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    Ten Outings for Your 2012 to Do List

    By The Savvy Source | More Family Fun – Thu, Jan 19, 2012 1:45 PM EST

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    One of the best things about the start of 2012 is getting to put up a new calendar. The old one is filled to the brim with events, meetings, play dates, date nights, travel plans, birthday parties, and reminders of all kinds. It was a full year.

    The new calendar though... the new one is blissfully blank. There's nothing on it yet, and all that empty space gives us room to dream a bit, and even set a few goals for the year.

    The goals we have in mind are family goals-things we'd like to do together. We're not sure we'll get to all of them, but it makes us happy just to think about trying.

    1. Spend time at the beach. This is always on our list, every year. It's just the best.
    2. Go ice-skating, sledding and/or skiing. We have so much fun in the snow with the kids.
    3. Volunteer for a project at school. It always feels like too much, and it's always satisfying nonetheless.
    4. Get to know a new person/make a new friend. This is a hope for both parents and kids (especially because one will be starting a new school).
    5. Visit or get back in touch with a few old friends. Also something our whole family is looking forward to.
    6. Keep a family journal. This is an experiment I want to try with the kids while they are still little: we'll each write (or dictate) a sentence or draw a picture about the day. Ambitious? Maybe, but worth an attempt.
    7. Help the kids run a lemonade stand. They've been wanting to do this for years-it's time.
    8. Go away for a grown ups-only weekend. Otherwise known as a mental health break.
    9. Visit the new Martin Luther King memorial in Washington DC in its first year. What a great excuse to take the kids to see the capital.
    10. Teach the kids about the political process and bring them along when we vote in the 2012 presidential election.

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    4 comments

    • Kevin
      Kevin  •  Steelville, Missouri  •  4 months ago
      Stupid
    • the avenger
      the avenger  •  Cottonwood, Arizona  •  4 months ago
      Actually, this is a good idea for the most part. If not for any other reason, to break the monotonous routine of everyday life. Of course, you could make your own list of 12.
    • glen
      glen  •  Los Angeles, California  •  4 months ago
      The beach......... Hell yeah, that's why I live in So. Cal.! Skiing and that nonsense......... Hell no!! Cold weather sucks..... That's why I live in So. Cal. I don't need to go out of my way to meet new people, as for a new "friend", sorry, ain't got the time.......... School, running a business and hangin with my 3 kids doin' the beach thing. I see my friends 2 or more times a month most of the time!! The 4 year old can barley write letter let alone a sentence and the one year old??? Forget it!! Eight year old's don't much like it either. The lemonade thing I could do....... But I don't come cheap and I want a golden parachute exit scheme when the stand goes under... JK! That might be kinda fun........ I did it when I was younger. Go away for a grown ups only weekend??!!! H E L L YEAH!!! If only there were someone that would be willing to wake up 2 or more times per night with the baby for the weekend! The MLK Memorial? That's not an outing.......... That's a freakin' vacation! Not that I wouldn't go........ But It's wwwaaayyy on the other side of the country! 8 year olds have NO interest in the political process!!! Maybe if he was 13 or 14 maybe even a little older, and cared about who the country was being run, but then....... There goes the lemonade stand!!

      P.S. STUPID LIST! It doesn't mention things like camping or hiking, catching a performance at a near by park or how about volunteering to help the needy, like feeding the homeless or helping at a no kill animal shelter.......... All of these are right in your neighborhood and cost virtually NOTHING as well as can teach your kids responsibility, caring and compassion!!
    • Miba
      Miba  •  4 months ago
      While some of them are stupid (such as the MLK statue thing like who cares) some of the others are good things to do. Sledding, trying to to a beach (or just a pool), the family journal (though if the kids are old enough they should keep their own journals), and stuff like that, those are good things everyone should do.
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