How do you connect with your family? For the past eight weeks, my 5-year-old son has been enrolled with a tutoring program in Chandler three times a week. But that means, three times a week, we eat in the car.Sometimes, I’ll pick up fast food. Sometimes, I’ll bring along snacks (and eat dinner when we get home). Yesterday, I “cooked” food in the microwave at work and brought it along.As beneficial as these tutoring sessions have been, I’ve worried cause we’re not having family dinner at home. In a few weeks the sessions will end, but then we start summer swimming lessons.In fact, dinner as a family around the table is a rarity at our house since I’ve returned to work full time. We manage to squeeze it in sometimes after tutoring, if the kids are hungry and daddy is home. But that’s at 8 o’clock in the evening.So lately, I’ve made breakfast the meal around the table. In the past, I’ve done chores or made lunches while the kids eat. But since we’ve given up sit-down time at dinner, I’ve made an effort to eat with them.It’s nice to have the connection time. We’ll go over the schedule for the day or talk about upcoming plans. And I certainly hope as busy as our summer appears to be, we can continue it.
