Let your kids do a "Photoshop Chop." Copy several photos of them at different ages, and have them cut out faces and glue them on older or younger bodies. Then put them in photo frames to display around the house. They will laugh about them all summer long.
Set up a chalkboard or a markerboard in a frequently used hallway. Each evening, list the chores you expect your children to complete the next day. They can mark them off as they finish them. You may find they jump the gun from time to time and finish them before going to bed. That's an ace in the hole!
Hospital stays are a jolt to family life. Returning home afterward can be traumatic. Here's how you can help: Take over a carpool. Drop by to do laundry. Offer to take the kids out for the day. Get involved!
Choose a bill to pay off this month. If you can't manage that, focus on the one you'll start paying down starting NOW. Ten or twenty dollars extra a month without fail, and you'll eventually get there.
For that little one, not you! (Although, you can snack, too!) Babies enjoy soft finger foods, but only after they can sit up. Bananas, pasta, chopped chicken and more. Life is a banquet. Let them enjoy!