Just thought I'd share

For probably 3 years now, every location I have lived (which is a LOT) I have kept on my fridge a magazine insert that had family friendly ideas or resolutions on it. They are cute, fun, thought provoking and I have never taken the list down. I just re read it and thought I'd share some of the super fab ideas it offers. Hope you can take a couple. There are a hundred, I wont share that many!

• camp overnight in the living room, have a pillow fight.
• clean the garage. the goal? Broom hockey, tape up the floor, hand out brooms and a ball and go to town!
• have a family memory night where everyone rights down favorite and funniest memories and then they are read aloud during dinner.
• create your own family holiday to be done every year. Pick a random date, invite each family member to help with planning a unique celebration. (sounds super fun!)
• once a week leave an I Love You note in a random spot for one family member. (a shoe, coat pocket, a sticky on the laptop. etc)
• Eat your way through the alphabet over the course of 26 days. A is for aebleskiver, b is for baklaava, c is for calamarie, you get the picture).
• start a prayer jar. When something is needing prayed about, write it down-when its weighing on your heart or you are worried about a specific thing- put it in the prayer jar and at the end of the year, go back through and read them to remember God's faithfulness and how he has resolved these needs. (such a great idea!!!)
• When your child is sharing something with you, stop everythign you are doing- look them in the eye and ask a follow up question. Always.
• Chose someone from a news story in a foreign country and pray for them all year.
• fill a jar with fun local things to do and draw one out every week, two weeks, month- whatever.
• mac n cheese by candlelight. Have a low stress meal all done up with fancy clothes, candles, music.
• make a list of 12 parks in the area- visit a new one each month.
• create a family quote board. when someone says something funny or strange, post it on the board so everyone can see.
• research new years traditions from the country or your heritage and pass them along to your family as new traditions.
• leave small "kind word" notes or love letters under the pillows of your family members.
• once a month, invite a family over for dinner on the spur of the moment. The house will be messy, the food will be take out and the evening will be fantastic!
• Celebrate the little stuff. Hang banners for goal scorers, shoe typing experts etc and honor tooth losers by serving pudding for dessert.

Now, go love on your families!