Let the Summer Fun Begin!!

Today is the first day of summer (in our house).  Both boys are already finished with school - Yikes!!  So we have about 90 days until school starts in September.
Most years around this time I'm pulling my hair out and wishing sleep away camp was an option.  I'm still ready to pull my hair out but this summer I have a PLAN!!  Yes, this mom is prepared and ready for the long summer days that lie ahead.
A few weeks ago I started doing some research...on Pinterest of course! I found LOTS of great ideas (thanks to all the great idea people out there for sharing!) and put together a list to save me on those days when it's been a long day and it's only 9:15 AM.

Monday Make something Monday Projects & Crafts	Tuesday Take a Trip Tues Get out of the house!	Wednesday What’s Cooking Wed Baking or cooking	Thursday Be Thoughtful Thurs Write letters, make cookies, do a service	Friday Wacky Friday Anything goes!
make home movies	visit a bakery	make lemonade	make crafts for grandparents and mail them	Make Ice cream sundaes for dinner
make piggy banks - spend, save, give	visit daddy at work	bake cupcakes	make postcards and mail to cousins	go to 4H Fair
paint rocks	go on a picnic	bake cookies	Ding Dong Ditch w a nice surprise at the door	do a color scavenger hunt
fruit loop necklace	pick your own fruit	make trail mix	Color-A-Smile	wash the car and bikes
Tie Die T-shirts	Trip to the dollar store	kids plan, shop, and make dinner	do something nice for each family member	backyard movie
make a sea shell wind chime	go to the zoo	make ice cream sandwiches	make tissue flowers and deliver to friends	have a “9 over” w/friends / PJ playdate
Pick any animal and learn all about it	go bowling	Make granola bars	bring treats to the fire station	camping
melted crayon hot rocks	go to sprinkler park	make banana ice cream		Weekend trip to Philly
make a family time capsule	go on a pirate adventure	bake dog biscuits		Weekend trip to DC
make placemats	go to the movies	make slushies		create a silly holiday - annual donut day
Sew buttons	bike ride to the library			glow sticks in the bath
Journal writing				no electricity day!
Reading Reports
Reading/Word Bingo

 Here is my list - as you can see I broke it up into days of the week to help make it easier for me.  This way when the kids are bouncing off the walls and I need to think of something to do FAST I can just go to the day of the week and we can pick an activity together.  This doesn't mean that every day we will do something off the list - most days will be spent at the pool or beach. But come late July/August when the pool has lost some of it's appeal I think this is when our list will be used the most.

Today we had our first pool day. The boys loved splashing around (getting everyone not in the pool wet) and I enjoyed watching the first day of our summer fun unfold as easy as a summer day should.

I do believe in easy summer days - days that take us (and our children) off the busy schedules of the school year.  We all need the break, a change in pace, and a chance to just be. But, I am ready just in case those easy summer days start to eat away at my sanity.  I'll be ready to bring the fun back when summer starts to feel too long.  Let the summer fun begin!!!

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