David Gregory Quotes

I really want to take time and be in the moment with my kid for at least the first year. I know she's not going to remember that, but it's really for the family chemistry.

Being with my kids is the best, most fun thing; it's a privilege.

When your child is looking up at you, and you are putting them to bed at night, and they are just lying there, you have to remind yourself that's what it's all about.

Growing up with my family gave me some of my best memories. I'd like to have a family of my own - slip away for a bit and do nothing but spend those early years with my children.

You know sit with your arm around a little kid and read. It not only teaches them to read but it keeps the family strong.

I would rather be with my kids than anybody else.

I love the routine. I love getting up in the morning and getting breakfast and packing lunches and doing the school run. Those things are really important to me. Because I think that those small but key moments are crucial for a kid.

To be with my daughter and play with her is so important to me.

Family time was very difficult when my girls were little, but I never missed a birthday; I was there for every major event.

My mother was very family-oriented. And I do love being with my children.

I have a little boy, and I wanted to spend a lot of time with him.

I like to be with my children - not just quality time, but quantity time. I like to be there in the morning when they're waking up. I like to practice piano with them. I like to be there at supper. I need them as much as they need me. Working is not as important to me as being a mother is.

The great thing about small children is they're portable, so we take them everywhere, but when it comes to 2015, Zachary's going to school, and I want to be there to drop him off and pick him up. I don't want to just be the father who reads them a bedtime story.

Build traditions of family vacations and trips and outings. These memories will never be forgotten by your children.

I've been writing an ongoing letter to my children since they were born, full of recollections of their childhoods. I've filled two journals. It's a great thing to do as a mother - you forget a lot as you go along, but reading over what you've written brings all the memories back.

I have to say, creating memories is so important to me that I did a book about creating memories for your family.

My days, if they start in the morning with a cuddle from my son, are just so much more glorious than they were prior to that.

A day with my kids is the best day.

I nursed Mason for 14 months and Penelope for 16, and I loved it. It was built-in time that the two of us could share alone every day. I didn't have any goals or expectations.

The advantage is I have my family with me all the time. When your daughter takes her first steps or says her first words and your son is going through potty training, I'm not missing any of those things.

I love being with my children. They're fascinating people.

When you're a parent, you sing better. It becomes a pure pleasure, rather than something I have to do.

My kid is a year and a half old, and I just want to roll around on the floor with him for a little bit and have a normal relationship with my family.

There's nothing like seeing the smile on my kids' faces. Laughing together. Playing. It's the best.

My daughter gets to paint my nails and put clips in my hair, and I love it.