School’s out, weather’s nice (or oppressively hot, depending on where you’re living), and it’s the time of years when parents are searching for things to do Here are our low-cost must-dos for these sweet sunny days. —Local museums. You know what we’re talking about—most towns have that one tiny local museum. Maybe it’s about farm equipment or local history—whatever it is, embrace it and teach … [Read more...]
Making a Family Memory Jar
We have a lot of half-done family memory projects. Kid #1’s baby book (half completed). Kid #2’s baby book (we wrote his name in it). Sentence-a-day diaries. Gratitude notebooks. Photo albums with no captions. We have a lot of desire to record our family memories and remember these sweet times—we just don’t have the follow-through to complete a project, so we end up with a lot of half-finished … [Read more...]