While originally I had planned on having a slow moving, nothing planned, first week of school, it just doesn't work like that. To have an enjoyable summer (for me) I HAVE to have a schedule.
So, we started our summer plans right away.
Monday was Water play day. We got all of our chores done, then headed outside to play with water squirters, sprinklers, and frozen water balloons (you DON'T throw them). I also froze some toys in some ice to let Felix play around at trying to get them out. Lydia just ended up smashing in on the cement.
Tuesday was Library Day and Wednesday was Park Day. Both were lots of fun!(not pictured)
Thursday was Craft Day. Although I hadn't planned anything I thought of a craft that everyone would like and I had all the supplies for.
We headed to the pond to gather some rocks. All of Felix's ended up at the bottom of the pond.
Then we headed back to paint them. I thought we could leave them around the neighborhood just to give a smile to whoever found them. Zoe and Alexis decided to take it a step further and actually leave them on people's porches and ring the doorbell. They were excited to see later that one lady they had left a rock for had placed it on her porch as decoration.
They turned out really cute and we all had a lot of fun creating them.
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Don't tell Ethan, but for his birthday, I bought him some dinosaurs to do this exact same activity by freezing them in muddy water and letting him play "archeologist." Those rocks are fun too. We may have to do some of that as well. My kids have taken to just carrying big rocks around with them everywhere. I think we're hoping we'll go near a river so they can throw them in. We wouldn't throw painted rocks in though.
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