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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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Yes, in this new normal, we have figured out many ways to spend time with each other. its feel satisfying when we are able spend some happy moments together. we have never expected something like this to happen but I would say this is the silver lining of covid19.
The one good thing that this Pandemic has done is, it has brought family members closer to each other. Really wonderful to know that your husband is helping you out in the kitchen and that you’ll are having your meals as a family.
Everything got to change but with that, we learn many new things… Increased family bond & kids came to know that daddy too loves to play video games & sometimes he too does cheating 😛 … somewhere we forgot this bond & attachment. Very beautiful post
The current covid situation has thought us many things to adjust with so many things… And yes the most important thing is the bonding with family is going strong right post at the right time.
I so agree Rakhi, these times have been a blessing in disguise in terms of getting time to spend with our family. Beautiful post
You are spot on! My kids too have spent a lot of time with their dads and my son has fallen in love with mythological stories after seeing ramayan and krishna.
Yes uses of best part of this time, we are able to spend good quality time with family members and latest explore more what we love to do together whether it’s cooking or cleaning of playing games watching favourite shows
Those are indeed some fun ways to spend quality time together. My kids too are curious about mythology now after watching Ramayan and Mahabharat and they’re a good helping hand in the kitchen too.
What a lovely post outlining such useful ways for the family to bond even during really tough times such as the ones we are currently living through.
Lockdown has given us so many beautiful memories and agree that platform like Tiktok is one of the amazing way to keep us entertain during that period.
During this time the best part is we all got some great time with family and spending real quality time and making new memories for lifelong to cherish!!
My husband is in the pharma sector. For us life is more challenging than before. My husband daily went to the office in that lock down period and I can’t explain the pressure and fear which I faced and now unlock is here and we are in the same situation but we are very proud of him for this services. I am glad you people are creating some great memories with your family.
I agree with your thoughts. This adverse time has really bring families together; a blessing in disguise I must say.
This pandemic did one good thing, locked down the families together at home. Something which we all craved for but couldn’t manage because of other responsibilities. Lovely post.
Very lovely and thoughtful. These are the testing times. The family that eats together, laughs together. Thanks Rakhi.
The circumstances have suddenly thrown families together for a long period. What used to be weekend outings together and meals together, stealing time for a hurried family time amongst hectic schedules has changed into families being together at home. This has lead to better bonding and understanding.
Apart from point 5, we have been doing it all. This lockdown has brought a major transformation in our routines and we are enjoying the family time we are getting to spend.
The lockdown has definitely proved one thing that family is the most important thing in our lives. We have realized that in a hard way but its worth it.
I find it is absolutely lovely how each family is reconnecting, and finding different ways to spend time together, bond ,and find joy! This break from the digital world, has been so welcome – I dont think any of us even realised, until well, now!
That’s exactly what we have been doing too. And this takes away all the stress of work and otherwise. I have to say that these times have brought families closer and strengthen their love towards each other.
Well I never used this platform for obvious reasons but have heard many people liking it and using it everyday I am sure something was good thanks for sharing about it on your blog post
These points are so very well listed. I can relate to all of them. Indeed these are the times when each one of us have to share the load, cook food together, play together, watch movies, read books. Actually these are once in a lifetime opportunities
Indeed these tings are a new normal which were long missing in our world. Corona has a positive side effect of bringing families closer. It is important to take care of self in all spheres of mental, emotional and physical well being.
Yes this new normal has given some precious time for families to bond. We try and eat together and play some board games together.
I have been living with my granny for 10 years.. This was the first time I am living with my parents for more than a month… Nice post! ❤️
I have been living with my granny for 10 years.. This is the first time I am living with my parents for more than a month… Nice post! ❤️
Lockdown has made us all realize the importance of family and quality time. We usually spend time together cooking food or helping each other in our WFH tasks.
You are right.. these are the best times to spend time with family ,with parents .. we too had great times with the whole family..
Indeed lockdown has strengthened the family bond. Yes I also love making tiktok video challenge during this period