I’ve really got it all covered,”), …

What Do You Want For Lunch?

Published by Terri Shearer Trenchard

These seem to be the ongoing words in my house. That linger in the air with no answer. We’re barely 2 weeks in. Two weeks in to this “get ’em up, feed ’em, get ’em on the bus” new school year schedule, and we’re already stuck. Stuck on: What Do You Want For Lunch????? I can’t seem to get past it. Boring old sandwiches. Stuff that gets soggy in the thermos. “Nah,” my daughter continues to respond with each apparently decently-fresh suggestion. What’s a mom to do? Look online. Like every modern day mom does. Here’s what I found. Some ideas that got me thinking outside of my (lunch) box. Things like a cheddar and apple sandwich. How about PB & ….. banana?? Or a sliced egg sandwich …… Check out these 101 Ideas for Kid Lunches and 10 Sandwiches to Spice Up a School Lunch. (In case it helps your “What Do You Want For Lunch? dilemma.”)