Many of us don’t get the extreme pleasure of beautiful (or almost beautiful) weather all year long…most of us are coming out of a LONG, snowy, and COLD winter. The beautiful weather is teasing us, with a few days here and a few days there, but soon it will be OURS to keep, for a few months anyway!
Every Spring I like to sit down with the kids and the hubby and make a list of things we want to do before Fall is upon us again.
We all put down a few ideas (mommy and daddy get veto power, because going to Disney World isn’t something we can do on a whim…every Summer…nor is swimming with the dolphins, when you live in Ohio…lol)
You can limit the #, maybe 1 per week of Summer or whatever you see fit.
And try your hardest to do them all!
A few that were on our list last Summer, that were fun:
*learn to play jacks
*dance in the rain
*plant flowers and watch them grow
*find tadpoles and watch them grow (ours died the day after they became mini frogs…it was fun to watch all the stages, but very sad for the kids to see them die, so beware)
*visit at least 5 new ice cream shops
*fly a kite
Those are just a few, share some interesting things that you come up with!
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We do something similar; every yr we set goals for the new year. I have them write out what they want to BE (character they need to develop), DO (fun activities), and HAVE (personal accomplishments). During the year we’ll look at the goals 3-4 times. It’s amazing how much the kids accomplish-and yet they completely forget about them. They are now old enough to see the power of setting intentions and goals.
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