Togetherness Week

Spend some time together

ADDED December 28, 2009

This week, schools are closed, and parents and kids will find themselves together each day. This is a great opportunity to have unplanned, cheap fun together as a family. Since Steve and I want to spend time with our families, the suggestions this week will be short and sweet. We encourage you to spend some family time doing simple things that create memories (and that are free.)

Today, take a family trip to a part of town you don't normally visit:

1. Take a visit to your downtown library. Most are old, have interesting architecture and contain great books.
2. Take a visit to an observatory. The kids don't need to be in bed early this week, so make the trip at night and look into the big telescope. Nothing stimulates kids' imaginations like staring into space.
3. Take a visit to the beach (or other body of water). Winter surf is always fun.
4. Take a trip to a local museum. Most are free or low cost. Pack a lunch and make a day of it.
5. Take a visit to "Chinatown." Window shop, people watch, and just take it all in. We did this just the other night for dinner and had a great time. We even found free parking on the street which made the trip even cheaper.