WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.000 It's so you go to like 10 different parks or 00:00:03.000 --> 00:00:05.080 however many parks you have like kind of in your 00:00:05.080 --> 00:00:07.780 area for the whole day. So like you just go park 00:00:07.780 --> 00:00:10.419 hopping. It's like bar hopping, but for kids. 00:00:10.560 --> 00:00:12.939 I was like, do they serve margaritas? I mean, 00:00:13.080 --> 00:00:21.980 that would be great. Welcome back to Keep It 00:00:21.980 --> 00:00:24.559 Good. I'm your host Carly. And I'm your host, 00:00:24.800 --> 00:00:28.859 Emily. So we have hit summer. It's here. What 00:00:28.859 --> 00:00:30.890 are we doing? What are we doing with these kids? 00:00:31.070 --> 00:00:34.630 My kids cannot stand being bored, as they say. 00:00:34.990 --> 00:00:37.329 Oh, it's time. It's time to shine as cruise director. 00:00:38.030 --> 00:00:41.630 Yes. We are here today to help you with some 00:00:41.630 --> 00:00:44.070 ideas on how to keep these kiddos busy, even 00:00:44.070 --> 00:00:47.390 if you are working. But once you get them from 00:00:47.390 --> 00:00:50.130 camp or daycare, you need a little help for the 00:00:50.130 --> 00:00:53.009 nighttime, just something for some good summer 00:00:53.009 --> 00:00:55.890 memories. Yeah. Make a little magic happen this 00:00:55.890 --> 00:00:58.469 summer, right? Yeah. So, Carr, you're home with 00:00:58.469 --> 00:01:01.850 the kiddos. Like all summer. Yep. This is my 00:01:01.850 --> 00:01:04.090 second time doing it. It was the best decision 00:01:04.090 --> 00:01:06.650 I ever made. Like I'm very lucky as a nurse because 00:01:06.650 --> 00:01:09.909 I can kind of switch my schedule, pick up different 00:01:09.909 --> 00:01:13.590 hours. So yeah, last year we kept it very simple. 00:01:14.049 --> 00:01:17.590 We love hiking. So we'd wake up, we'd go for 00:01:17.590 --> 00:01:20.250 a hike, different hike all the time, and then 00:01:20.250 --> 00:01:23.769 we'd come back and do like the pool or arts and 00:01:23.769 --> 00:01:26.549 crafts. So every day you kind of did like a similar 00:01:26.549 --> 00:01:28.959 routine. You went for a hike or a walk of some 00:01:28.959 --> 00:01:31.459 sort every day? Yeah, that we're definitely going 00:01:31.459 --> 00:01:34.959 to keep in the routine. My son thrives on structure. 00:01:35.420 --> 00:01:38.439 He does not do well with surprises or not knowing 00:01:38.439 --> 00:01:41.159 what to expect. So that's something that I kind 00:01:41.159 --> 00:01:44.379 of have to keep in mind and base our days upon. 00:01:44.540 --> 00:01:47.579 I made like a whole list of things that we can 00:01:47.579 --> 00:01:50.180 kind of do this summer to add in a few extra. 00:01:50.239 --> 00:01:52.599 Because it was great for like the first month 00:01:52.599 --> 00:01:55.900 last year, the hiking, swimming, art. But then 00:01:55.900 --> 00:01:57.680 it kind of got, they kind of got a little bored 00:01:57.680 --> 00:02:01.420 of it. And I did too, you know, so this year 00:02:01.420 --> 00:02:03.819 we're going to incorporate that, but also add 00:02:03.819 --> 00:02:06.420 in a few of these fun things that I found and 00:02:06.420 --> 00:02:08.620 we'll see how it goes. But yeah, I mean, it's 00:02:08.620 --> 00:02:12.199 a struggle entertaining them all the time. Well, 00:02:12.219 --> 00:02:13.520 it's like, once they're done with one thing, 00:02:13.599 --> 00:02:16.039 they're like, so what, what is next? Like what, 00:02:16.280 --> 00:02:19.439 why? Like I just had a conversation with my older 00:02:19.439 --> 00:02:23.639 daughter and she was like, I never see my friends. 00:02:23.699 --> 00:02:26.219 It's been three weeks. And I was like, you've 00:02:26.219 --> 00:02:28.860 been out of school for nine days and you saw 00:02:28.860 --> 00:02:31.340 someone two days ago. What do you mean you haven't 00:02:31.340 --> 00:02:35.080 seen? They're just so dramatic and just cannot 00:02:35.080 --> 00:02:37.060 be bored. I'm like, sorry, dude, you got to be 00:02:37.060 --> 00:02:39.860 bored for a little bit and we'll see people tomorrow. 00:02:40.560 --> 00:02:43.000 And that's like the number one thing too is like 00:02:43.000 --> 00:02:46.439 we... have to let them be bored at times because 00:02:46.439 --> 00:02:48.759 that's when the imagination really takes over 00:02:48.759 --> 00:02:52.099 and they start to problem solve and like, you 00:02:52.099 --> 00:02:55.280 know, make up things, like draw things, create 00:02:55.280 --> 00:02:58.120 things. When you're constantly filling them with 00:02:58.120 --> 00:03:01.960 activities, it takes away from their own ability 00:03:01.960 --> 00:03:05.300 to kind of manage their self. And like, you know, 00:03:05.319 --> 00:03:07.500 like I said, problem solve, like, okay, I'm bored. 00:03:07.780 --> 00:03:10.300 I don't have somebody constantly setting up my 00:03:10.300 --> 00:03:13.490 day and things, you know. And along with chores, 00:03:13.789 --> 00:03:16.669 too, we are very, you know, still got to do the 00:03:16.669 --> 00:03:19.169 chores in the summer. Like, things got to get 00:03:19.169 --> 00:03:21.949 done. Those towels got to get folded. Garbage 00:03:21.949 --> 00:03:24.810 needs to get brought up. So, yeah, we have a 00:03:24.810 --> 00:03:27.349 really fun summer, but there's also structure. 