This is a sponsored post from BlogHer and Smuckers.
When Ozzie started Kindergarten, he could read.
"Of course he can", his teacher said. I assume **ALL** first-time Kindergarten parents say that because she kind of rolled her eyes at me. But here's the thing... he really could read. We didn't teach him, he taught himself. Seriously... One day, he grabbed the Bible out of my hand and started to read aloud to me when he was about 4 and a half. It wasn't long, however, before his teacher found she had her hands full with a goofy kiddo, the youngest in the class (and with the total immaturity to go with it), who could fluently and comprehensively ... read... and I truly think he was one of her "favorites" because he could understand her jokes and she didn't have to labor over things with him.
One of the ways we, as a family, celebrated Ozzie's reading in Kindergarten was by sending a note in his lunch each day. Sometimes, I encouraged him "You are going to have an awesome time in art today because it's YELLOW day". Other times I just loved on him "Son, you are the greatest 5 year old I've ever known and I'm happy to be your Mom". But what Ozzie really liked was when I included jokes in his lunch (typical boy, didn't appreciate Momma's touchy-feely side).
At first, I wrote out jokes that I knew or could make up. Unfortunately, it wasn't long before I was out of ideas so I did what all good techno moms do... I googled. Do you know how many pages of Thanksgiving jokes are online?? MILLIONS! I found jokes for every holiday known to man (and some I'm pretty sure were just made up). I found jokes about whatever hobby or idea Ozzie was into at the time (basketball, trains, animals, beaches). I even found school lunch jokes.
Ozzie's class had 2 aides that were in the classroom all day. One sat at Ozzie's table to help a special needs student. She emailed me and said she loved Ozzie's lunch time because hearing the jokes (when he read them out loud), reminded her to put notes in her own childrens' lunches. She said Ozzie's lunch table really enjoyed them too. I told her I looked them up Sunday night, printed out a page and then wrote them on scrap paper before I stuck them in the lunchbox, simple as that.
Touching base with a child during the school day is so easy, so fun and so important. My boys love to know that I'm thinking of them. Nolan's heading off to Kindergarten
in less than a month and I will be sure to put jokes in HIS lunch too. Being gone 8 hours from Mom is tough on little guys; having a note makes them feel closer to me. Smuckers has a very neat website up... lots of ways to connect with kiddos. I especially like the Kidvitations. On it, you will find places to personalize a note for your child (complete with fonts and graphics) with a special activity together and some loving. How fun to open your lunch after a hard math test to find: "Dear Son, Let's go swimming when you get home. Love Mom" or "Dear daughter, Let's skip chores tonight and go feed the ducks down at the pond. Love Dad". I'm sure ours will say something like: "Hey Boys, Let's go to the home improvement store and BUILD something!"
Life's too short to miss out connecting with our children. It's the perfect time to start! Smuckers gives us ideas, recipes, and a free site to use. I'll be printing these goodies for school lunch, that's for sure!
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1 – 200 of 255 Newer› Newest»My kids and I enjoy painting together.
I love the kidvitation idea.
mami2jcn at gmail dot com
They are all cool ideas. I don't have any kids myself but I do help colead a youth group and I have two adorable nieces (my best friend's little girls) and I am in love with the story book idea. I'm thinking about making that a part of the youth group and every month have the kids add another page to the book and then coping it and giving it to them at the end of the year as a way for them to see the progress we made through the year.
jen_082594 at hotmail dot com
Neat idea!
I like to connect with my child when we take Sunday drives out to the country and we always have great talks then.
We're going on a road trip today so I'll turn that into some bonding time rather than just letting the kids plug into their DSi's. Your children are precious!
I think that going on a nature hunt sounds like the activity I'd like to do most with my lady! I'd also like to "help out" with her...that would be such a bonding experience for both of us!
stephanierosenhahn at yahoo dot com
We love to read together in the park. Sometimes we bring books with us and sometimes we just make up stories about the different people and animals that we see. It's lots of fun and helps to grow my daughter's imagination.
asmithonline at yahoo dot ca
We like to go on walks or take a bike ride.
