AP Month

October 20 – Harvest

October 20, 2010

Welcome to AP Month! Go harvesting this weekend.  Visit a local orchard or farm and connect with nature and each other by picking fresh fruits or vegetables. Start a journal in which you “harvest” the moments of wonder, growth and challenge that occur daily with your children.  Refer to your “harvest” journal in moments of […]

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Welcome to AP Month! Make a Snack O’Lantern.  Slice the top off a navel orange, and cut around its interior to hollow it out.  Scoop out the orange segments, chop them, and mix them with a fresh fruit salad.  Carve small facial features in one side of the orange, fill the lantern with fruit salad, […]

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October 18 – Breathe

October 18, 2010

Welcome to AP Month! Notice your breathing right now.  In, out.  Deep, slow.  Calm, ease.  Smile, release.  Present moment, wonderful moment. Thank you to our sponsor BabyBabyOhBaby.

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October 17 – Mama Mia!

October 17, 2010

Welcome to AP Month! Make mealtime fun!  Have an “Opera Meal” night.  Everyone sings instead of speaking during dinnertime – even to ask, “Please pass the butter.”  Everyone can get silly with this one! Have older kids?  Have them sing while helping prepare and clean up too!

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Oct 16 – Be a kid again

October 16, 2010

Welcome to AP Month! Lose your dignity today with your children.  Fall down, sing crazy songs, dance around, stumble, be silly, exaggerate everything, and look foolish. Bid on one or more of these special auction items from WYSH and Parent2ParentU and refresh and recharge your parenting perspective.

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Welcome to AP Month! When you walk, say to yourself, “I am walking” and feel the effects of the ground on your feet.  When you eat, be conscious of the movements of your hands, the taste of the food, the feel of the food in your mouth.  Wherever you are, take in your surroundings. The […]

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October 14 – Sock hop

October 14, 2010

Welcome to AP Month! Play the sock game.  Each family member tries to take off everyone else’s socks while keeping his or her own on. Check out the baby socks at our sponsor Boutique Organic! Only three days to bid on our online auction! See what new items have arrived!

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