00:03:27.590 --> 00:03:30.469 There's also chores. There's also reading. Like, 00:03:30.810 --> 00:03:32.889 it's not just a free -for -all, you know, because 00:03:32.889 --> 00:03:35.449 then I think it's that much harder to reel them 00:03:35.449 --> 00:03:40.229 in for school. So if you can kind of stay on 00:03:40.229 --> 00:03:44.759 the same... schedule, you know, with some flexibility 00:03:44.759 --> 00:03:47.319 here and there. I think you're setting yourself 00:03:47.319 --> 00:03:50.240 up for the fall, you know. Right. Well, we like 00:03:50.240 --> 00:03:52.879 structure as adults, too. You know, like we like 00:03:52.879 --> 00:03:55.080 to go to the gym at a certain time or, you know, 00:03:55.419 --> 00:03:58.360 do this at a certain time. So that makes sense. 00:03:59.039 --> 00:04:01.599 Yes. So what are we going to do, parents? What 00:04:01.599 --> 00:04:04.219 are we doing this summer? Here's a few ideas, 00:04:05.900 --> 00:04:08.699 things that, you know. don't usually cost a lot 00:04:08.699 --> 00:04:10.960 of money or there is you know some activities 00:04:10.960 --> 00:04:14.319 that might require a little bit of a little bit 00:04:14.319 --> 00:04:17.199 of pocket change but so backyard let's start 00:04:17.199 --> 00:04:19.519 in the backyard okay let's do it you don't want 00:04:19.519 --> 00:04:22.399 to leave your house that day totally get it these 00:04:22.399 --> 00:04:24.339 are some things that i have set up in the past 00:04:24.339 --> 00:04:26.920 that worked out really well especially with boys 00:04:26.920 --> 00:04:29.540 but i'm sure it would work for girls as well 00:04:29.540 --> 00:04:32.970 yeah of course You got stuff lying around the 00:04:32.970 --> 00:04:35.089 house. You don't need to go out and buy a whole 00:04:35.089 --> 00:04:37.670 kit. There is so many things that you can turn 00:04:37.670 --> 00:04:41.370 into an obstacle course and let them help you 00:04:41.370 --> 00:04:43.629 create it. So not only are you getting their 00:04:43.629 --> 00:04:46.490 imagination going, but you can get involved too 00:04:46.490 --> 00:04:48.470 and do the obstacle course. So then you're like 00:04:48.470 --> 00:04:50.850 fully, you know, it's just, it's funner I think 00:04:50.850 --> 00:04:54.449 for kids when adults jump in and do it as well. 00:04:54.990 --> 00:04:58.490 So that's a good one. It adds activity. Exercise. 00:04:59.069 --> 00:05:01.949 Yeah. I think every day of the summer, they need 00:05:01.949 --> 00:05:04.930 to be moving. They need to be moving their body. 00:05:06.910 --> 00:05:09.689 Let's see, camping. You could do an outdoor camping. 00:05:09.829 --> 00:05:12.550 Don't even have to do it necessarily at night, 00:05:12.689 --> 00:05:14.750 because I wouldn't be caught dead camping in 00:05:14.750 --> 00:05:19.350 my backyard at night. Same. I'm terrified. There's 00:05:19.350 --> 00:05:22.430 bears in wildlife. But I'm more afraid of a spider. 00:05:23.649 --> 00:05:27.949 Yeah, I just I'm not a fan of it. But I mean, 00:05:28.029 --> 00:05:31.170 You can set up the tent in the shade in your 00:05:31.170 --> 00:05:33.870 yard, just like something different. And you'd 00:05:33.870 --> 00:05:36.569 be surprised what they come up with doing it. 00:05:36.670 --> 00:05:39.089 It could be a little book nook. It could be Barbie 00:05:39.089 --> 00:05:42.589 area. Yeah. Yeah. So many things. Just having 00:05:42.589 --> 00:05:45.350 that tent set up, like it's a whole different 00:05:45.350 --> 00:05:48.189 play zone, you know? One thing we love doing 00:05:48.189 --> 00:05:52.410 is scavenger hunts. I come up with a list of 00:05:52.410 --> 00:05:54.509 just the most randomest shit that they have to 00:05:54.509 --> 00:05:58.259 find. Yeah. and it takes them forever, and it's 00:05:58.259 --> 00:06:00.660 fun. And a lot of it too, you can incorporate 00:06:00.660 --> 00:06:03.360 it into your afternoon art activity too. If you're 00:06:03.360 --> 00:06:06.750 into art like me, I like to get that. in at least 00:06:06.750 --> 00:06:09.589 three times a week, something creative, crafty. 00:06:10.009 --> 00:06:12.750 So the other day we did a scavenger hunt and 00:06:12.750 --> 00:06:16.110 we found all these wildflowers, herbs, little 00:06:16.110 --> 00:06:18.790 tiny ferns, and we turned it into a bookmark. 00:06:18.910 --> 00:06:22.009 And it was super easy. You just need cardstock, 00:06:22.149 --> 00:06:24.449 tape, and your wildflowers. And these things 00:06:24.449 --> 00:06:26.889 came out beautiful. I love them. They were cool. 00:06:27.490 --> 00:06:30.189 It was so much fun. But, I mean, you can do any 00:06:30.189 --> 00:06:32.569 type of scavenger hunt. Look for a toad, four 00:06:32.569 --> 00:06:36.509 -leaf clover, find an old coin. We've done it 00:06:36.509 --> 00:06:38.629 on a walk, too, just like we're going for a walk, 00:06:38.649 --> 00:06:40.389 but let's make it a little more fun, you know, 00:06:40.430 --> 00:06:43.029 something a little different. Yeah, it's crazy. 