Angie G and you know where to find me! :)
we like to play board games
We like to go out to "his" garden and see what veggies are ready to be picked, and check the henhouse for eggs.
couponboss at gmail dot com
I like to read together.
amandarwest at gmaildotcom
we definately enjoy painting together, but this yr we did our first veggie garden together
nannypanpan at sbcglobal.net
My daughter and I love to shop together...even if we don't buy anything! :)
kt1969 at comcast dot net
I would love to take a road trip with our son-to-be.
hsuperparents[at]gmail[dot]com
We enjoy exploring nature!
susan (at) cravingthesavings (dot) com
My absolute favorite is story time! My daughter is always so lovable and snuggly :)
pittsy82@hotmail.com
I think my son would enjoy the disc golf idea from the Smucker's page.
frankandkatie at gmail dot com
We love to craft and bake. My kids love to make anything with me and hubs!
Megan
mommyminded.blogspot.com
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My oldest son and I love to grow our garden together as well as bake!
jennyjoz24 (at) hotmail.com
I don't have children yet, but when I was little I loved to do artwork/crafts with my parents! Thank you for the giveaway!
~Beeb
supercoupongirl AT gmail.com
Roadtrip is the one thing on that list that we have done many times. But I also love the idea of "Nature Hunt" and "Help Out". We will have to try those too!
I like the road trip idea. Just some time to get out of house. We walk to the park or the pool or the library
bepoia(at)hotmail(dot)com
I enjoy playing dress up with my almost 4 year old princess. We also enjoy swimming and gardening. I love when I'm on vacation and can spend all my time with them instead of working.
We LOVE camping, and are sad summer is quickly coming to an end...
My daughter and I enjoy picking up Black Walnuts at my mother's house, then at Thanksgiving and Xmas we all gather together and have a fudge making day! :)
we would LOVE to build a bird feeder - when he is older though. Right now he'd likely eat the feed.
we like to go hiking and on nature walks together as a family. Depending on where we go they even like to play in the river and catch crawdads. OH, the joys of summer!
Joyce M.
kwalityck@yahoo.com
I am now a grandma and the same activities I enjoyed with my kids are still great fun with my 4yr old grandson. Pack a PB&J and head to the park for lunch.Recently when it was raining I placed a blanket on the floor in the living room, added a few house plants for outside flair. He helped make the sandwiches and we had a great picnic and afterwards went on a scavenger hunt for his little plastic bugs I had hidden all over the house. I am not sure which one of us enjoyed it more.
My daughter and I love to pick raspberries from our garden together. She calls them "doodleberries" because those are the berries that Wow Wow Wubzy eats.
safety_chick@hotmail.com
my sons and i enjoy our gardening, we love the planting and maintence of keeping the weeds out of it, and then we its harvest time we really love eating.
lmurley2000@yahoo.com
I always tried to spend special time with each of my kids doing something they really were into at the moment, and now that they are older, I still try to get Mom and grown teen time together, as well as starting this with my brand new granddaughter and 2 step grandchildren. itscindisworld at yahoo dot com
We love to play games when we are together!
My daughter and I like to pant together. She also likes to help her Dad in the yard raking leaves.
Well, we do many of the activities together. I think our favorite is painting and nature hike. My Lady loves the Wilderness Center! :)
My kids are great fun to hang out with. We like doing most of the activities talked about here.
We just returned from camping and a day at a waterpark.
But now that my kids are older (teens) they really like being home and hanging out with family!
Funny how we sign them up for so many activities and they just love the days when they have nowhere to be!
