Our 7 Day Family Challenge COMPLETED!

DAY SEVEN: We did it! We made it the entire challenge! We started the day off by making bird feeders.  BIG thanks to my parents for having all the necessary items :) When I told Isaac what we were doing he knew exactly how to do it and thought it was so cool that we were going to make them.  Picking out his pine cones...

 Rolling the peanut-butter-smothered-pine cone in bird seed

 Ta-da!

 Hanging them up at home

 Following the bird feeders, I had an appointment (a much-appreciated massage that Taylor got me!) and some errands to run.  So after dinner, each of us picked a family to "ding dong ditch." Isaac asked about this alllllllll day.  The tags say, "you've been ding dong ditched."

 I love this picture...this is Taylor running back after he ding dong ditched someone!

 Then we ended the night at the park with some friends.  Beau loves his popsicle!

 Isaac has been on a baseball kick ever since we got him that plastic bat from the dollar store.  Every free moment, "can we play baseball?"

And that's how we ended the night and the week long challenge.  And to wrap up this challenge, I am grateful that we did it! Of everything I planned, there were only 3 things we didn't do, one of which was getting Isaac's hair cut.  I'm grateful I planned attainable things each day and for the most part, didn't over do it each day.  My main goal was to focus on others, and not myself.  I wanted to serve others, I wanted my kids to get out and be ACTIVE, and I wanted to stimulate their brains by making and doing things they've never done.  Will they remember this week? I don't know.  Will we stop serving others after this week? No.  I don't want my kids to think that service has to be a planned thing or a large elaborate task....ultimately I want them to perceive the needs of those around them and act on it.  So hopefully this was just a starting point, if you will, for the fun you can have in serving our fellow beings.