{"id":757,"date":"2010-05-03T05:06:40","date_gmt":"2010-05-03T05:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.wordpress.com\/?p=757"},"modified":"2010-05-03T05:06:40","modified_gmt":"2010-05-03T05:06:40","slug":"10-ways-to-make-today-magical-49","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/03\/10-ways-to-make-today-magical-49\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Ways to Make Today Magical"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

We made it through two birthdays here and are presently on our third.\u00a0 Jack turned 7 on Friday, Victoria turned 12 on Saturday, and Alex turns 3 today.\u00a0 Boy is that bittersweet!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Let’s get on with it then!\u00a0 Here’s ten new ways to make some magical memories with your kiddos this week……..<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

1. Decide on some summer goals. <\/strong> Summer vacation is right around the corner.\u00a0 Think up family or individual goals you’d like to accomplish this summer.\u00a0 Family goals could include spotting all 50 license plates or 100 different species of birds (keep a notebook with an ongoing list in the car) or visiting 25 new places.\u00a0 Individual goals could be serious (passing the next level of swimming class) or silly (spend a whole day walking backwards).<\/span><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 Have dinner outside on a blanket.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 Learn how to do something together via You-Tube. <\/strong> Whether it’s painting exotic designs on fingernails, doing Aztec dancing or doing magic tricks, you can find out how to do virtually anything online these days.\u00a0 (Be careful, as comments and content is sometimes not suitable for little ones.\u00a0 You may want to search for the desired subject in private and then invite the kids once you’ve found suitable videos.)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

4.\u00a0 Hunt for worms.<\/strong> Hey, for a two year old, that IS magical!\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\n

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5.\u00a0 Bake a treat together for an elderly loved one and bring it over. <\/strong> Be sure to stay a while and visit.\u00a0 Chances are, you’ll make someone else’s day magical too!<\/span><\/p>\n

6.\u00a0 Leave cheerful, encouraging and silly post-it notes in public places.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

7.\u00a0 Print out some coloring pages and color together. <\/strong>Yes, you too.\u00a0 Yes, even if your child is fifteen.\u00a0 Coloring can be surprisingly fun!\u00a0 Use colored pencils or oil pastels for extra special results.\u00a0 Here<\/a> are some neat ones if you can get past the ads.<\/span><\/p>\n

8.\u00a0 Pick up a cheap boomerang and learn to throw it. <\/strong>It’s harder than it looks! <\/span><\/p>\n

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9.\u00a0 Hold the kids upside down and let them walk on the ceiling! <\/strong> This is even better if they have slightly dirty shoes.\u00a0 Boy will the footprints on the ceiling confuse visitors.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude09\u00a0 (Note:\u00a0 Impossibly short people like me have to pass this one on to taller members of the family!)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

10. Find a body of water (ocean, lake, pond, stream… whatever you can find!) and just go hang out there. <\/strong>The kids can skim rocks, play in the sand, wade, swim, sketch, photograph, drive trucks or even (yes, really) meditate. <\/span><\/p>\n

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And with that, I’m off to plan more cake!\u00a0 Have a wonderful week.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Don’t forget to take care of you!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

~Alicia
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Happy Monday! We made it through two birthdays here and are presently on our third.\u00a0 Jack turned 7 on Friday, Victoria turned 12 on Saturday, and Alex turns 3 today.\u00a0 Boy is that bittersweet! Let’s get on with it then!\u00a0 Here’s ten new ways to make some magical memories with your kiddos this week…….. 1….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18],"tags":[253],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}