I am sitting here listening to Chicago – 21, reminiscing about the good ol’ days of my life.  (If that doesn’t date me, I don’t know what will.)  Really ladies, and a few guys too, sometimes I think we make life a little too complicated on what traditions we have with our family.  I am just as guilty as the next person of doing this on more than one occasion.  Let’s get back to the basics of a good old American tradition, with a little tweak, of course!  The other day my boys were playing baseball outside and decided they need to make it a little more exciting.  Here’s a new way to play.  It’s called Water Baseball.  Empty out a few of the big totes of their contents, you could make this a FHE assignment and have the game be the activity.  Each person could be in charge of sorting through one of the totes, of course that could be a little scary too!  Take the totes outside and use them for your bases 1, 2, and 3, then fill them up with water.  Play baseball as it usually is played except if the players want to be safe they have to stand in the tote filled with water.  After today’s temperature, it would be a welcome relief.  Have fun ladies and remember to KEEP IT SIMPLE!!!!

Starting today, I will have a Spanish translation (as best as I can translate) of each of my posts, so if you know anyone who speaks the language and you think they would enjoy our blog, let them know about us!

Estoy sentado aquí escuchando a Chicago – 21, recordando los viejos tiempos de mi vida. (Si no me la fecha, no sé qué lo hará.) Realmente damas, y algunos individuos también, a veces creo que hacen la vida un poco complicada de lo que las tradiciones que tenemos con nuestra familia. Yo soy tan culpable como el que más de hacer esto en más de una ocasión. Vamos a volver a los fundamentos de una buena tradición americana de edad, con un pequeño arreglo, por supuesto! El otro día mis hijos estaban jugando béisbol fuera y decidió que necesitan para hacer un poco más emocionante. He aquí una nueva manera de jugar. Se llama Agua de Béisbol. Vaciar a cabo algunas de las bolsas grandes de su contenido, se puede hacer de esto una tarea FHE y tener el juego se desarrollará la actividad. Cada persona puede estar a cargo de clasificación a través de una de las bolsas, por supuesto que podría ser un poco de miedo también! Tome los totes exterior y utilizarlas para sus bases 1, 2 y 3, y luego llenarlos con agua. Juega béisbol, ya que normalmente se juega, salvo si los jugadores quieren estar seguros de que tiene que esperar en la bolsa llena de agua. Después de la temperatura de hoy, sería un gran alivio. Ha damas divertido y recordar para mantenerlo simple!!

I think technically you could call them both out, but I could only take a picture!

Since today is an organizing tip.  I wanted to share one of my favorites with you.  I LOVE our Holiday Organizer.  Not only does it come with fantastic pages to help you organize your holidays better, there is a place for everything you have related to your holidays.  Not including your decorations of course.  But there is a place to help you organize your decorations as well in our Holiday Organizer.  I am talking about all those Bingo games, Tom the Turkeys, Halloween Scavenger Hunts, Valentine’s Love Notes, St. Patrick’s day Neighborhood Lucky Leprechaun game, and the list goes on with our products.  Then if you have additional stuff besides that, you have a lot to keep track of.  I found a way to utilize our Holiday Organizer even better by keeping everything together.  Doesn’t that sound familiar?  After dividing my organizer into two binders, January through June and July through December, I have taken ordinary photo holders, page protectors and page pockets and turned them into my storage of holiday ideas and games.  I then placed each of my holiday games and ideas in front of the cooresponding month folder for that particular holiday.  It’s the perfect way to keep everything organized and keep it handy in one place.  I love being able to go to that month and see all my fun games and ideas without having to search endlessly for where I put them last.  Even they can get lost or even forgotten in a tote full of decorations.  To give you a better idea, I took some pictures of how I put mine together.  However, make it work for you and your personality.  Feel free to comment about what has worked for you or you are always welcome to ask questions in the comment section and we will answer them for you.