what about building lemonade stands and selling homemade goods to make a small profit? not only is it fun to show kids how to do, but they learn how to make money off a simple idea.
i dunno... i'm not suzy homemaker, and of course my kids can drive me nuts and i just need a little 'me' time, but that's usually when i take my kids to the grocery store and have them read me the list of things we need to buy.
and what ever happened to going to the zoo, feeding the ducks, making smores and having pretend campouts?
i think the best thing my family and i did as an actual family was have one day a week where we go out to dinner, rent a kid flick, watch it, and camp out on the floor in the living room. my mom would make caramel corn and the whole bit. with my kids, i'm trying to do the same thing, but switch it up a bit. have a 'party' for no reason. have them bake cupcakes with me and we have a birthday party for spider man or something... on another night we'll go on a scavenger hunt, go collect rocks, or just go outside and find colors...
bah. we do suck as parents. why can't we have grown up in the 50's and just gone to the malt shoppe all the time?