00:06:43.629 --> 00:06:45.149 But you don't even have to leave your backyard, 00:06:45.490 --> 00:06:50.110 you know? You can do this anywhere, really. What 00:06:50.110 --> 00:06:52.769 else? You ever do, like, water balloon baseball 00:06:52.769 --> 00:06:56.110 or tag or anything with your kids? Yeah, my kids, 00:06:56.110 --> 00:06:58.779 in our backyard, I mean, they love to ride their 00:06:58.779 --> 00:07:00.279 bike and scooter and stuff like that. We have 00:07:00.279 --> 00:07:02.579 a really good neighborhood for those kind of 00:07:02.579 --> 00:07:04.220 activities, too. There's a lot of kids. It's 00:07:04.220 --> 00:07:07.360 like a big circle. So it's, you know, not a lot 00:07:07.360 --> 00:07:09.579 of car traffic besides the neighbors. But yeah, 00:07:09.819 --> 00:07:13.240 backyard stuff. They like to do soccer, those 00:07:13.240 --> 00:07:15.579 Velcro balls, you know, those, like, you put 00:07:15.579 --> 00:07:18.519 the little mitt on, you catch the ball. Honestly, 00:07:18.680 --> 00:07:20.300 I think we bought them at the dollar store for 00:07:20.300 --> 00:07:24.579 maybe $1 .25. Like, a set. or Target for under 00:07:24.579 --> 00:07:26.899 $5. It was very cheap. But yes, we have a little 00:07:26.899 --> 00:07:29.579 sprinkler that we set up sometimes, almost like 00:07:29.579 --> 00:07:32.160 a little splash pad or just the regular old sprinkler. 00:07:33.339 --> 00:07:37.379 But yeah, tag a little bit. The girls kind of 00:07:37.379 --> 00:07:38.519 get bored with that. If they're playing with 00:07:38.519 --> 00:07:41.680 other kids or like hide and seek outside with 00:07:41.680 --> 00:07:43.980 other kids, they'll be more into stuff like that. 00:07:44.680 --> 00:07:46.560 But yes, we love a good water balloon toss. I 00:07:46.560 --> 00:07:48.759 actually just. added some to my target order. 00:07:49.019 --> 00:07:50.480 You know those ones like where you fill it in 00:07:50.480 --> 00:07:53.939 like 20 or 30 or whatever on that stupid plastic 00:07:53.939 --> 00:07:56.160 thing? You like fill them all up at the same 00:07:56.160 --> 00:07:58.680 time. You got to be invested for that activity 00:07:58.680 --> 00:08:02.360 though. You too. You got to know what's in store, 00:08:02.519 --> 00:08:06.139 you know. Another thing that we started doing 00:08:06.139 --> 00:08:08.360 with the boys is gardening. We have this little 00:08:08.360 --> 00:08:11.040 tiny, even if you don't have room for a garden, 00:08:11.180 --> 00:08:13.560 you can do it in pots, anything where they have 00:08:13.560 --> 00:08:16.339 to tend to it every day. you're going to have 00:08:16.339 --> 00:08:18.399 to help me do that because we don't garden and 00:08:18.399 --> 00:08:20.420 I don't know how I can barely keep things alive 00:08:20.420 --> 00:08:24.240 indoors. So it's cool for them to see every day 00:08:24.240 --> 00:08:26.920 like, oh wow, this basil is getting bigger and 00:08:26.920 --> 00:08:28.939 bigger and see what happens when you water it. 00:08:28.959 --> 00:08:31.019 And it's just a really cool learning experience 00:08:31.019 --> 00:08:33.399 for the kids. So we always start it on Mother's 00:08:33.399 --> 00:08:38.240 Day. We plant squash, whatever we want to incorporate 00:08:38.240 --> 00:08:40.820 into our diet that summer. And then the kids 00:08:40.820 --> 00:08:44.759 get to see it grow and how it works. It's it's 00:08:44.759 --> 00:08:47.379 just a cool activity to get your kids started 00:08:47.379 --> 00:08:50.460 in early, you know, right? But like I said you 00:08:50.460 --> 00:08:52.720 can do it in pots if you don't have an area to 00:08:52.720 --> 00:08:55.500 put in a garden just little pots and they can 00:08:55.500 --> 00:08:59.559 do like a sunflower or Mint or you know anything 00:08:59.559 --> 00:09:02.259 right? It could just be a flower even yeah wild 00:09:02.259 --> 00:09:05.000 flower anything to just watch the process of 00:09:05.000 --> 00:09:08.019 how it works from seedling to This beautiful, 00:09:08.019 --> 00:09:13.049 you know creation. Yeah drawing contests we like 00:09:13.049 --> 00:09:15.850 to do. So I'll set up, you know, like when you 00:09:15.850 --> 00:09:18.269 go to like the art studio and they have like 00:09:18.269 --> 00:09:21.190 this one thing and like a vase of flowers, you 00:09:21.190 --> 00:09:23.610 know, and then everyone draws the same thing. 00:09:23.610 --> 00:09:26.110 Yes, right. It's like that for a kid. So you 00:09:26.110 --> 00:09:29.350 could set up like a Barbie or a Spider -Man, 00:09:29.730 --> 00:09:32.330 you know, like any type of, any type of thing. 