My little guy loves it when I read to him and do his ABC's (they're foam letters that we play with)
thedealscoop @ yahoo . com
My twin nephews (4 years old) and I like going on a nature hunt. They love exploring the outdoors and naming insects and colors that they see. Lately they have been fixated with worms, butterfly and catterpillars :)
mandalarctic at gmail dot com
I love to do crafts with kids.
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I love the read stories to kids! I enjoy the stories myself, and the kids always love "going on an adventure"!
qwaszx024 at gmail dot com
I like the Grow a Garden activity!
We had a small vegetable garden this year and we had a great time! It was such fun to plant the seeds and then to watch the plants grow.
jedoggett@embarqmail.com
I like to color with my boys and we also like to cook together on occasion.
We always collected rocks. Even plain ones were collected. And we still have them...he is 26 now.
lkish77123 at gmail dot com
I've been teaching my baby brother to play guitar. One chord at a time, he LOVES it!
ninjapandawedding(at)gmail(dot)com
Making a story book is on my list of things to do! Did you see that you can make a strawberry chocolate shake with their jam? I never thought about doing that! I am going to have to give that a try!
I love to leave little cute notes in their lunchboxes....so fun!
The disc golf sounds like fun, we've never tried that! WE love reading together. scg00387 at yahoo dot com
I enjoy doing any and all kinds of art with my daughter, resently we've started needle felting together.
disintegratingstarr@hotmail.com
i take my niece for a lunch in a park
ann.altima at gmail dot com
I'd love to do a nature hunt with my daughter, we do like walking on trails in the park and seeing all the trees and wildlife
Carmen
nemesis_33012 at yahoo dot com
My son and I have always had story time at night. It was our special quiet time.
dpan1204 at tampabay .rr.com
I'd like to rett and Make Sock Puppets.
PLAYING DRESS UP AND PAINTING TOGETHER ARE GREAT ACTIVITIES kytah00@yahoo.com
dress up for sure!
I would love to create a story with my son. He loves things like that, and I love his active imagination.
charisscharity at yahoo dot com
I love to do painting activities with children. I especially love activities like dipping string, marbles, etc in paint and making patterns on paper. Kids of all ages love this.
saulpaugh.chelsea(at)gmail(dot)com
Hey I have a Nolan, too!
My kids love to bake with me.
clistyb @ gmail . com
What great ideas I'm reading. I work with latchkey kids. Right now the boys are into making paper cars, boats and planes to race. (www.thetoymaker.com) The girls are enjoying "dress-up". We're also planning a halloween party on Friday the 13th, candy and all. Try Christmas in July, Thanksgiving in March, etc. They love it.
Road Trips!!
karinroselee(at)gmail.com
I love to go bike riding with my young grandsons!
LWons@HotMail.com
Right now, our biggest family activity is growing a garden. Each of our kids got a section of a garden that they tend. Our oldest son is growing tomatoes & cucumbers. Our 10 year old is growing Sunflowers and string beans & our youngest is growing pumpkins and peppers. This is the first year that we did this, at the insistance of my 10 year old and it has been such a blast seeing the kids get so excited.
Thanks so much.
rickpeggysmith(at)aol(dot)com
We like to take a hike and have a picnic by a brook.
That nature hunt sounds really fun. I will be trying that out!
whit1966@gmail.com
One of our girls likes to shop with just mom and the other wants to help me back-just the two of us.
My son and I love walk on the beach looking for shells together
My daughter and I love to do art projects together
souldolphindream@aol.com
Playing dress up is always fun.
my kids & I love to disc golf.
nancymn2003@yahoo.com
We like going out to lunch together once in awhile. They think its a real treat!
Create a Storybook - My 9 year old Grand daughter loves to write stories, and draw the pictures to go along with them. It is a lot of fun for her & Mamaw and a lot of memories.
we walk the dog together and do painting
I like to have dance contests with my much younger siblings
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We have already built a bird feeder together, and we love to paint and create art together. So of the remaining, I would lobe to do sock puppets and then a little play with the sock puppets. Thanks for the chance to win.
