Family Day....

What a great holiday!! This is the best opportunity to celebrate a very special day with your loved ones and to let them know how much you love them!!
A child is a gift from above and we are very fortunate to have these individuals in our lives. They can brighten up our day with a simple smile, hug or even a simple "I love you!!". Now how magical and touching is that???
This is a day that allows us to spend the day together, laughing, playing board games, having a great meal together at the kitchen table, turning off the tv and electronic games for one day and re-discovering our children.
It doesn't have to be anything expensive just spending quality time enjoying each others company.The last thirty years or so we've seen mom's go into the work force, electronic games have become more and more elaborate, we've become a cell phone, Ipod, I-touch etc....society. We are so pre-occupied by Hotmail, MSN, Facebook, etc. Somewhere along the way we seemed to have forgotten the basics,we are slowly losing our social skills as well as our children. We need to lead the way by example.
More and more kids today are leading stressful lives with school, homework, jobs, sports, often going between two families etc.....its not as simple as when I was a kid...life seemed so simple back then, uncomplicated. We really need to try to go back to basics as families.
As adults we have to stand back and have a good look at our children, our future society and try to evaluate our parenting skills and what values that we are instilling in our kids lives.
Stop for one minute, look at your child and realize what a wonderful person is standing before you. They look up to the adults that surround them everyday and  they just need guidance, love and encouragement  to become responsible adults.

I hope that you all have an AMAZING family day!!! Take advantage of this day to realize how lucky you really are....hug your children and tell them that you love them.

Have a look at the next video, it will make you realize that life is truly short and you have to start making memories now with your children. They will only be small once, they grow up so fast and the next thing you know they are living their own lives....don't let another day pass you by without showing them how much they really matter to you!!!!

Stay healthy.....

Sylvie Thibert