Yesterday was the first day of summer vacation for my two older girls. I have a bunch of ideas to help keep us busy. I really don't want the whole summer spent watching T.V. and playing on the computer.
We (I mean they) started out the day watching morning cartoons. Strike one.
Then we ate breakfast and went for a bike ride up to the community garden. I'll have to do a post on the community garden later, because I just really love it. Brooklyn is good at riding her bike. Savannah hasn't had much practice, and does okay with her training wheels on. I hope to give her a lot of practice this summer riding her bike. I was feeling pretty good about giving her the opportunity to ride on the "first day of Summer." Madison rode a trike and luckily we have two matching trikes so that Charlotte could "ride" one too, but really I just pushed her along for the most part. Right next to the community garden is a park, and so we got in a little more riding practice at the park, and took some time to play on the slides and swings as well.
On the way back home my plan started to fall apart. The two older girls were much faster than I was with Madison and Charlotte. After a bit Charlotte refused to ride, and Madison wanted to walk. There I was trying to push/pull/carry two trikes, a two year old, and persuade a four year old to hurry along. We were away from home for about two and a half hours. I'm glad that we all made it home in one piece.
So, the T.V. and computer got turned on again. Strike two.
Then we had some fun playing with friends for a little while - a total of three hours maybe.
And then it was time to fix dinner, and I just didn't have the energy/desire to keep the kids occupied and they wanted to play a new Wii game, so again we turned on the T.V. Strike three!
Clearly I need more ideas to turn to when the kids say, "Can I play on the computer?" or "Can I watch a movie?" or when I just need a little break myself.
It is a really good thing that I have 79 more days to perfect my summer strategies.
:)
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