BrendaLea
prpldy (at) comcast dot net
Great ideas but I like the idea of a little nature hunt. I am queenesperfect at yahoo.com
We like to play Zingo! together but taking a walk together as well
tvollowitz at aol dot com
We will make a bird feeder by cutting out a part of a plastic gallon jug.
We like to go on walks together in the park.
Thanks
surveys4lori@rocketmail.com
I am a grandma. I have a box that has a lock and key with art supplies inside. My grandson loves to open the box with the key b/c it is like a treasure box for him. After it is open we spend the next hour or more stapling, cutting and color paper. It is the first "toy" he asks for when he comes to my house.
I am a grandma. The first "toy" my grandson asks for when he comes to visit is his special box. His box has a key and a lock. He loves to open it with the key. Inside are his art supplies. He takes out his stapler, scissor, glue and markers. I provide the paper and together we have our "art" time. The best part, he puts everything in the box so he can lock it up again.
Each of my kids are a little different. My older ones would enjoy baking or cooking. My youngest two are crafters. My little boys look forward to make and takes at Michaels or the projects at Lowes and Home Depot.
We love to have movie night outside under the stars in the backyard.
We read favorite stories together. Books are a wonderful portal to someplace magical.
bookcat1010 at gmail dot com
We always go out and check the flowers in my garden...It's a good way to connect and talk about nature.
I would like to create a storybook.
We play board games together
The Grandkids love helping me find the weeds in the garden. It's fun and it's a win, win situation.
Car rides are the best. Me and my kids just talk and talk while we are in the car.
nature hunt is right down our ally!
~eunice b
tigergal01 @gmail .com
Take a road trip with my nephews.
hellrzr(at)juno(dot)com
long bike rides at the beach would be my pick
I love to take my 6-year-old grandson fishing. Its relaxing and he is not surrounded by TV’s and computers and we just talk–about anything and everything.
HORTON111@AOL.COM
THE NATURE HUNT IS A GREAT IDEA...WE LOVE BEING OUTSIDE
My daughter and I LOVE Shopping.Thanks for the chance.
mogrill@comcast.net
Since my son isn't born yet, I love to stare at my belly as is morphs into different shapes! And I love to put my hand on my belly and feel him wiggle around.
chelsea at rootsandrings dot com
I like to have a date with each of my 3 yr olds (they're quadruplets) and we could have a little one on one time:) We don't get enough of it!
Jenny B
jennyhasquads at yahoodotcom
With my younger grandchildren, the bedtime story and hugs are such a precious time. The children who are a little older enjoy board games and it provides a time for informal conversation. All of the grandchildren of all ages take our morning neighborhood walk with my husband and I and conversation flows easily.
The kidvitation is so cute, and well done. Talking while in the car means there is not wasted time. Engaging in conversation teaches so many skills, and its easy and FREE!
I've made sock puppets with kids :) I used to teach acting/improv to kids - lots of fun and great for their self confidence.
adrianecoros(at)gmail(dot)com
I used to make crafts with my daughter - we belonged to a Craft of the Month club. It was something to look forward to every month.
bingomamanorma(at)gmail(dot)com
We like to play board games
We love nature hunt
Well, the most enjoyable activity is to read to my kids before they go to bed :D
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We do a lot of small road trips.
dolniaks[at]consolidated[dot]net
They love story time.
teenytig@sbcglobal.net
The disc golf idea sounds like something my family would enjoy. My kids love storytime also.
I love to take my niece to the beach.
we take our cousins to chuckie cheese!
I enjoy bonding over cookie baking :)
shoppingchic2 at gmail dot com
we enjoy taking the kids to the park to run around and play
seanm1999 at hotmail dot com
She helps me cook dinner--she can do simple dressings all on her own and takes it very seriously!
