Saturday Mornings

I feel like Saturday mornings should be something that kids remember and treasure. I don't know why I feel that way, I just do. My dad worked every day of the week and still does, but he had the weekends off. Saturdays were always his "get stuff done" days. But he'd always have us tag along and help him out. Sometimes we'd go to the dentist and it was actually something fun, like an adventure. We'd go with dad and all my siblings and then afterwards sometimes we'd run errands. Or we'd clean the house/yard together, and sometimes dad would take us with him to the car place or the store. I don't know why, but for some reason these things were really really fun for us when we were little. I still have those memories and I like thinking of my saturdays. They were time to spend with my family, and my daddy.

I'm sitting at the Caribou Coffee shop in Roseville that my mom works at, actually, and I'm waiting for my oil change and tire rotation to be finished. There is a dad and his son sitting nearby me and they also just dropped their car off at Tiresplus. It just reminds me of the precious times my siblings and I had with dad. I think the fact that he took us with him to get things done on Saturdays made us feel special. And those feelings of wanting to get stuff done on saturdays are still with me.

It makes me happy to think that I can be like my dad and take my saturdays to do things that I need to do. I went to the gym this morning and worked out, and now I'm getting my oil changed, and then I'm going to run to goodwill and drop some clothes off for a friend that just moved away. I feel good about my saturday morning, and it reminds me of the "adventures" I use to have with my dad when I was little.

Jake's siblings have a different version of Saturdays. Their dad use to actually take them on adventures to new places they had never been, while their mom would go out to breakfast with her sisters and sit and gab. The kids have very fond memories of what they came to call "Reventures," and their mom got to relax and let dad take over for one day. I know that he and his siblings loved Saturdays just like I use to.

I want my kids to have memories like that with their dad. And I guarantee I'll be ok with spending some me time with some girlies on Saturdays. It makes me excited to think about. Sitting here watching this dad and his little boy makes me wonder if a lot of people have special memories of specific days of the week with one or the other of their parents...and if they had family rituals. I love family rituals, and I can't wait to start my own some day.

So...any body out there have some cool family rituals or fun things your parents did with you when you were young that you have fond memories from?