Have a Better Life

I must confess, I collect stamps since a very early age. It always fascinated me all those different stamps from all over the world. I used to spend hours preparing the stamps to put in albums, everything organized by country, by price, by collection. I have thousands at home but due to my busy life I don’t have the time to organize them, maybe when the kids are older or when I’m retired! Collecting stamps is my only passion but there are people that have two or three hobbies and they have some quality time doing them.

I compiled a list of hobbies that can be done by kids and grown ups together so that the family can have fun together. We can call them activities but doing them on a regular basis can be turned into a Hobby.

• Butterfly Collection: I’ve tried this one with my kids but we always give the butterflies back to freedom
• Collage Making: My daughter loves this one and when she thinks about a theme she cuts all the magazines she finds that have pictures matching the theme.
• Cooking: Both my kids love cooking with me but we only do it together once in a while because it can turn up very messy and delay the meal.
• Drawing: My daughter is an expert in drawing, she does it on a daily basis. She’s an artist. My son…well…it’s just like his mother…better not draw anything.
• Gardening: We all love gardening, I like to plant new plants and flowers, water them. My daughter loves to pick up the flowers to give to someone, so my garden is always a very “naked” garden.
• Scrapbooking: This is something I have done only once and that I would like to do it more.
• Writing: My daughter loves to make up stories and I just write them down. I’m going to turn this one into a hobby and maybe one day I can publish a book with her stories.
• Sleeping: What a hobby!! I know this is the favorite hobby of a lot of people but I have a special opinion. With so many interesting things to do in life why spend so much time sleeping?

Feel free to leave me more suggestions. They are welcome.