Jennifer, jennem22 at yahoo dot com
We play board games and do puzzles.
kport207 at gmail dot com
I love taking my kids to the park! It's our "fun time"! gmissycat@yahoo.com
I like to take my 2 little grandsons to the park to feed the ducks at the pond. We take along a picnic lunch for us. They love it.
eswright18 at gmail.com
I would invite my son to make cupcakes with sprinkles. He adores anything with sprinkles. topgun34er(at)hotmail(dot)com
painting is our fave!
autumn398 @ yahoo.com
Painting with children is my favorite!
mirandagreycat (at) live (dot) com
My husband is an avid disc golfer, and my son LOVES going to play with him. So that would be his number one activity choice on the list.
micahandkelsey1(at)cox(dot)net
I helped my daughter write her own storybook awhile back. She's still asking for it as her bedtime story every night!
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I like to play hide and go seek with them outside.
Maggie at tethered mommy dot com
My kids would love for me to schedule a nature hunt. We love to go hiking in the fall.
chipdip2010(at)hotmail(dot)com
Lot's of good ideas on that site, the Kidvitations look cool! My daughter and I like to Make Sock Puppets together :)
Thanks!
fineinsanity {at} live {dot} com
Grow a Garden or Road Trip! We've done the road trip thing recently, but I think a garden would be so much fun for the kids!
P.S. Your boys are so adorable!!
shevilkenevil1 at aol dot com
I like going to pick blueberries with my nephew and also watch him play soccer.
My kids love to cook, so I'd give them the choice of what to make for dinner and then let them cook it. Last week we had spaghetti with meat sauce thanks to our 12 year old son.
bethmellott@yahoo.com
I like the Smucker's Treasure Hunt kidvitation; what a great activity to do with my daughter. I'd love to write clues and have her search for some hidden treasure in our own house. I think it would be great to reward her for working so hard at school.
shel704 at aol dot com
We love to go into the woods and make up stories about monsters and fairies and sneak up on each other. Makes for a fun filled afternoon.
thepricklypinecone(at)hotmail.com
I recall the dog we had when I was a teen. The dog loved my mom and so we would play hide-and-seek. My mom would hide and call the dog's name. It was so joyous for all of us. Knowing how hard it can be when kids hit their teens, I remembered this and make sure to incorporate pets into our lives. They make communicating during those difficult years easier.
I'd love to Grow a Garden with my children. I think it would be really fun for my kids to learn about soil, plants, sunlight and all and then even more fun to eat what we grow together.
ShawnaMichelle@ymail.com
Reading to children is good fun for all, and gives them a head start on a good reading habit.
scoopster(nospam)at yahoo dot com
Baking with my niece is very cool -- and much more successful than our cooking efforts, I might add. :)
c-dabs(at)hotmail(dot)com
I like taking my nephew to the water park. It's so much fun!
lynnx512 at gmail dot com
My n ephew and I go swimming!!
Thanks for entering me! Great Contest!
Janna Johnson
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I love the nature hunt idea. These are so cute!
Thank you for the great giveaway!!
JH33194(underscore)2002(at)yahoo.com
I definitely love the road trips with my kiddos. They aren't exactly kids anymore and they are a hoot to be around.
My son and I love going swimming together. Reading is another fav, although he is only 2, so I'm doing most of that. He is loving his alphabet though!Thanks! thebubbledies(at)gmail(dot)com
My 4 year old granddaughter and I like to look at family photos together and put together albums for other family members. It's a fun way to show her how she belongs.
smchester at gmail dot com
We love our nightly reading hour! It helps us reconnect and calm down each day!
We love to craft and bake
We have a little family night every night. We play games or do some sort of activity.
I like the build a birdhouse activity.
Bedtime reading was always a big thing for us when my children were small.
cgclynsg0 at gmail dot com
I connect with my godson by reading to him. We sit and read when I babysit and also at bedtime if he stays over.
I don't have any kids of my own, but I enjoy baking with my ten year old niece!
katyjv1988(@)yahoo(dot)com
A Road Trip is my favorite activity. I call them Adventure Day and seek out random places to explore.