00:09:32.330 --> 00:09:35.490 And it just keeps them all entertained because 00:09:35.490 --> 00:09:37.909 they're all focusing on the same thing. You know, 00:09:38.070 --> 00:09:41.730 we do a lot of art during the summer. And it's 00:09:41.730 --> 00:09:43.929 fun. And then when you do it all the time, at 00:09:43.929 --> 00:09:46.210 the end, you can have like a little art show. 00:09:46.409 --> 00:09:48.909 Like, look at all the things that we did and 00:09:48.909 --> 00:09:51.330 just hang it up for them. I hung them all up 00:09:51.330 --> 00:09:53.470 on this like privacy screen that we have. It's 00:09:53.470 --> 00:09:56.009 like a fence. And they just got to like, you 00:09:56.009 --> 00:09:59.610 know, it's like playing art studio, you know? 00:09:59.669 --> 00:10:02.330 They just get to like see their collection all 00:10:02.330 --> 00:10:04.710 up on the wall. And it's like, whoa, we did this. 00:10:04.730 --> 00:10:07.500 It's so cool. But yeah, I mean, there's tons 00:10:07.500 --> 00:10:09.559 of things you could do in your own house. There's 00:10:09.559 --> 00:10:13.240 so many DIY things that you can turn popsicle 00:10:13.240 --> 00:10:16.299 sticks and an elastic into one of those things 00:10:16.299 --> 00:10:18.659 where you launch the balls. You just have to 00:10:18.659 --> 00:10:22.860 Google and like Pinterest, hello Pinterest, like, 00:10:23.120 --> 00:10:26.080 yeah, but it makes the whole activity the whole 00:10:26.080 --> 00:10:28.480 morning because they're right, you know, they're 00:10:28.480 --> 00:10:30.159 following the directions and they're cutting 00:10:30.159 --> 00:10:32.710 up the the paper towel holder and they're turning 00:10:32.710 --> 00:10:34.789 it into this and then you can paint them and 00:10:34.789 --> 00:10:37.590 do this and right you there's like activity after 00:10:37.590 --> 00:10:39.529 activity like once you build it then you can 00:10:39.529 --> 00:10:41.789 paint it then you can try it out well and these 00:10:41.789 --> 00:10:44.110 are stem activities too which are so popular 00:10:44.110 --> 00:10:46.169 in the schools now too right to get this kind 00:10:46.169 --> 00:10:49.169 of engineering and this mathematical mind working 00:10:49.169 --> 00:10:52.070 but you're also being creative at the same time 00:10:52.070 --> 00:10:54.509 you know you're making it how how you want it 00:10:54.509 --> 00:10:56.809 and how you visualize it. So neat. Yeah. And 00:10:56.809 --> 00:10:58.350 you're not spending any money because, I mean, 00:10:58.350 --> 00:11:00.570 how many of us have empty toilet paper rolls 00:11:00.570 --> 00:11:03.009 that we can collect? Oh, yeah. Milk jugs. Collect 00:11:03.009 --> 00:11:04.889 stuff in a week, you know? Yeah. Paper towel 00:11:04.889 --> 00:11:07.409 holders and... Yeah. If you plan ahead, then 00:11:07.409 --> 00:11:09.649 you know the resources that you need and you 00:11:09.649 --> 00:11:12.149 are set without even spending money. We love 00:11:12.149 --> 00:11:13.830 to even paint rocks. Like, my kids will paint 00:11:13.830 --> 00:11:16.029 rocks. Let's go find rocks. There are those kits. 00:11:16.029 --> 00:11:19.330 You can buy, like, DIY, like, rock kit, you know, 00:11:19.330 --> 00:11:21.129 and you paint them and you're like, I just spent 00:11:21.129 --> 00:11:24.539 this money for a bag of rocks. I know. That you 00:11:24.539 --> 00:11:27.259 can find on a hike. Go find some. Yeah, I know. 00:11:27.480 --> 00:11:29.379 I love it. It's like we find some on a hike, 00:11:29.519 --> 00:11:31.840 and then you can paint them. Activity number 00:11:31.840 --> 00:11:36.019 two. Yep. Yep. I know. And then another thing 00:11:36.019 --> 00:11:38.320 we do, too, is we make our own popsicles. And 00:11:38.320 --> 00:11:40.700 I started getting the boys involved. So then 00:11:40.700 --> 00:11:43.480 we start with the mango. They help me chop up 00:11:43.480 --> 00:11:46.860 the mango. And then it's literally just mango 00:11:46.860 --> 00:11:49.500 and yogurt. There's so many. recipes that are 00:11:49.500 --> 00:11:52.279 two ingredients, and you blend it, you put it 00:11:52.279 --> 00:11:57.019 in this Amazon little popsicle holder, and they're 00:11:57.019 --> 00:12:01.440 so good. We've never done a yogurt one. Oh, they're 00:12:01.440 --> 00:12:03.299 delicious. And it follows the fine gold diet. 00:12:03.399 --> 00:12:05.139 So I mean, that's why I kind of got into that 00:12:05.139 --> 00:12:08.580 activity, because we have to be kind of careful 00:12:08.580 --> 00:12:11.600 with what we let them eat. But that's a great 00:12:11.600 --> 00:12:15.470 little snack for summer. Highly recommend. All 00:12:15.470 --> 00:12:17.970 right, so some of the local things that we've 00:12:17.970 --> 00:12:22.470 been looking into and trying is, I mean, we're 00:12:22.470 --> 00:12:24.690 very lucky we have our own pool. But if you don't, 00:12:24.809 --> 00:12:26.929 I remember growing up and going to the local 00:12:26.929 --> 00:12:30.870 pool. You get a season pass. And I mean, that's 00:12:30.870 --> 00:12:34.330 where we grew up. So there's so many local pools 00:12:34.330 --> 00:12:37.330 in your area that you can just sign up and do. 00:12:38.199 --> 00:12:40.240 activities there, meet up with other families. 00:12:40.299 --> 00:12:42.120 Those were the best days of summer. Yeah, even 00:12:42.120 --> 00:12:44.659 if there's nothing in your town, surrounding 00:12:44.659 --> 00:12:46.720 towns typically have these activities for you 00:12:46.720 --> 00:12:50.120 to do too. Splash pads and, you know, communities 00:12:50.120 --> 00:12:52.320 all over have them for a family for the day. 00:12:53.159 --> 00:12:56.320 But love those. And then museums. We're going 00:12:56.320 --> 00:12:58.840 to be checking out a lot of museums this summer. 