August 7: QOTD

[sheila]

What is your favorite thing to do with your kids?
Least favorite?

[MrsPeacefrog]

I LOVE taking them to the park/playground

I HATE helping them with toys they can't figure out and I have to do the same thing over and over and over and over and over and over and over again! http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/23/23_50_1.gif (http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb001_ZNxdm824YYAU)

[sheila]

I love taking the girls to the pool.

I am not a fan of painting in the house. It takes too much diligence to make sure that they aren't painting everything, so I get all tense.

[Michele]

I love taking Jackson to the pool or the beach.

I hate playing trains - apparently I don't do it right, so he just ends up taking the trains away from me. :lol:

[sabrina]

My favorite thing is to give them a bunch of craft supplies and watch them create what they believe to be the most beautiful work of art. The sparkle in their eyes is worth the effort it takes to clean it up.

My least favorite is taking them to the pool or beach. They hate water and shreek the entire time.

[Dennis]

Favorite: going to the pool, especially now that they like to show off what they've learned in swim lessons.

Least favorite: Anything messy in the house. I'm too much of a neat freak.

[Dennis]

I am not a fan of painting in the house.

I first read that as "painting the house" and I couldn't figure out why you were letting them help you paint the house :)

[MrsPeacefrog]

Least favorite: Anything messy in the house. I'm too much of a neat freak.

Wow, a male neat freak.. now why couldn't I have married one of those!!

[Cami]

Favorite: Read books and talk about them.

Least favorite: Play kid board games. I don't mind card games or memory, but CandyLand, Chutes and Ladders, Hi Ho Cherry O, etc... all the setup and fighting over the rules drives me crazy.

[Mandi]

Favorite- Taking them to the park, shopping with them one on one, reading to them.

Least favorite- Baths. I just hate them. They just won't stop splashing and fighting over the bath toys. Drives me crazy.

[TtownAnne]

Favorite: Read, color, shopping, go to the park, cook

Least Favorite: Puzzles. She doesn't have the patience, and yet argues and cries when I try to help her or explain so we end up mad at each other.

[Cami]

Oh, I forgot cooking. That's probably our favorite thing to do together! They love to help me cook.

[Mary DK]

Favorite: Read books, crafts, play with their race cars and play outside (I think this is their favorite besides crafts). I really don't mind cleaning the craft stuff, I love to see them create!

Least: Clean up time! Even if I'm not doing it all myself I still have to direct, sometimes I just want to take them all and throw them away :tearhair:


ETA: That is clean up TOYS which usually are spread all over the house. Craft stuff clean up is a ton easier to me since it's usually one small place (kitchen table/floor)

[Melissa]

Favorite: taking Katie swimming, she just loves it

Least favorite: playing little people, I just don't play it right.

[Nichole]

Favorite: reading, building stuff with wooden blocks, playing with playdough
Least favorite: I'm with Cami, board games.

[Stacey]

Favorite: Snuggling and play wrestling. (We do a lot of hiding, chasing and tickle fighting here.) I like doing artsy stuff with them too.

Least favorite: I'm not a big fan of pushing them on their swings. It's soooo hot here, and I'm always the one who gets bit my mosquitoes even if no one else even notices that there are bugs out. It's just not fun for me. :dead:

[Eleanor]

Favorite: Reading bedtime stories
Least favorite: Actually putting them to bed (I make DH do it :shuffle: ), they just bounce off the walls when it's lights out time, and it drives me crazy!

[bunybomb]

Favorite: Taking a nap with them. It's wonderful to watch them sleep and get in a little rest myself.

Least fav: Taking them shopping...the gimmes never end. :angry2:

[AmyP]

Favorite: Playing with her, especially with a ball. She giggles and squeals like crazy when I toss a ball around. She even plays fetch with herself, which is pretty funny! I also really love taking her to the park, pool, or beach. She loves to be outside.

Least favorite: Don't take this the wrong way, but feeding. It's not that I want her to starve, it's just that she's SO delayed with her feeding I don't like doing it. She's messy, doesn't like to chew her food (although that's getting much better lately) and spits things out if she doesn't want to chew them, won't self-feed at all, and is STILL on baby food at 18 months. She at least gives herself the sippy cup independently at this point, but that's about it. It's especially annoying at restaurants because she's just about at the age where people expect me to order something for her. Other than applesauce occasionally, I don't. I just say, "Oh, she's picky" or "She's just starting table food." I feel bad bringing food to a restaurant, but nobody's complained since it's baby food. We're getting OT for all this stuff, but she's not progressing as quickly as I'd hoped. :(

[Bev]

Favourite: Snuggling, reading books, watching movies.

Least favourite: Playing 'guys' (action figures) or lego with Mason. I always do it wrong! :mad: Nothing least favourite about Graham yet.

[Bridget]

What is your favorite thing to do with your kids? Giggling and singing and dancing with them.
Least favorite? I hate getting them dressed when they are kicking and screaming and trying to get away. But I don't know that was the point of the question. But that's still my answer. :lol:

[Karri]

Favorite: Taking them to the pool, playing hide & seek, reading books.

And a big fat ditto to this:
Least favorite- Baths. I just hate them. They just won't stop splashing and fighting over the bath toys. Drives me crazy.