Great Quotations to Share With Your Children

· Never look down at anyone unless you are helping them up.
· Be kind to unkind people, they need it most.
· Learn to listen - opportunity could be knocking at your door very softly.
· Joyful thoughts create a joyful world.
· As long as you live, keep learning to live.
· Be ‘for things,’ not against things.
· No one fails who does his best.
· Believe in your dreams.
· Always look for the good in people.
· Do what is right rather than what is popular.
· Rejoice in others’ successes, knowing there is plenty for us all.

8 Ways to Make an Ordinary Day Special

It’s the little things you do that sometimes make the biggest impression. It’s the special touch that you add that makes the ordinary extraordinary!

Here are a few ideas:

1) Celebrate half birthdays with half a birthday cake.
2) Celebrate your pet’s birthday.
3) Make a tape of a cheering crowd, play it back to a family member that’s done something terrific.
4) Serve sparkling apple juice in wineglasses to toast a family member’s accomplishments.
5) Start a party idea file - refer to it when entertaining.
6) Visit a local farm in the summer and pick your own fruit.
7) Surprise your child by dropping chores for the day and doing something spontaneous together.
8) Plan a ‘this is your life’ celebration for a loved one’s birthday.