He decided what to do...

My children love the zoo, it is getting too warm here to go, the animals stink. But the fall is just around the corner and we will go back. I plan to take the kis to the aquarium soon for the day. They love that as well. We do the each child gets a day to select, we rotate Saturday's, for the most part, sometimes it will be Sunday after church.

That's really cool. My older kids don't like the zoo but they will go when I make them lol They got burned out on the zoo because their father's wife use to take them every Monday (in my city Mondays are free). My youngest really likes the zoo and had a blast the last time I took him.

It sounds like you had a lovely day! We give our children the choice of what they want to do on their birthdays, and then also let them decide where they want to go for tea. Usually they say the same, Mcdonalds haha they do not go there very often so it is like a big treat for them!

so cool thats just wonderful. its amazing how smart our 2 and 3 yr olds are these days. must be because cartoons and childrens shows and parents are better with teaching them knowledge these days. when i was raising my kids i tried to tell people why they talked and such before some others. because i didnt use baby talk and spoke to them like a person. obviously thats what most of our parents are doing today. your doing a wonderful job girl.

Hey kats! How wonderful! And that idea came from your 3 year year old! You see you never know what will come out of the mouths of babes! I'm glad your family had such a great time, but then how could you not when you're at the zoo! What a great way to celebrate Father's Day and your little one's birthday! He knew exactly what he wanted! What a smart little boy you have there! Happy Birthday to him!

Yes, I allow my kids to decide where we'll go during the weekends. This is the time they always look forward to, and the time for the whole family to bond. After the kids have decided, I confer with my husband and if he's ok with the kids' choice(most of the time he agrees), off we go. Top choices are the mall, out of town visit to our relatives (so they get to see and play with their cousins), and the zoo.

Hey that is a great place to go with the family and have fun so i am glad that everyone had fun and enjoyed the family outing. I think that it is also great that you all do things together on Sundays it shows a closeness and alot of love in your family that not alot of families have.

That is so cute! We usually consult the kids when we are deciding what to do as a family. Our youngest hasn't voiced his opinion on it yet, but he is only 23 months lol. I asked him one day what he wanted to eat for lunch and I swear he said steak! I wish we made it to the zoo more often. We keep talking about going but we haven't made it yet.

What a wonderful and spontaneous surprise! Our daughter turned 14 on Sunday, and on Saturday night we decided to let her pick what she wanted to do, since all her good friends were on vacation and no one was in town to help her celebrate. She wanted to go to dinner and movie. Even though it was a bit out of our budget, we took her and then she dragged her macho dad to see a midnight showing up the movie "UP", much to his protests. He actually ended up liking the movie and were able to enjoy some family time.

I don't have any kids. There are a few angry young women who would probably like to get back at me for some things that I either did to them, or their delusional "I'm never wrong, and you are the worst person who ever did exist for insinuating that I'm flawed as a human being." mindset by claiming that I have contributed to bring multiple children into the world. Heh, they would probably point the finger at me if somebody else got them pregnant and ran out of them, instead of taking responsibility. But none of this really matters in terms of the question being asked. I've baby sat someone else's kids before. I can't imagine would it would be like to take care of my own sequel. When taking care of a family members kid, I don't give them much leeway. They may end up saying some really hateful things, that would hurt me if I were their age and knew what lame cartoons they were referencing. I'm not going down for letting the young'un do whatever poorly planned stunt, or eat some strange food like mixture they drew a blueprint of, while using a green crayon.I'm sure other peoples kids come up with great ideas. They just have to wait till their parents come home before they can put any of them into action.

My Son and I have 1 day every month that is just our day. He is 5 and has been having a little bit of a difficult time with his new baby sister taking up all of Mommy's time so I made a deal with him a couple of months ago. 1 day every month would be just our day. He could choose what we do and we would leave his little sister at home with her Daddy while we were off just the two of us. He loves it and has chosen some fun things to do. From Sea World to just plain miniature golf. I actually look forward to our day every month.

yes i have definetetly let my kids decide where they want to go, i think its healthy to ask them so you can get a good idea what they want to do, apart from the odd suprise day out they pick most outings, usually they take it in turns to choose, we have a board on out kitchen wall with whos turn it is next, along with their star chart for good behavior at school, if they all get enough stars they get to pick where we go, which has been really good since we started doing it, hope you had a good a day out at the zoo anyway

I sometimes let my kids decide what to do for a particular activity for the day. Like we have Friday night family movie night. They are usually pretty good at picking something to do for the day. Not to mention their imaginations are way better than ours is lol.