LadyBugs: June 2007

Saturday, June 23, 2007

JUNE

School is out, but it doesnt mean you have to feel like you are losing your marbles because there is the pitter patter of little feet all aound. Listed below are some ideas to get your summer off to a great start!

SCHOOL IS OUT!

School is officially out! The little angels are home for the summer....are you ready for them? I hear moms say..."I have to get things organized. I need chores for my children so they arent sitting plating video games or sleeping their life away."
Summer can be a fun time for the entire family or a long time to wish that school would hurry up and start! Your children are only young for such a short period of time. I remember a young mother asking me one time if she should be worried because her son was wetting the bed still at three. I told her that if he wet the bed until he was ten, but he lived to be 80...he would enjoy 70 dry years!!! :)
Get busy thinking of some fun activites to enjoy with your children, as well as, projects they they can help you do around the house. What a wonderful time to clean out closets and discard items that wont fit for school in the fall. Assign drawers that need to be cleaned, closets, porches, and garages. Make it a group effort. No one minds working if everyone is joining in....DAD too! Lets make this the best summer yet!

Freedom

Freedom can be taken for granted if we arent careful. We are fortunate to live in a free country! What a privilege to vote, to have a voice, to worship freely and to raise our familes in such a place.
In many ways we are spoiled. Our dogs sleep in better beds and eat better food than many children in our world.
We have so much and whine about what we want to have ...much like a child with their hands full of cookies and asking for more.
Lets be thankful for what we have. One way is to give thanks to GOD. He bless us daily!

Make Valentines Special

Special days can come and go unless you do something to make them stand out. Why not surprise your husband.... Leave a Valentine under his pillow. Write a note on the bathroom mirrow with a lip pencil, draw a heart and write "I LOVE YOU!" Put a Valentine under the windshield wiper for him to find when he leaves for work. Put chocolate hearts in his shoes. Mail a Valentine to his work. Make a special breakfast. Heart shaped pancakes. Heart shaped toast with his eggs! These can be adapted to children as well. Make a memory for your family and for yourself!