00:12:59.419 --> 00:13:01.980 The first one that we're going to is this airplane 00:13:01.980 --> 00:13:05.179 one. I'm bringing my dad for Father's Day because 00:13:05.179 --> 00:13:08.909 he's very into planes. all these things. So, 00:13:08.929 --> 00:13:11.029 I mean, and with boys, I don't think girls would 00:13:11.029 --> 00:13:14.570 really be into it. But that's something we've 00:13:14.570 --> 00:13:17.909 never tried, we've never done. So we're doing 00:13:17.909 --> 00:13:20.889 that like the first week of July. But there's 00:13:20.889 --> 00:13:23.190 so many museums. There's the Norman Rockwell. 00:13:23.289 --> 00:13:25.549 If you're in our area, there's just so many. 00:13:25.730 --> 00:13:27.750 So whatever area you're in, and a lot of times 00:13:27.750 --> 00:13:32.230 they do kid activities that are free. So just, 00:13:32.230 --> 00:13:35.929 you know, really take advantage of... your computer 00:13:35.929 --> 00:13:38.470 and start researching things in your town because 00:13:38.470 --> 00:13:41.529 there's so many things available that you would 00:13:41.529 --> 00:13:43.710 have never even thought to try with your kids. 00:13:43.789 --> 00:13:46.429 Like, I just looked into fire stations. They 00:13:46.429 --> 00:13:49.909 do tours for kids. So you can go into the fire 00:13:49.909 --> 00:13:52.730 station, look at all the equipment. If you call 00:13:52.730 --> 00:13:55.470 ahead, I'm sure they'll have somebody, you know, 00:13:55.470 --> 00:13:58.750 ready and prepared to kind of take your kiddos 00:13:58.750 --> 00:14:01.269 onto the truck and, like, all the things. Like, 00:14:01.269 --> 00:14:03.990 how cool is that for a little kid? Oh, yeah. 00:14:04.169 --> 00:14:07.710 I would have loved to do that. So that's definitely 00:14:07.710 --> 00:14:11.970 on our bucket list. And speaking of bucket list, 00:14:12.629 --> 00:14:15.870 you got to make one with your kids. It's so cute 00:14:15.870 --> 00:14:18.690 to see what they come up with, what their goal 00:14:18.690 --> 00:14:21.669 is for the summer. Pick like five things that 00:14:21.669 --> 00:14:24.389 you really want to accomplish or go to or see 00:14:24.389 --> 00:14:28.129 and you make it a goal. At least it gives you 00:14:28.129 --> 00:14:32.509 kind of like an aim to like, okay, so he really 00:14:32.509 --> 00:14:36.399 wants to go mini golfing in three different spots. 00:14:36.799 --> 00:14:39.340 Then you can plan ahead, and you can make that 00:14:39.340 --> 00:14:43.000 happen, and mom's a hero, you know? Yeah, for 00:14:43.000 --> 00:14:46.480 sure. Yeah. Well, we just did a fun little experiment 00:14:46.480 --> 00:14:48.539 with the kiddos. Not experiment, but a field 00:14:48.539 --> 00:14:51.299 trip, we'll call it, with the kiddos for kind 00:14:51.299 --> 00:14:53.159 of their little bucket list. And that was fun. 00:14:53.559 --> 00:14:57.419 So much fun. Yeah. We brought the kids to Bell 00:14:57.419 --> 00:14:59.919 and Raven, my favorite little spirituality store. 00:14:59.980 --> 00:15:03.360 And they have what's called a spell jar bar. 00:15:03.610 --> 00:15:06.909 and it's not like witchy like you know it's more 00:15:06.909 --> 00:15:10.409 of just making a wish setting intentions and 00:15:10.409 --> 00:15:12.870 you fill this little jar with herbs that bring 00:15:12.870 --> 00:15:16.110 out like either prosperity or protection or get 00:15:16.110 --> 00:15:19.769 away negativity like and then crystals and salt 00:15:19.769 --> 00:15:23.860 a little salts, yeah, a little charm. And all 00:15:23.860 --> 00:15:27.220 the kids wrote out their summer intention, their 00:15:27.220 --> 00:15:30.120 wish. It was just so cute to see the four of 00:15:30.120 --> 00:15:32.159 them. I mean, they took it serious. They were... 00:15:32.159 --> 00:15:34.139 Yeah, they were very into it, which was awesome. 00:15:34.600 --> 00:15:38.620 They were very quiet. But yeah, that was a super, 00:15:38.639 --> 00:15:41.639 super fun, out of the box adventure day for them. 00:15:41.639 --> 00:15:44.120 Right. It was good intention for the rest of 00:15:44.120 --> 00:15:48.039 the summer, right? Let's see, what else? Farms. 00:15:48.279 --> 00:15:51.909 I love taking them to farms. Yep. It costs you 00:15:51.909 --> 00:15:55.250 nothing. You get to experience animal life and 00:15:55.250 --> 00:16:00.470 a lot of them have guided tours or this one garden 00:16:00.470 --> 00:16:03.169 actually I just was looking up and it's huge 00:16:03.169 --> 00:16:06.830 and it's like a kid day. So like you walk around, 00:16:06.970 --> 00:16:09.950 they learn about all the different plants, all 00:16:09.950 --> 00:16:11.730 these different things and then afterwards they 00:16:11.730 --> 00:16:13.690 have this big barn and they do this whole arts 00:16:13.690 --> 00:16:17.230 and crafts center. And I think it was like $5 00:16:17.230 --> 00:16:20.149 a kid, you know, it was so cool. But like if 00:16:20.149 --> 00:16:22.629 you look up different farms, the gardens in your 00:16:22.629 --> 00:16:27.110 area, like anything like that, they want to help 00:16:27.110 --> 00:16:30.049 you moms or dads, whoever's with these kids all 00:16:30.049 --> 00:16:32.289 day. Like they set up these free activities, 00:16:32.309 --> 00:16:35.570 which are so cool. So definitely, you know, look 00:16:35.570 --> 00:16:38.070 into your farms so you can have them pick their 00:16:38.070 --> 00:16:41.669 own vegetables, go strawberry, blueberry picking. 