Things to do...

Okay, so it seems like I mostly get inspired by Heather Moxley's blog, too bad she doesn't follow my blog to see all the credit I give her! But once again she has inspired me. There are a couple of books from Usborne Books that I have been thinking about getting. "50 Things to do with your Baby" (Broken up over 4 or 5 age groups - one book per age group) and "50 Things to do with you toddler". So today, on her blog, Heather was talking about her summer list and seeing where she is on it and she also mentioned that she has found a list called 101 Things to do with your toddler. So it got me thinking, and here's what I've decided. I'm going to get the Usborne books, and in the fall, when my older kids have gone back to school, I'm going to start at the beginning of the books and do each thing in them, one from each book per day. Hopefully they are simple things like the things on Heather's list. I think it will be super fun and make for some good pictures to scrapbook. And in the meantime, I'm going to pick and choose the things I like from Heather's list and do some of them over the summer. I'm proud to say that as I was skimming the list, I found several things that I have done a few times with all of my kids (Good Mom Moment!), some I've even done this summer, blow bubbles, colour in a colouring book, dance to music, etc. So this is my new plan for now. Sounds great to me!

Here are my pictures of some of the fun things we've done this summer.

have a game of chase

dance to music

go for a walk

go swimming (Don't get mad Karlene-I love you!)
Some of the other things that I would like to do this summer are:
Go to an amusement park
Go to family reunion
Harvest our Garden
Do a bunch of canning
Play cars
Play with Play-dough
Try some new recipes
Take pictures of Michael at work
Finish another quilt
Start on my next cross-stitch
Make shorts and skirts for my kids (before it's too late to wear them!)

Yeah, that should be enough to keep me busy for a while!

Comments

  1. Jennifer Schindler Yanos31 July 2011 at 01:00

    oh, I'm doing good so far, I can check more off my list. I went to an amusement park, only took the little boys, 'cause the others were away, made matching shorts for all five kids, plus an extra pair for Natasha (Thinking of making a few more), and went to a family reunion. Not bad. I'm going to have to keep working on it though! Only one month left!

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