My kids like to do several of the activities mentioned on the Kidvitations page. The one I like to do with them the most is to go on short road trips. I've been very fortunate that all four of my kids are very good in the car (and we don't even have a DVD player). It's fun to pack a lunch (or snacks, if we're going out to eat when we arrive at our destination) and just enjoy the scenery or explore nature.
aleq13@gmail.com
Playing catch~
iamcernetic AT gmail DOT com
When he was younger, one of our second favorite activities to do together was play Pokemon.
There is nothing like having a child run into an obstacle and then come running to you, knowing that you can fix it. And fix it I did. I went from being Pokemon illiterate to a mom who would sometimes pick it up and play for fun.
ewalsh40(at)gmail(dot)com
We like to read books and talk about them.
dawns_horizen@yahoo.com
We're birdbrains here (EIGHT parakeets), so naturally I love the idea of building a birdhouse together. We feed both the outdoor and indoor birds every day, and we love the music they bring us.
Thanks for a great giveaway!
I like the nature hunt idea, my son would think that was great
I love the jokes in the lunch box idea. My son has a great sense of humor!
melissa {at} thecorkums {dot} com
There's nothing like a great paper airplane 'fight'! I have a book that teaches you to make lots of different paper planes. Boys especially love to target each other. My favorite plane is called the eagle because of it's blunt nose and it's speed.
Barb Metzinger
ps13tree@hotmail.com
Lunches by the pool are always special for all of us.
My kids love the outdoors, so we would do the Nature Hunt, Build a Birdfeeder, or Grow a Garden on the Smuckers site.
jeaninemb at aol dot com
I love to walk the dog with my son. We have the best chats.
avennett AT verizon DOT net
We enjoy anything as long as it involves out children. Anything from playing outside to eating a family dinner together. And my personal favorite waking up in the morning and having some quality family time laying in bed laughing.
You know where to find me.
I like singing along to the radio with my daughter!
sksweeps (at) earthlink (dot) net
We definitely love road trips like they suggested. Even if it's only a 30-minute drive - it gives us time to talk or sing together!
A nature hunt is one of my favorite ideas from that activity list. I love being outside!
junkforcarmen at gmail dot com
I would like to Build a Bird Feeder with my daughters - we love feeding the birds in our backyard & this would be something we could really enjoy together!
We love baking together or playing board games. And I like the Nature Hunt idea suggested on the Smuckers site...sounds like fun!
The Nature Hunt would be our choice. We all enjoy being outside, hiking, biking, camping, playing and having picnics.
We love to go geocaching!
kerin0874 (at) yahoo (dot) com
we like to ride bikes together
addictedtorodeo at gmail dot com
My nephew and I do many creative activities together. We paint, we make up stories and I type them out, and we are working on making a fun short movie featuring his pet turtle.
Oh definitely "Play Dress Up". Smuckers is such a kid-friendly company!
Thanks for a great giveaway!
mayacarpenter at verizon dot net
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I like the idea of growing a garden
I guess we would be Road Trippers, with both my husband and I working we always look forward to getting away from home
My son and I enjoy cooking together
When Rhiannon gets a little older we will be doing "Top Chef" contests pretty often - after all, her mommy is quite the foodie.
First up - Top Chef PB&J - what else could go with Jiff and Smuckers? Let's take a look through the pantry: Doritoes? Funions? Crispy fried onions (they have to be good for something other than green bean casserole)? Banana slices? Dill Pickles?
We each get to make our own sandwich, divide it into fourths and judge whose is the best. The winner gets to choose TV for the evening.
Greg Smith
gregory@mrgkidshow.com
I love to cook with my kids they just love it.
teechbiz at gmail dot com
I'm an avid gardener and we love to do nature hunts! The kids can name almost any plant or bug they come across
I'd like to see if there are some volunteer opportunities that my granddaughter and I could do.
