I don't know why it's so hard to get a family of 4 to agree upon something to do together, but it seems that we have never been good at it. I suppose the "divide and conquer" approach that Cory and I have had has mostly worked, but there are some negative side effects. For example, we were never the family who said, "Hey, we need milk. Everyone hop in the car we're going grocery shopping!" It was more of, "We need milk. If I go to the store by myself I can pick the cereal I like best, you get to stay here and watch TV, and the kids won't talk us into getting the gross fruit snacks." It worked for us.
But on holidays like today when we have the whole day to spend together, nobody, and I mean NOBODY is on the same page about what to do. I anticipated this, but I also had a vision in mind about what I wanted. I tried to approach it diplomatically when my "Let's go on a family hike!" idea got shot down.
Me: "Okay, so Dad wants to golf, Drew and Samantha want to hang with friends, and I want to go hiking. What can we do to make everyone happy?"
Drew: "How about we invite friends over to watch a golf movie while Mom walks in place? Everybody wins."
You see why this is an uphill battle.
