Each year, I set goals for our family adventures. Last year, was to take a three week vacation with the destination of Yosemite National Park for a week. This year we decided that we would stay a lot closer to home. We are going to explore Indiana. We set goals like going to all of our state parks, seeing as many towns and cities as possible, checking out festivals and attractions, participating in our town events, and doing things we haven't done before.
A couple weekends ago we decided we needed to go on an adventure that was in our town and something we hadn't done before. We choose to paint ceramics as our first adventure of the year. We went to our favorite place to grab breakfast, a short walk around the neighborhood, a coffee and hot chocolate stop and then walked next door and painted a mug and a plate.
This time Emerson and Eric picked out what they wanted paint. Eric choose a mug to put the boys hand prints on. Emerson painted a plate however he wanted and then I added his name, a drawing and dots. The process was fun and the boys both enjoyed painting. 
I love that we have decided to focus on doing things around town and within our state. Sometimes, I feel we get caught up in the grand part of doing things that we look past what is right next to us.
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