One on one

I wanted to share a idea I found in Family Fun this month.  A reader suggested that to have individual time with her kids they have them take turns staying up a night of the week.  We decided to try this idea and love it.  It is so cute the excitement that this builds all week.  J has Mondays, L Tuesday and K Thursday.  J is already talking about next Monday and how he can't wait.  While one parent puts the kids in bed the other spends time with the child staying up, we only do 15 minutes but to them it's like eternity.  K on her first night chose to do a craft and tonight chose to play games and add some cartoons to Netflix while eating a snack, J chose to play a computer game with Ben and L chose to read books.  They are all already thinking about what they will do on their next turn with mom and dad.