spend more quality time with my kids

Took two days off from work during kids fall break to spend time with them. Traveled to zoo within a few hours of our home and also visited the capitol building of our state. Enjoyed the hotel pool and exercise room with the kids while hubby was at a conference. Spent some of this time reading while the kids played video games and watched cartoons. Not much quality time there, but it’s a start. Introduced my daughter to my love of photography. She took a few pictures with my digital camera that were kind of arty and turned out really well. I was shocked at how good it felt to share a hobby with her and have her appreciate things from a different viewpoint.

I need to make more time to spend with my kids and enjoy them. To often the time we spend together is doing the necessities liking cooking, cleaning up and homework. I spend an inordinate amount of this time yelling and fussing at them. I want them to have some memories of me as something other than the cook and the maid.