Parent Recommended Activities

Family Night
Games Jenga, twister, Candyland, bowling, Lafayette, New Hope Cinema Grill--two dollar Tuesdays, pizza farms several in Minnesota and Wisconsin, Midtown Global Market, one week each child picks a movie for family night, make a meal together, movies, family spa, Legos, coloring,  Hi Ho Cheerio, Sneaky Snacky Squirrel, Clue, Go Fish, War, Pie Face, Uno, puzzles, dance party

Date Night
Movies, Cancun, a date in Wonderland, brunch, free kids drop off at churches, breweries,  wine tasting places, shows, eat out, happy hour night and without the kids, massage, shows, lunch date

Art/Science
Science Museum, Science kits am I, Children's Museum, arts and crafts bin, supplies assessable, nature centers, Silverwood, Works! Museum, Children's Theater, Created to Grow art classes in St Anthony, family open house, Lakeshore learning free art classes, Brick Mania

Inexpensive
Smore's, movie, Como zoo, state parks, ice-skating, sledding, Silverwood, Eaglesnest, open gym, Goodwill for dress up, political action, church activities, free museum days, snow fish in new Brighton, food trucks, play date, rock climbing, Tamarac Park, Wishing Tree Café, Geo Catching, library, Franconia sculpture garden, swimming,

Physical

New Brighton Community Center, Shoreview Community Center, bouncy houses, zero gravity, indoor gym, dance parties, yoga, freeze tag, hide and seek, MO way, Zumba classes, Combat, Twin Cities in Motion, Russ, roughhousing, bike rides, Eaglesnest, walk the dog, wii workouts, YouTube exercise v

Parent Generated Ideas for Social Development

 

Positive Social Opportunities
Play dates, collaborative art project, think positive, preschool play groups, board games, sharing, family time, dinner with friends, parks, organized social activities, help a child to gain entry into a social situation by making introductions or participating with the child, Roseville Lutheran Church $15T-F, moms club, story time at the library, Wishing Tree, Community Grounds, Wee Music, Mall of America Toddler Tues, language skills-sentence starters guidance of vocalizing their actions and thoughts, library story times.

Parent Generated Activites

In Town/ Local

Water Tower Park

Wyndham Park

Silverwood Park

Parent Generated Ideas for Self Care

Social

Schedule time with friends, and time with spouse

Join a book club

Date night

Volunteer

Help someone

Ideas For Nurturing Sibling Relationships

Monday Mornings Class

Let them defeat each other

Help each other cleanup

Dealing with Siblings

Nearly every parent with more than one child has experienced the frustration of sibling rivalry. Despite the best attempts at keeping harmony in the family, brothers and sisters will fight over toys, tattle on one another, argue, tease, criticize, or become physically abusive, leading mothers and fathers to ask themselves: "What have I done wrong? Why can't our household be peaceful?"

As annoying and upsetting as this rivalry can be, it is quite normal. Some jealousy and friction between siblings is a part of growing up, although it is worse in some families than in others.

What I Wish I Had Known Before I Had Kids