Life is busy, fast-paced and exhausting, and it’s easy to get caught up in the day-to-day tasks and schedules. Before you know it, another week, month or even year has gone by…and the kids are all grown up.

Slow down time a little each day and take a moment to simply be a kid again with your child. These little moments of fun and connection are what make childhood (and parenting) so special:

1. Don’t just swim. Play Marco Polo or pretend to be a shark. Jump in with them or run through the sprinklers with them.
2. Swim in the sea while they still think you look great in your swimming costume and build sandcastles on the beach or let them bury your legs.
3. Hug them every day.
4. At bedtime, lie down with them and chat about their day. Read to them every single day.
5. Draw with them.
6. Hold hands. Compare your hands, palm to palm, and remind them you’re still bigger and stronger.
7. Do their hair and tell them they are beautiful or handsome.
8. Use the time in the car to have conversation or sing alongs. Soon they will be driving their own cars.
9. Bake something sweet together. Sit on the kitchen floor and watch it through the oven window.
10. Peek in on them every night while they are asleep and notice the little bit of baby left in their faces.

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