WHEN DID YOU LAST HAVE FUN? CHANGING YOUR LIFE WITH WORDS - DAY 71

Are you caught up in a daily grind?  Working too many hours?  Feeling tired?  Feeling bored?  Feeling frustration over your progress or lack thereof?  What have you done for yourself recently?  Have you given yourself a break from the daily routine?  Have you spent time with your family or friends?  Have you spent any time with a child?  Children are so joyful and able to live in the moment; if you want to feel younger and more relaxed then spend an afternoon with your children, nieces, nephews, grandchildren or godchildren.  You will be refreshed and all the laughter will do you worlds of good.   Go to the beach, the lake, the park, or even just on your patio or balcony and enjoy good food and good times.

Today's message is:

HAVE A PICNIC!

Summertime Lunches For Toddlers

Little children are usually delighted about anything fun or different when it comes to eating lunch. My own children loved to eat lunch on our patio regardless of summer heat or chilly days. Whether they were eating indoors or outside they loved it when I made sandwiches using their favorite cookie cutters. Such a simple thing to do and yet they reminisce about those lunches years later. Once your oldest child starts school and is no longer home for lunch, a younger sibling will be thrilled to have lunch served in his/her very own lunchbox. No matter if the lunchbox is new, used, homemade, or passed down from older siblings there is something about having a lunchbox that makes little ones feel special and more like a "big kid" and less like a baby. There are so many ways younger children try to emulate older siblings, and having a lunchbox is a good place to start. Sweet and simple memories are part of a happy childhood so enjoy creating them with your little one(s).