My favorite part of each new month is sitting at the kitchen counter with my box full of sharpies and my oversized newsprint paper pad to make a new calendar. Every once in a while I'll be tempted by some big fancy calendar. And for one month last year I decided maybe our fridge would be more beautiful without one of these... but without it, I consistently forgot pretty much every appointment I had that month, so the clutter-free fridge disappeared and my happy little calendar returned.
(I can remember as a little girl making calendars, just for fun. And my big sister got a cute blank calendar template once that I photocopied again and again and used for years (and years and years! I still have some of those photo copies that I pull out every once in a while!) and somehow I never got frustrated with filling in all those dates...)
Our calendar is filled up so far with all the little things:
- Family home evening -- I wrote it out on the calendar this month, "Family Home Evening" instead of just FHE because I thought maybe if it filled up more of the space, I'd think about it more and spend more time making plans, etc. so it didn't end up so often as a quick, right-before-bed routine.
- Soccer -- we thought the season ended in September, but I'd misunderstood the schedule, so we still have a few more weeks of games :)
- Scouts for Landon and Scouts/Young Mens for Jordan
- Volunteering in Landon and Ellie's classes -- yay!
- Storytime/library time
Also on the calendar : General Conference this weekend, a trip to New York for Jordan, a happy anniversary (11 years!), Fall Break for the kids, Halloween and fun fall time activities, and a temple trip to schedule.
I think October is maybe the most perfect month in Logan, and I'm excited to enjoy these beautiful Fall days!
