Spend Family Weekends, Ideas, and Suggestions for Exciting Activities

Spending family weekends is a way to provide that essential sense of solidarity, of integrity, of community - that children need so much.

Perhaps one of the most beautiful childhood memories is those lazy moments of the weekend when you could get up in the morning in bed with mom and dad, then mom had a delicious breakfast, then spent the day together, walking or even cleaning through the home; in fact, it was not what you were doing that mattered, but the fact that you were all together, allowing yourself to breathe relaxed for a day or two, free from the responsibilities of the week…

Family weekends are those precious moments when you have time to spend time together: because adults go to work every day, children go to nursery/kindergarten/school, and in the evening, when you get together, you are too tired to do more than to have dinner and sit in front of the TV…

Therefore, make your free time a precious moment for your children to remember - spending time together means giving them affection, security, and stability.

The family routine is what gives the child the feeling of being a member of a small, solid, united, and harmonious group, and the family is what gives him the feeling of identity and belonging. Make family weekends a tradition and a way to reconnect as a group, forget about day-to-day chores and allow yourself to enjoy time together - family is a fortress!

What you can do on family weekends:

Morning routine. First of all, adults and children - allow yourself a lazy waking up later! Then, each family with its habits: parents can be the ones who wake up their children with a tasty breakfast, the children can be the ones who rush into the adult bedroom and jump in bed - or you can arrange to meet everyone in the kitchen at a certain time and have breakfast together…

To make the weekend breakfast a fond memory, find a recipe loved by all, which you can cook without exception every Saturday / Sunday morning - you will see that once when they reach youth, the children will still remember the delicious dumplings made in the morning with their mother….

A little cleaning in the house… On weekends, you may feel compelled to clean the whole house, repairing the "disasters" done during the week. But the weekend is primarily for a pleasant family time! So, don't spend all day thinking: try to do all the work in turn, do something during the week, so as not to be overwhelmed by work on the weekend.

And then, it's not a big tragedy if you leave some things undone - the satisfaction of having done something nice with your family is greater than having a moon house! Involve children, however, from an early age, in household chores - simpler tasks so that they can assist you and learn early to contribute (don't be the kind of parent who thinks a child just needs to play and not work at all - give him small responsibilities early)! So, after breakfast, you can spend a few hours working around the house - but without wasting all day!

A lunch together - try to get out of the house with the kids and go out in the wild as often as possible - a wonderful family lunch is a picnic on the green grass! Or lunch at a restaurant - but trying to avoid classic fast-food…

Or lunch at grandparents - because grandparents are so important to the baby… Being part of a big family is great - that's why weekend lunches at grandparents are a very good idea.

Fun family activities. What else can you do for a fun family weekend? Whatever you like - nature walks and children's parks; shopping; going to fairs or museums; going to the pool; or staying home, lazy together, even a little afternoon nap - as they say, not what you do is the most important thing, but to do together!

Family evening. One of the weekend evenings - Saturday or Sunday - you should set the rule: no TV !! Sure, it can be fun to sit together and watch a movie - but quality time together doesn't reconcile with passive watching TV. They can choose a recipe, bring the ingredients from the fridge/pantry, read the chosen recipe step by step, while my mother cleans, cuts, bakes, and my father… to help with something - possibly with encouragement!

Then you can choose from different family games: card games, board games suitable for children and adults, board games… You can do a little karaoke or tell stories read or invented.

The idea is to be together, interact, talk and have fun - thus creating a harmonious and stable family atmosphere, helping solidarity and cohesion between you (in the small family group, conflicts are inevitable - but such traditions diminish their effects unpleasant) and… give moments of love and appreciation, moments that will become such dear memories…

So spending the weekend with the family can be a valuable tradition - dedicate one of your free time to spending time together, leaving the other day for individual activities: chores, everyone's hobbies, tasks for the next week, etc.

One more thing: a harmonious family, in which children feel protected and loved, presupposes a harmonious and intimate relationship between parents - so, apart from the weekend with everyone, dedicate one evening of the week for the couple (the other evening of the weekend or the evening of Friday) - children can stay with grandparents, friends, a nanny - you two remember that you are more than parents and life partners - you are loved…