Good Advice!

I don't think a month should go by without a celebration of some kind...and May offers Memorial Day as a kick-off to summer. What better reason is there to celebrate the outdoors. The Good Advice I received when my kids were little was to never plan a holiday or celebration without my children's help. It complicated things and slowed the preparation down for me, but in the end, it was worth it. The parties and parades were over quickly, but the anticipation and planning extended the fun and the memories.

Get the neighbors involved this weekend in a neighborhood Memorial Day parade...
Encourage your kiddos to wash the wagon for the parade; decorate the big wheels with streamers; put sports trading cards into the spokes of bikes to make the fun sounds.
Walk the route and hang ribbons on the trees along the route ahead of time.
Get out the big water jugs and paper cups to serve water (or Kool Aid?!) to all the participants.
Have your little ones make or color in signs to welcome and thank the parade goers at the start and the finish.
Serve salted peanuts in the shells and then feed the squirrels when you are done. No mess and little clean-up
Of course, take photos...next year your kids may have graduated into a bike with training wheels, or out of a stroller and onto a scooter!
Revive fun memories from your childhood to pass on to your children during these celebrations.
But when planning your summer fun, remember this Good Advice: Never plan a celebration without your children's help!