We love to take walks together. Since it's in the city, we walk down residential streets to look at things like flowers or down the business streets to see cars and BIG TRUCKS!
nesta 67 {at} live dot com
I connect through books: reading them to the kids; giving them books; taking them to the library. Thanks for the contest.
We bake! We have our own little baking party, just the three of us and we make a ton of cupcakes and cookies and the girls decorate them and then we hand them out to our neighbors and friends...it's such a fun special way to have quality time with my girls!
elderberry44 AT yahoo.com
For us, it's Road Trips
I like the "Road Trip" idea and hope we can get at least one more adventure in before the cooler weather begins.
momznite_at_yahoo_daught_com
I like the "Road Trip" activity idea and could use the paint box background to invite my child on a trip to an art museum.
Living in Idaho I think that the Nature Hunt would be fun.
My daughter loves books and loves to "boogie down" to music. We have the music on almost all day. During reading or stories, she adores to point to the book. Something we believed she picked up from us pointing to different characters and following the words with our fingers. When we are on our road here in the country, we let her drive in the truck to the house. She is her daddy's daughter. Complete gear and speed head.
clc_little_britches @ yahoo dot com
My nice and I like to pick veggies from the garden together. She thinks its disgusting that they come from the ground.
flyergal82 at yahoo dot com
we love board games, reading, and doing crafts, thanks for the chance to win eaglesforjack@gmail.com
We love to go on nature walks around our farm...ending with a ride in the tractor.
We take large yogurt containers and pick raspberries and blackberries in the summer along the sides of the road. (We have some secret favorite spots.) Then we use the berries to make ice cream in our ice cream maker. (Did you know it's cheaper to buy table salt than road salt in the suburbs of New York City?) And we buy heavy cream and whip it by hand with an old fashioned hand crank mixer. And eat home made ice cream and whipped cream!
We love taking road trips together and experiencing new and different places.
Usually it is just a state or two over and for just a couple of days or a weekend. But during that time we might explore a new museum, go to the zoo or just stay in a cabin playing games, fishing and making smores.
As long as we are all together that is what matters most.
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like the nature hunt idea, fun and educational - regnod(at)yahoo(d0t)com
My son actually made the storybook this summer. It was about 50 pages long and he called it Fortunately, Unfortunately and it was awesome! I actually had it bound for him to keep. He is so proud of this book!
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I love to bake with my kids and my granddaughter!
My niece and I make plans to get together for art projects and baking. This gets her away from her parents (giving them a break) for a while and we have lots of fun.
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Grow a garden. The kids have always like to help in the garden. They enjoy watching to see if anything has grown. We have a vegetable garden and my grandson has always like to find the cucumbers.
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We love to read at night right before bedtime. No electronic items (tv, videogames, DVR, ect) allowed!
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I love to go to the park with my niece and play tag :)
As my girls get older, it gets harder and harder to all get together. We have made a commitment to each other - girls day - once a month we all get together and do something - sometimes a picnic, trip to the dog park (2 girl doggies too) - lol But we love to connect and laugh together. The local paper always lists free things going on in the county so money isn't an option. Would be nice to win so that money could be an option and do something special - perhaps a show in the city - been a long time.
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Now that school's starting, I'm reminded of when our kids started kindergarten. We lived in the country and they rode a school bus. After about a month of riding the kindergarten bus home, we drove their bus route, having them tell us the directions from school to our house, turning wherever they told us the bus turned. Sometimes they could even tell us who got off the bus at a certain stop. They directed us where to go. They loved it.
I take my niece out for picnics and pedicures.
We like to take little road trips to the local zoo, and have a PB&J picnic with Smucker's while there.
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Right now our favorite family activity is packing a picnic and heading to a local park for the day to enjoy the sunshine
I love planting with my kids. Be it vegetables or flowers, they enjoy seeing how fast things grow. dpschad@yahoo.com
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