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Danielle
09-10-2008, 02:36 PM
Do you try to eat together as a family or do you not even bother?
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We try to eat together on the weekends but on weekdays, we just can't. The kids and I get home at 5:45 and they are starving! I usually feed them right away. Dh and I eat when he gets home, usually 6:30-7.
Shana
09-10-2008, 04:45 PM
When the kids are with us, we do. It's extremely important to me.
Kristen
09-10-2008, 05:12 PM
Yep, most of the time we do. Sometimes if Steve gets home really late, I'll feed the kids before he gets home, though.
If they're hungry before our normal dinner time, I will sometimes give them a small snack to hold them over.
Faith
09-10-2008, 05:29 PM
We try to but sometimes it just doesn't work out with Rob's work schedule or our activities.
Jbird
09-10-2008, 06:48 PM
Argh. This is getting hard with my new schedule (gone from 7:15 to 6, at a minimum). I'm currently sitting here waiting on DH to come inside from some random project he's working on. I fed Delaney, but the food is getting cold on the stove.
Oh there he is. Time to eat. :)
wendygrace
09-10-2008, 09:08 PM
We try to and since Mick is the one that cooks dinner, we usually do. The only time we usually don't is if Mick is out of town for work or whatnot. Then we usually end up at my mom's for dinner. LOL
Christine
09-11-2008, 03:50 AM
We eat together as often as possible.
I'd say 90% of the time we do, David is never home later than 5.30 unless he's at the gym.
We usually all eat together because when I was little my dad kept horrid hours and i hated eating seperately to my parents, it's important for us to have a family meal and with four of them running around it helps to have a second adult in to child watch or cook.
If the kids eat before David gets home (which has to be him staying out passed 7.30 as they don't head to bed until quite late) I wait to eat with him. David and the kids will eat without me if I am out grocery shopping with my mother though.
Tobye
09-11-2008, 06:04 AM
We do almost all the time. I do think it's important to do if it's feasible for your schedule.
Kristi
09-11-2008, 07:45 AM
Yes and we usually do now that DH is not working any more nights. he gets home around 4:30 so we can all sit down together and eat.
kcmomma
09-11-2008, 10:02 AM
most of the time, but every other week it's just Madison and I as DH works later (he doesn't start until 9 am and is qualified for 12 hours with an hour drive home)