{"id":1612,"date":"2011-07-11T17:10:14","date_gmt":"2011-07-11T17:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.wordpress.com\/?p=1612"},"modified":"2011-07-11T17:10:14","modified_gmt":"2011-07-11T17:10:14","slug":"10-ways-to-make-today-magical-99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/11\/10-ways-to-make-today-magical-99\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Ways to Make Today Magical"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy Monday!<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

I hope you and your kiddos are weathering the heat all right.\u00a0 We’re wilting a bit here!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Here’s a few ways to make some magic this week…<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 Play water limbo.\u00a0 Hold a hose lower and lower as kids try to limbo under it.\u00a0 Alternately, play water hurdle and hold it higher and higher for them to jump!<\/span><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 Play glow-in-the-dark bowling!\u00a0 Put glowsticks in recycled water bottles with water.\u00a0 Line them up on the driveway or sidewalk and roll a baseball at them.<\/span><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 Have a robot day!\u00a0 Katherine Marie<\/span><\/a> has a ton of fabulous ideas to make it fun.<\/span><\/p>\n

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4.\u00a0 Try to carry on tonight’s dinner conversation entirely in rhyme!<\/span><\/p>\n

5.\u00a0 Start a collage wall someplace that needs cheering up.\u00a0 It can be part of a wall, the side of a dresser, inside a closet door, you name it.\u00a0 Years ago, I made a collage of beautiful flowers and gardens on part of my bedroom wall during a very sad and dreary time.\u00a0 I loved waking up to my paper garden instead of the gray outside!\u00a0 I used rubber cement and it rubbed right off afterwards (check first with whatever you use!).\u00a0 Kids can collage goals, funny pictures, animals, pictures of loved ones, you name it.<\/span><\/p>\n

6.\u00a0 Challenge the kids to make each other laugh as much as possible.\u00a0 Try for all out belly laughs, snorts and the type of giggles where you can\u2019t catch your breath.\u00a0 If you can, catch it on tape to make you all laugh all over again later.<\/span><\/p>\n

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7.\u00a0 Put glow in the dark ice cubes or rocks in the kiddie pool for some magical after-dark splashing.<\/span><\/p>\n

8.\u00a0 Start a parent-child journal.\u00a0 Get a blank book and write a letter to your child on the first pages.\u00a0 Leave it for her on her bed to write back.\u00a0 Pass it back and forth until it’s full.<\/span><\/p>\n

9.\u00a0 Have some silly fun with altered grapes<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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10. Interview your child on video about who he is right now — favorite foods, best friends, hobbies, etc.\u00a0 Ask him to tell a joke, sing a song and otherwise really show off who he is at this age.\u00a0 Save it in a safe place and try to do at least one a year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And with that, my sweets, I’m off in search of air conditioning!\u00a0 Summer heat and pregnancy are not an easy mix without it, I’ve discovered!\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Have a magical week!<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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