Saturdays...

I have forgotten what it is like to have a Saturday "off". For the past year (and a little more), J has worked EVERY Saturday (well, almost - the ones he didn't work were because he had requested them off for a specific event), thus we have not had Saturdays together as a family since 2007! Actually, with the exception of a few months in 2007 (transition from CFS to Comcast), I haven't known a "free" Saturday since November 2005 (since I worked Saturdays at CFH prior to going to CFS)! Yet, somehow in my mind, Saturdays are "sacred". I can't possibly schedule a recurring event on a Saturday - that would be horrific! (The same is true of Friday nights and Sundays - with the exception of church on Sundays.) And now, we have our Saturdays back. What are we going to do with our Saturdays? Probably the same thing we do with them now (minus working) - nothing special. We need to come up with a list of things we want to do as a family, and using our Saturdays (and soon, Thursdays and Fridays), work through the list one-by-one. We need to enjoy spending time together - not the current "TV on in the living room, Mommy on one computer, Daddy on the other computer, and kids left to fend for themselves" scenario that tends to result from most of our "time together" in the evenings and on J's days off.

List:
1. Go to the Zoo - maybe get a membership for multiple visits throughout the year!
2. Go to the park - spend at least 30 minutes each week playing at the park with the kids.
3. Go for walks - take a walk at least twice a week (as weather allows) as a family.
4. Play games - at least twice a month as a family.
5. Golf - for Mommy & Daddy only (kiddos can hang out with a babysitter) - at least twice a month.
6. Go to Indiana Beach Amusement Park.
7. Go camping - at least twice this spring/summer/fall.
8. Go to the beach - at least twice this summer as a family (more often for Mommy & kiddos while Daddy is working!)
9. Go bowling - Jenny will probably love this!
10. ????

Any suggestions for free (or cheap) family fun? What do you do to spend time with your family? How do you "schedule" it? Feel free to leave all the advice you'd like!