Go to an amusement park or local fair – Ugh, I know.Pay it forward and let your kids see the value in giving this summer. The questions and excitement that unfurled from that one simple experience were priceless. A couple of weeks ago I told my kids we were going to pay for the car behind us in the McDonald’s drive thru. So often we give, but our kids don’t get to see it first hard. Give – How about giving some of that extra time away? Volunteer to help with community clean up, serve at a community event or your church’s vacation Bible school, just make sure your kids see and help you do it.They are actually becoming pretty decent pickers! We make jam and crisp ( not pie!) and we freeze and can some of the fruit for the winter. We pick strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and wild huckleberries. Pick fruit – I live in the valley of plenty for this, but it’s still an adventure every year.We might try this water balloon piñata next. If you doubt the “as seen on tv” stuff, that makes two of us, but these things really did work perfectly for us. It’s genius – 60 seconds and you have 30 water bombs ready to explode. Have a water balloon fight –Ever thought water balloons are a annoying? Problem solved! My mother-in-law bought us this pack this year and we had a blast with it. This is on my list of things to do this summer! Or visit an observatory to view the galaxy like never before. Use this app to locate and name the constellations. We picked up a telescope at a yard sale last year.
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