Do you sit and eat as a family - on any given night?

booey2 wrote: Just curious as to how we all eat dinner, especially on Sunday nights. For example, we just finished a nice roast beef dinner and everyone just got up as they were finished leaving me to sit here by myself.

eta: We usually eat together and make a point to sit together on Sunday til everyone is done but tonight the ate and ran so I am at the diningroom table playing pogo on my laptop while they are playing elsewhere in the house.

1lilpeanut2love replied: Awwwh!! Sorry you were by yourself. Poor you!

1lilpeanut2love replied: We usually eat together. There are times we eat in front of the TV[I know bad! ] and sometimes we don't when Mike has school once a week. We get up during the meal after we are done. We don't wait until everyone is done!

Calimama replied: We always eat together.. but it's just me and my hubby. Bella gawks at our food.

ediep replied: we eat together every night and we stay until we are all done.

Sometimes if DH is working late, Jasonand I will start eating beofre he gets home, but we still try to sit with him when he does come home and eat

mom2my2cuties replied: We all sit and eat together as a family, although lately my husband has been getting up and setting a bad example for the kids.

mckayleesmom replied: We usually eat all over the place lately because the movers broke our table..so we are waiting for them to send the mula to replace all the stuff they broke.

sparkys2boys replied: we try to sit and eat together most of the time.. but u know kids..lol!! There are days when if they want to eat and watch tv.. thenso be it

CantWait replied: We eat at the table every night pretty much as a family. Sometimes the tv is on sometimes not.

Usually Ron leaves as soon as he's done. I try and stick around with the kids for a bit, but if Robbie finishes he takes off. I do leave after awhile and clean up the kitchen if the kids are taking their sweet time which is often.

Crystalina replied: During the week...

Breakfast...no

Lunch....Evan and I eat together. DH is usually working and Bella's at school.

Dinner....Always.

Weekend..
All meals are eaten together.

Donna027 replied: no, since we have different schedules we never really can eat as a family.

PrairieMom replied: We always eat together, but Ben usually runs off when he is done. We are working on trying to get him to sit with us, but it has been a struggle.

~Roo'sMama~ replied: We sit and eat together, but unless the table is cleared off (which is hardly ever ) we sit in the living room and watch tv while we eat. Bad I know - I've been meaning to get all the junk off the table but cleaning is so overwhelming right now.

redchief replied: We used to eat dinner together all the time. It was our family time to catch up on what everyone was doing. Now that the kids are grown this has become more difficult, but we still try to arrange family meals when everyone's hectic schedule allows. Those nights are still everyone's favorite.

luvmykids replied: I had gotten really lazy about it but I'm back in the swing of it and am happy to say we've eaten together every day, not only dinner, but breakfast too, for about three weeks now Even if it's just tuna sandwiches we set the table (it's Kylie's new thing) and at first the kids wanted to bolt when they finished but they're getting the hang of lingering and chatting

Simplebeliever replied: My husband can some times work long hours so some days dinner time is the only time we have to catch up on what's been going on with each other. We always eat our dinner at the kitchen table far away from the tv. We stay at the table until every one is finished (this rule may change when Abby grows older or if we have more kids). I usually let Abby stay in her high chair and color after she finishes her meal so my husband and I can work together on doing the dishes and cleaning up the kitchen.

Sorry every one abandoned you at the dinner table.

boyohboyohboy replied: we always eat together, but lately we have been letting caleb sit after dinner alone, because he talks to much he isnt getting his dinner finished for two hours, so we started leaving him at the table to try to teach him to eat with the rest of us.
but so far its not working.

J-rod replied: here lately we do...although its just me and steph.

however last nite i cooked italian chicken marinade and we both did the potatoes, and she made home made garlic bread and we had her mom/dad/sister over for dinner.


oh yea and steph made cheescake...but i was too full for a piece

Hillbilly Housewife replied: Yes, when we are all home, we all eat together... and if someone's not hungry, they still have to sit with us. We all stay until we're all done... and if the kids want to get up and play, they ask to be excused, and if it's no, it's no big deal.

It's important to us to have family time every day... but it's not a "must" when there's stuff to do, ya know?

holley79 replied: We make it a point to eat dinner at the same time same table nightly. The only time we don't eat together is if DH is packing or something or out of town.

Boo&BugsMom replied: Dinners always we eat together and wait til we are all done usually. Other meals no. The only time we don't eat together is if it's a fend for yourself night which we have on Weds and Thurs since we have things at church going on those nights...Wed Troy has youth group and Thurs Tanner has Awana so they are "get out the door" kind of nights.

coasterqueen replied: We eat dinner as a family. If one of us gets up it's usually to start loading the dishwaser, but we are still right there with the kids talking with them, etc.

The only meal we don't sit with the kids is breakfast during the weekdays. We are always in the kitchen making lunches, etc though so again we are right there.

luvbug00 replied: I personaly grew up with the everyone sits until the ENITRE meal is done. so I prefer that way but am used to every once and a while everyone does their own thing.

MoonMama replied: Its a rule in our hosue that we all sit and eat dinner together and wait till everyone is finished. And we are starting to get back into the swing of things and do that with Braedin there too. We usually put him in his bouncer next to us on the table, we have it secured there. But sometimes it just doesn't happen.

A&A'smommy replied: not every night but we do as much as we can j works a lot and then he has other things he has to do about 3night a week so i don't even cook that much.. but we do try and we get up as were finished.

MotherForever2043 replied: During the week, we tend to be scatterd around the house eating dinner. . I know that's bad, we've been trying real hard to get us at least sitting in the same room! We usually sit together on Sunday's after church though. Right now I am so sick, becaus eof the prgnancy and all, so I eat dinner in my room bec. I throw up when I smell anything that my nose doesn't like!!!!