00:16:42.509 --> 00:16:44.929 We are lucky we have a lot of farms near us too 00:16:44.929 --> 00:16:48.230 for all these fun adventures and farmers markets 00:16:48.230 --> 00:16:52.110 and things like that. Oh yeah, and farmers markets 00:16:52.110 --> 00:16:54.690 you can turn into a treasure hunt as well. You 00:16:54.690 --> 00:16:57.909 can hit up three different farmers markets and 00:16:57.909 --> 00:17:00.350 have a list of things that you want to find and 00:17:00.350 --> 00:17:02.730 it just turns it into a game for kids but it's 00:17:02.730 --> 00:17:04.650 a win -win because you're kind of grocery shopping 00:17:04.650 --> 00:17:06.710 at the same time. Right, right, right. You get 00:17:06.710 --> 00:17:09.349 the stuff you need and it's local and organic 00:17:09.349 --> 00:17:13.509 and all that. Yeah, it's so fun. Have you ever 00:17:13.509 --> 00:17:17.470 done like a park, a park passport day? No. It's 00:17:17.470 --> 00:17:20.230 so you go to like 10 different parks or however 00:17:20.230 --> 00:17:22.410 many parks you have like kind of in your area 00:17:22.410 --> 00:17:24.970 for the whole day. So like you just go park hopping. 00:17:25.170 --> 00:17:30.329 It's like bar hopping, but for kids. I was like, 00:17:30.569 --> 00:17:32.750 do they serve margaritas or? I mean that would 00:17:32.750 --> 00:17:35.150 be great. That's like literally like a park like 00:17:35.150 --> 00:17:37.269 slides and swings. Yeah. Like that kind of park? 00:17:37.410 --> 00:17:39.700 Okay. Yeah. look in your town or surrounding 00:17:39.700 --> 00:17:42.160 towns and be like, what are six that we've never 00:17:42.160 --> 00:17:45.359 been to? And just go around, check them all out, 00:17:45.420 --> 00:17:47.960 bring some snacks. Crown a winner, like this 00:17:47.960 --> 00:17:51.000 is the best one. Yeah, name the winner. Maybe 00:17:51.000 --> 00:17:53.460 stop for ice cream in between or whatever you 00:17:53.460 --> 00:17:55.460 want to do in between. But it's so fun to just 00:17:55.460 --> 00:17:57.859 check out all the different parks in your area. 00:17:59.200 --> 00:18:00.900 And I mean, going to the park was like my favorite 00:18:00.900 --> 00:18:03.440 thing when I was little. Oh, yeah. So fun. I 00:18:03.440 --> 00:18:07.839 loved a good seesaw. I just always was scared 00:18:07.839 --> 00:18:10.359 of that bridge that shook. Oh yeah, it kind of 00:18:10.359 --> 00:18:16.000 rumbles. That part, like, nah. That's hilarious. 00:18:17.480 --> 00:18:23.400 Did not like that. What about bike paths? We're 00:18:23.400 --> 00:18:25.299 very lucky again in our area where there's bike 00:18:25.299 --> 00:18:27.859 paths and they call them rails to trails. I don't 00:18:27.859 --> 00:18:29.640 know what they're called to other states, but... 00:18:29.640 --> 00:18:32.519 That's so fun to either go for a walk or to bring 00:18:32.519 --> 00:18:35.140 the kids scooters or bikes. We love doing that 00:18:35.140 --> 00:18:37.740 too. And you could also bring chalk and decorate 00:18:37.740 --> 00:18:40.500 a little area or write like a fun message to 00:18:40.500 --> 00:18:42.680 people who are like maybe gonna run. Like you 00:18:42.680 --> 00:18:46.599 can do it. Just something a little different. 00:18:47.099 --> 00:18:49.720 Oh, that would be fun. Yeah, to do. And again, 00:18:49.900 --> 00:18:53.130 there's like a lot of these also have like little 00:18:53.130 --> 00:18:56.170 stands like look for this bird or over here these 00:18:56.170 --> 00:18:59.009 flowers mean this and it's kind of neat for them 00:18:59.009 --> 00:19:02.049 to learn and they can stop some have like exercise 00:19:02.049 --> 00:19:04.930 equipment on the sides that's kind of fun for 00:19:04.930 --> 00:19:07.450 them to like oh okay I'm gonna try these push 00:19:07.450 --> 00:19:10.210 -ups or I'm gonna you know do hopscotch here 00:19:10.210 --> 00:19:12.569 or something kind of again gets their body moving 00:19:12.569 --> 00:19:15.789 and again in the summer it's like you know try 00:19:15.789 --> 00:19:18.049 to do these things early because it's just so 00:19:18.049 --> 00:19:20.950 hot That's that's the thing you got to get out 00:19:20.950 --> 00:19:24.369 at like 8 in the morning to go hiking or these 00:19:24.369 --> 00:19:28.569 these things because once 10 30 11 hits like 00:19:28.569 --> 00:19:30.450 you're not you're not gonna want to do any of 00:19:30.450 --> 00:19:35.569 that right But when it does get hot the next 00:19:35.569 --> 00:19:40.299 one on the list is libraries nice AC They also 00:19:40.299 --> 00:19:42.940 provide free programs and activities. Like weekly, 00:19:43.359 --> 00:19:45.640 there's a lot of stuff going on at these libraries. 00:19:46.019 --> 00:19:49.220 Tons. And it teaches the kids a lot about, you 00:19:49.220 --> 00:19:52.559 know, just everything. I mean, it's so the library 00:19:52.559 --> 00:19:54.799 is so cool. I love libraries. I don't want the 00:19:54.799 --> 00:19:57.099 kids to like not read all summer and then show 00:19:57.099 --> 00:20:00.180 up the next grade and they're like, oh, right. 