Yes indeed, today is National Watch a Squirrel Day! How does that relate to having fun as a family? Well, how about heading out as a family to do just that – watch a squirrel? We sometimes forget as adults how much pleasure there can be in slowing down and doing something as simple as …
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31 Days of Family Fun: Care Packages
Along with sending love letters to my family, I’ve always found care packages to be a wonderful way of showing love and sending fun in a box to someone special! These packages could be something you tuck inside someone’s suitcase when they’re going away – a little surprise to find when they reach their destination! …
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31 Days of Family Fun: Get Well Box
I mentioned my Get Well Box yesterday and thought I should elaborate on it here. It was a lifesaver to have on hand and added a little much needed fun to being sick. My poor sick baby with chicken pox When my daughter was little I kept a box I called the Get Well Box …
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How to Organize Family Meetings
From the time my daughter was old enough to take part in them, we held family meetings on a regular basis. These meetings were not only fun, but they taught some important skills and helped us work together as a team. We would post a blank agenda on the fridge along with a pen and …
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31 Days of Family Fun: Fun with Food
Flickr, EpSos.de My daughter was always a really picky eater…well, no that’s not entirely true. She was wonderful about eating a large variety of foods and eating a very healthy diet until she got into Junior Kindergarten. Then suddenly, there were all these kids around her with their lunches filled with Lunchables and sweets and …
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31 Days of Family Fun: Tea Time
One of my fondest memories of my daughter growing up relates to something we still do to this day. You see, when she was 10, 2 momentous things happened in her life. She was accepted into a school for the arts and just 5 days before she was due to start there, we were in …
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