Families find a new way to spend time with

The regular chirping of birds, freshness in the air, the constant chatter of my kids, and endless cooking in our kitchen has been the scene of my house for a long while now. My kids have been the happiest with ‘papa’ being at home 24*7. His constant presence and availability of both their parents seem like a dream come true to them. We had never imagined that we would have to be stuck at home for so long. However, I thank our stars as this has been a wonderful opportunity to rekindle the relationships we lost within our immediate and extended families.To bond more with my husband and kids I have been doing many things that help us have fun and also understand each other better. From working out together to learning and playing together, there’s more than a few ways we have been capitalizing on this time as a bonding opportunity with our family.

Here is the list of things we have been doing to stay happy and spend more and more time with each other.

1. Family Mealtime– It’s been many years that we follow a set pattern for our meal times wherein the kids eat first, followed by my husband and then I would eat at last. However, of late we have all started eating together. Meals are cooked by me and my husband together and we all sit on the table and have happy and fun-filled mealtime
2. Happy conversations– Life has been running in a fast-paced manner and conversations were getting stalled. With time at hand and each other for the constant company, we have been having some amazing conversations post dinners. This is one of the times our kids open up and share most of the things they have in mind during the day. We also schedule a video call with our extended family members once a week when all of us are available or playgroup games that have become so popular now.
3. Sharing responsibilities– Chores that were once the sole responsibility of the women of the house are being shared between the family members. It’s a great way of bonding with each other when we understand and share the workload at home.
4. Playing games together– Games that were lost and hidden under the bookshelves have come out; we enjoy them so much. We play ludo, snakes and ladders, sudoku and many other board games at home that bring roars of laughter and happiness in the house. We have spent most of our childhood with these games, but never got the time to sit and enjoy them when we grew up.
5. Revisiting Mythology- Sundays used to be fun days for us while we would wait for the most sought-after shows, Ramayana and Krishna. Doordarshan has again brought back times that can be spent watching TV with the family. With these favourite shows back on television we as a family can enjoy the time together and relive the good olden days too.
6. Cooking together- My husband was never good at cooking, however, he has been taking a keen interest in trying his culinary skills and coming up with something great every day. Simple help in the kitchen by my husband has helped us bond more and work on our chemistry too. Cooking indeed is a great way to bring families together and it also helps in making meals fun and tasty.
7. Making memories- With extended time at home, we have been enjoying clicking pictures and making lots of videos. With my younger one being small and slowly achieving milestones it has become fun to capture each moment in videos and pictures. Even work-related I have become all the more comfortable in making videos and sharing my learnings with everyone. Making videos are a great way of connecting with family members and people in general.

These and many more things have become a crucial part of our life. With the world becoming digitized we moved to text and wishing people on messages, while we often forget the importance of talking face to face and doing a voice or video call. Thus, to stay more connected with our loved one’s every day phone calls have become a regular part of our day. Hobbies have taken new shape and wings to fly higher. We have found our family values in the true sense while living 24*7 with each other.

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