Hanging Summer Hopes & Dreams
Posted by Danielle Bean in Family on Monday, June 21, 2010 1:38 PM
What are your family’s hopes and dreams for together time this summer?
Lisa’s recent post about scheduling summer got me thinking about the kinds of activities I hope to fill our summer days with this year.
Then this post at Teach Mama really inspired me. Shouldn’t every family member—even the smallest ones—have a say in our how your family spends its time this summer?
It’s a good idea to have personal spiritual goals at the start of any season, but I like how these cards aren’t so much about spiritual goals as they are about practical, do-able things—like picking strawberries and going to the beach. These are the kinds of activities that we think of when we picture a “perfect family summer” but they are also the kinds of activities that require a bit of pre-planning. I often find that I have a number of these kinds of day trips and fun activities in mind, but it’s just too easy to push them aside when life gets in the way—as it always does.
Writing down activities as goals and hanging them somewhere as daily reminders of the kinds of things you and your family would like to be doing this summer might just be the kind of motivation I need to make time for family time this summer.
In the end, though, I know it’s not about the number of “things” your family can cross off a list at the end of the summer. The idea isn’t about hyper-scheduling summer days. It’s about making spending time together a priority and enjoying some downtime during a fleeting season of relaxation.
Your cards might say some things as simple as “read story books on a blanket in the shade,” “eat watermelon in bathing suits” or “catch fireflies.” The point is you pick it, you plan it, you do it.
Happy summer!
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