Summer is always a good and positive thing right? Well as we near the end we are reminiscing all the fun things we did, The kids don't think yard work is fun.
Here are some of the fun things we have done. We try to keep it cheap and usually if you research and are creative you can find free things.
My sister's city had a brand new splash pad put in and we went there and the kids loved it. The first time we tried it wasn't working. They have an awesome park right next to it so they just played there. We went back a week later and it was working and all three of them loved it. Extra fun is bring a plastic cup with you and that will extend the fun.
We also have used the sprinkler under the tramp a lot. That never seems to get old. Even just turn on the sprinklers and the kids will run around in them and think its the best ever. My kids are water babies so they love anything to do with water.
Going to parks is usually a better spring or fall thing because it too hot in the summer but lucky us we have a park just 2 blocks away that is all shaded all day!!!! You can't get better than that! We take a walk down there and play in the shade, its great and free.
Once again water since we love to swim and its hot. We have a state park 10 minutes way and we love going there to swim at the bay the kids call it. We bought a season pass so we can go for "FREE" now :) The kids swim out in the water the baby plays in the sand. We usually go once daddy gets home from work so we can take the kayak and the kids can jump off it farther out in the water. Plus daddy loves swimming.
Something else this year that a few kids put together in our neighborhood was a kids camp type thing. They did it for 2 weeks 3 days a week and they had different themes like farm day, water day, and bird day. It was $5 per kid to go, I let Lexi choose two days and what do you know she chose the animal days. She loved it, she got to see animals and play with them. I think its such a clever idea for everyone. The older girls get to earn some money and the younger kids learn and play and mom gets a little break, always a welcomed thing.
We also love camping and have gone quite a bit this summer. We had to make up for last year not going at all. We have found quite a few free camping spots around and it makes it so much better to go camping because all you pay for is food and gas to get there. It doesn't really matter where you go the kids just like playing in the dirt. One of the really fun things the kids did this year while camping was they took the glow sticks and they would gather them all up and throw them in the air. It really looked like fireworks, they thought it was hilarious too. They all loved it, and played for hours. They also play hide and seek with the glow sticks. Life is so simple when your a kid, Its great.
Summer wouldn't be complete without otter pops right? The kids eat them and ride bikes in the garage and driveway. I can pull up a camp chair in the garage and watch. Although I did discover that my 18 m old can't eat an otter pop very well, so I got some twin pops and he does much better with those. Still super cheap and fun for everyone. Next summer I will have to experiment with healthier popsicles.
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