00:20:00.599 --> 00:20:03.299 You lose your skills. Yeah. So that's kind of 00:20:03.299 --> 00:20:05.680 why we started the summer off with that adventure. 00:20:06.759 --> 00:20:09.640 You know the scavenger hunt bookmark because 00:20:09.640 --> 00:20:12.259 now we we have our bookmark ready. We went to 00:20:12.259 --> 00:20:15.420 the library We picked out our book and we're 00:20:15.420 --> 00:20:18.200 reading as a family because my husband was fine 00:20:18.200 --> 00:20:21.000 Yeah, my husband doesn't read I read every night, 00:20:21.019 --> 00:20:23.960 but it it makes it so that it's fun for them 00:20:23.960 --> 00:20:25.759 They're not just because I don't trust them to 00:20:25.759 --> 00:20:28.279 be like okay go up and read for 20 minutes they're 00:20:28.279 --> 00:20:31.690 not reading for 20 minutes, you know and how 00:20:31.690 --> 00:20:33.230 do you know what words they're getting stuck 00:20:33.230 --> 00:20:36.369 on, like all this. So when you do it, like we 00:20:36.369 --> 00:20:40.029 just climb in my bed, one son reads half a chapter, 00:20:40.109 --> 00:20:42.809 because the book we got was like 12 pages for 00:20:42.809 --> 00:20:46.210 the chapter. So one son will read six pages, 00:20:46.390 --> 00:20:48.849 the other son will read the other six pages. 00:20:48.910 --> 00:20:51.789 And we only read a chapter a night, but we're 00:20:51.789 --> 00:20:53.769 all on board and we're all learning about the 00:20:53.769 --> 00:20:55.890 Hardy Boys right now and we're all into this 00:20:55.890 --> 00:20:58.670 story. And then, you know, and it's a series. 00:20:59.889 --> 00:21:02.369 You just have to find something that the family 00:21:02.369 --> 00:21:05.849 is all into and that's hard for our level right 00:21:05.849 --> 00:21:08.630 now like where we're at Yeah to do a family book, 00:21:08.630 --> 00:21:10.930 but with older kids and they both can read that'd 00:21:10.930 --> 00:21:14.529 be yeah Well, you can kind of like maybe your 00:21:14.529 --> 00:21:17.369 oldest one could do majority of the reading but 00:21:17.369 --> 00:21:19.970 at least it's kind of like your little one could 00:21:19.970 --> 00:21:23.450 be looking at the words to Yeah, and like she 00:21:23.450 --> 00:21:27.299 probably will But my husband does that with my 00:21:27.299 --> 00:21:29.640 daughter. That's kind of their time because the 00:21:29.640 --> 00:21:31.880 kids are with me more. So they kind of have that. 00:21:31.880 --> 00:21:34.259 They pick a book. They read together at night. 00:21:34.859 --> 00:21:37.259 And that's been a nice little treat for both 00:21:37.259 --> 00:21:39.119 of them, I think. And then hopefully once my 00:21:39.119 --> 00:21:41.640 little one starts reading, I would love to incorporate 00:21:41.640 --> 00:21:45.940 that. That'd be great. She makes up stories and 00:21:45.940 --> 00:21:49.019 we read a book and she just goes with whatever's 00:21:49.019 --> 00:21:51.839 on the page, you know? Well, that's also fun, 00:21:52.160 --> 00:21:55.740 too, is when the kids do this story time where 00:21:55.740 --> 00:21:59.420 I'll start off the story. Once upon a time, there 00:21:59.420 --> 00:22:02.359 was this man who, you know, da -da -da -da -da. 00:22:02.680 --> 00:22:04.759 And then I point to one son, and then he has 00:22:04.759 --> 00:22:08.880 to add to it. And then, you know, it's really 00:22:08.880 --> 00:22:10.880 funny to see where the story goes. Yeah. We'll 00:22:10.880 --> 00:22:13.619 talk about imagination working. Oh, it's so much 00:22:13.619 --> 00:22:16.640 fun. It's fantastic. Yeah. That and, like, writing 00:22:16.640 --> 00:22:20.309 a play. Yes. Oh, my God. Love. We did that so 00:22:20.309 --> 00:22:22.789 much growing up. Absolutely. Yeah, backyard plays. 00:22:22.930 --> 00:22:24.990 I mean, you could set that up and that could 00:22:24.990 --> 00:22:28.210 be like weekly or every two weeks. Right, get 00:22:28.210 --> 00:22:32.450 the neighborhood kids involved. Yeah, even grandma, 00:22:32.549 --> 00:22:35.549 grandpa. Like, you know, it could be just a really 00:22:35.549 --> 00:22:39.789 fun. Yeah, it's just so much fun writing, directing, 00:22:40.329 --> 00:22:44.170 setting up costumes. Like, you will be surprised 00:22:44.170 --> 00:22:47.509 at how into it they get, you know, because like 00:22:47.509 --> 00:22:49.150 in your mind, you're like, yeah, they would never. 00:22:49.309 --> 00:22:53.670 No, they run it. You know, they run the show. 00:22:53.809 --> 00:22:55.349 I remember doing it when I was little with my 00:22:55.349 --> 00:22:57.730 friend and we would just like, they have little 00:22:57.730 --> 00:23:00.609 books too that are kind of like plays, you know, 00:23:00.650 --> 00:23:03.750 so like maybe you're not into writing. You can 00:23:03.750 --> 00:23:05.609 just go to the library and look up these little 00:23:05.609 --> 00:23:08.609 things and like, oh, it's Eric and Sarah, you 00:23:08.609 --> 00:23:10.670 know, and like you each play your part and it's 00:23:10.670 --> 00:23:14.269 just so fun. It's so cute. Or even a talent show. 00:23:15.259 --> 00:23:18.019 showcase your talents, make it fun for your kids, 00:23:18.119 --> 00:23:20.859 whatever. Doesn't have to be spectacular, you 00:23:20.859 --> 00:23:23.759 know, if one kid's learning how to play the recorder. 