I made a new New Years goal today!!

I told the kids that from now until the end of the year we are going to visit every park in our city and our sister city.  We have some great parks in our area, but we tend to always visit the same ones.  (And, being on a tight budget we go to the park a lot!)  A couple weeks ago when we went to a park that we have never been to before the kids were so excited and they didn't want to leave!  So, I thought it would be exciting to visit all of the parks we have never been to before.

But, of course, as a homeschool mom I can't just leave it at that.  Oh no, we have to make it educational, right?!  So, I decided that I am going to have the kids take turns picking the park we visit.  They will look on the city's website and pick which park we will go to.  Then, they will get directions to get there, plan what to take with us based on what they have there (for example if they have a basketball hoop bring a ball).  They will also help pack the picnic to take with us.  We will take pictures and make a scrapbbook with all the pics and any other papers from our trip. 

I think it is going to be cool.  I will post pics when we take them.

~Dawn