When you have two kids, the oldest child can begin to get pushed off to the side. The focus shifts, and the youngest, the baby, gets the attention — at least the majority of the attention. I know it happens in our home, and my husband and I try our best to not do it. But, it is inevitable.
It is nice that we live so close to my parents, because there are times (maybe twice per month) where they will take the Little Man with them for the night, and my Princess and I get time to ourselves. She loves having time with mommy and daddy just on her own.
This past weekend we decided to have a special Sunday breakfast party together — just the three of us. And you know what? I love my Little Man, but enjoying breakfast with a seven year old girl, who helped cook, is a delight! We had such a great time.
My Princess is not a breakfast person and neither am I so we kept the menu simple:
- doughnut muffins with strawberry jam and glaze
- yogurt and blueberry parfait
- strawberry milk
After breakfast, my Princess and I we played a few games and then we watched two episodes of a Netflix show – Ever After High. It was such a great morning. My daughter hadn’t done a Mad Libs type of game before and she loved making her own story. It was perfect for the theme of Ever After High too. The kids on that show want to write their own story too.
My daughter also never played the above paper folding game. Does it have a name? She loved spelling out the word then going through two different numbers before reading my fortune for the day. Do you remember these when you were a kid?
Do you ever get a chance to make dates with one child only?
We had a great Sunday breakfast together. My Princess can’t wait to do it again. I know she’ll remember making breakfast together and getting to sit at the table all alone with daddy and mommy. Best time we had all week, that’s for sure!
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About Ever After High
Ever wonder what happened to the storybook characters we grew up with like the Mad Hatter, Snow White, and the Evil Queen? Turns out they are parents now too, and their children are studying at the enchanted high school of Ever After High, a boarding school for teens destined to follow in their famous parents’ fairytale footsteps. The all new original special Ever After High: Spring Unsprung, premiering Friday, celebrates the idea that the story of your life is not written in permanent ink. You have the power to create your own destiny.
Disclosure: This is a sponsored post. Thank you Stream Team! My love of Netflix and all opinions are my own.
That parfait looks delicious! Glad you were able to have time together!
Delicious and easy, Elisabeth. My daughter loves to buy them at Starbucks or McDonalds so it was nice making them together at home.
This is such a cute idea
Thank you Sara. We had a fun time!
Looks like a fun morning. We worked hard to have one-on-one time with each of our kids. It is so importnat that they have that time with each of us.
I think that’s great Cindy. And yes, so important.
I always tried to find time to spend one on one with the kids. Even as they are adults its important to as well. Looks like you guys had an amazing breakfast!
I think that’s a great point, Michele. Even when she is an adult, I still want to make time to spend just with her!
What a cute idea! It’s so much fun to spend quality time with the kids one on one.
Netflix after breakfast… that’s my kind of day!! Love the light/simple choices you made for the menu.
A perfect day, right Rosey?
What a fun idea and great way to spend a weekend morning! My daughter is a HUGE Ever After High fan and we are anxiously awaiting the next episode on Netflix!
My daughter is impatiently waiting for more episodes too, Amanda
This looks like so much fun. It is good to make a child feel special.
where did you find the write your own story activity. I love those
Allison, Netflix sent them in the mail. I asked if these were available online and I was given this link: http://www.everafterhigh.com/en-us/downloads. I will update the post above as well with this link. Thanks for asking Allison.
It looks like the Write your Own Story download is no longer available – Do you happen to still have it or a full picture that I can retype? DD is having a EAH party soon for her 10th bday and loves writing!!!
I still see the downloads available and they are opening for me: http://www.everafterhigh.com/en-us/downloads. Let me know if you need any thing else!
It looks like the Write your Own Story download is no longer available – Do you happen to still have it or a full picture that I can retype? DD is having a EAH party soon for her 10th bday and loves writing!!!