I'm not a girl either, but I slept at a Residence Inn last night...
ok ok ok, but for real... I asked my better half and she told me that merely spending time was the best, even if it was building things in the garage with her old man, working on the car, fixing stuff, whatever...just to be included in his stuff or to do stuff in general 'together'...also an occasional special night out (dinner or lunch) with just the Dad or just the Mom is pretty cool for kids in general...
Also I totally agree with TheDoc, when dinner & prior to crash time comes I reserve that for family time, I rarely let that hour or three get overrun by work...I have the other 20 hours of the day for me and the job, giving up that few hours for family at night pays off in soooo many ways...
PS: You're already on the right road by even asking the question
