Summer Activities

Last summer I made a "poor momma gone wild" bag of activities.  I let Camilla and Rex draw one activity out of the bag and we did that for 15 minutes, and then we drew again.  She still talks about how much fun this was.  Their ages at the time were 2 and 3, so 15 minutes was all I could get them engaged for.  The activities ranged from nature walk, paint the fence with water, car wash our toys, sidewalk chalk art, color together, scavenger hunt for colors in nature, ....  ALL FREE and perfect for preschoolers.

She still talks about our "activities" and how she is ready to do more now that we are having "Stay Home Days."  This summer I have my bag of activities ready, and I'm going to let her and Rex draw one a day.  This summer the "activities" are a little longer and can be done all morning.  I realize this is nothing new....I'm pretty sure I saw a similar concept for couples in Priscilla's Adult Store in Durham, ha, and I have also seen the "Fall Bucket List" on Pinterest.

So whether or not you are home all summer with your kids, or are blessed to have a couple of vacation days that you can take with them...consider a bag of "activities."  The excitement of "we are doing what ever comes out of that bag" is felt by everyone.

Here is the Stillings' List of Activities for 2015:

1. Use Rex's new outside chalk kit with his toys and go for a color scavenger hunt.
2. Trip to the Cannon library, Village park, and picnic.
3. Toy car wash and wash mommy's car.
4. Open Rex's new cars and Lego's and build a city together on his mat.
5. Go to the Kannapolis Splash Pad and Ride the Train.
6. Balloon Paddle - blow up two balloons and holly them back and forth with spatulas.
7. Catch bugs with the bug catchers Maw maw got us for Easter.
8. Paint.
9. Use our Groupon for the Bounce City in Salisbury, visit Dad, and get a Krispy Kreme - all on Innes Street in Salisbury.
10. Dress up like a Super Hero and go with mom to Trader Joe's to stock up on organic foods.
11. Meet Dad for lunch at Go Burrito and then walk around Salisbury.