00:23:24.200 --> 00:23:27.299 Recorder, uh -huh. Big, big in our house right 00:23:27.299 --> 00:23:31.019 now. Sounds great. Yeah, practice your song, 00:23:31.019 --> 00:23:33.900 and then that's your spot on the talent show 00:23:33.900 --> 00:23:37.420 on Friday night. Your hot cross buns. Yeah, so 00:23:37.420 --> 00:23:41.599 that's just some fun little ideas there. Also, 00:23:41.680 --> 00:23:44.920 you might not be into it with girls, but Lowe's 00:23:44.920 --> 00:23:50.380 and Home Depot do these like free Project kits 00:23:50.380 --> 00:23:53.559 you can go they learn how to do a birdhouse make 00:23:53.559 --> 00:23:56.940 a car or I don't know they have all these random 00:23:56.940 --> 00:24:00.259 little things that if you see one that kind of 00:24:00.259 --> 00:24:04.200 Hits, you know the interest of your kid Those 00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:05.759 are my husband has brought some of them home 00:24:05.759 --> 00:24:08.460 We just haven't we haven't given it a go where 00:24:08.460 --> 00:24:10.059 they haven't seemed interested in what they were 00:24:10.059 --> 00:24:12.519 doing But I think that that's so cute I want 00:24:12.519 --> 00:24:15.980 my kids to know how to build stuff. Yeah, definitely. 00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:17.799 You know, put things together, and I think that's 00:24:17.799 --> 00:24:20.660 great. It's such a good skill to have. Yeah, 00:24:21.039 --> 00:24:24.160 my son, the oldest one, no matter what we buy 00:24:24.160 --> 00:24:26.380 him for a toy, he takes it apart and makes something 00:24:26.380 --> 00:24:29.440 new from it. Oh my gosh, that's awesome. That's 00:24:29.440 --> 00:24:32.539 so funny. It's funny, but also like annoying 00:24:32.539 --> 00:24:34.819 at the same time. Like we spent money on that? 00:24:34.880 --> 00:24:37.079 Yeah, like we just bought that. It was a brand 00:24:37.079 --> 00:24:39.940 new toy. I mean, it's awesome that you just made 00:24:39.940 --> 00:24:42.200 something entirely different, but... Can we just 00:24:42.200 --> 00:24:44.700 play with what it was intended for for just like 00:24:44.700 --> 00:24:50.900 a week? Right. What else? So also going on with 00:24:50.900 --> 00:24:55.259 the crafty Home Depot Lowe's Michaels, I just 00:24:55.259 --> 00:24:59.240 learned this also does a free virtual camp creatology. 00:25:00.079 --> 00:25:03.059 So you can either do it in person or online. 00:25:03.640 --> 00:25:05.500 I wonder if that's with that brand. There's a 00:25:05.500 --> 00:25:08.319 brand that they sell. Creatology. I wonder if 00:25:08.319 --> 00:25:10.480 it's through them. Oh, OK. Yeah, I've never, 00:25:10.660 --> 00:25:13.299 I never really looked into it, but you know, 00:25:13.299 --> 00:25:15.579 when I was kind of researching like things to 00:25:15.579 --> 00:25:17.420 do this summer, I found that I was like, get 00:25:17.420 --> 00:25:19.839 out of here. Michael's, it's like one of my favorite 00:25:19.839 --> 00:25:22.720 stores. How did I not know this? I feel like 00:25:22.720 --> 00:25:24.819 basics you guys are going to think of too, like 00:25:24.819 --> 00:25:28.019 the zoos and beaches. In our state right now, 00:25:28.119 --> 00:25:30.079 all beaches are free for residents. I think that's 00:25:30.079 --> 00:25:31.799 pretty cool. You don't even have to pay an entrance 00:25:31.799 --> 00:25:33.599 fee. Someone told me that's been going on since 00:25:33.599 --> 00:25:35.519 COVID. I don't know if that's true or not, but 00:25:35.519 --> 00:25:39.829 a lot of things are free. You know, like again, 00:25:40.150 --> 00:25:43.150 Google, stuff in your area, Pinterest, like there's 00:25:43.150 --> 00:25:45.250 just, there's so much and you probably have the 00:25:45.250 --> 00:25:46.890 things for arts and crafts like already in your 00:25:46.890 --> 00:25:50.089 home, you don't even need to buy it. So, you 00:25:50.089 --> 00:25:52.690 know, Sue obviously will not be here. We have 00:25:52.690 --> 00:25:55.269 an aquarium around us. Like, but those are just 00:25:55.269 --> 00:25:57.009 neat things and something simple and you only 00:25:57.009 --> 00:25:59.410 need to go one time. Like it's not like something 00:25:59.410 --> 00:26:01.069 you need to continuously go to so you don't have 00:26:01.069 --> 00:26:03.009 to pay all that money every time. But, you know, 00:26:03.150 --> 00:26:05.910 once even every other summer or something. But. 00:26:05.980 --> 00:26:07.859 It's fun if they haven't been in a while or you 00:26:07.859 --> 00:26:09.880 don't have a farm near you to go see the animals 00:26:09.880 --> 00:26:13.160 or feed them or whatever. And like a lot of, 00:26:13.259 --> 00:26:14.839 so like you're probably like, well, I don't have 00:26:14.839 --> 00:26:18.140 money to freaking do all these activities all 00:26:18.140 --> 00:26:21.700 the time. Right. So I don't know about your house, 00:26:21.779 --> 00:26:25.519 but like tattling here is a big, it's a big thing. 00:26:25.640 --> 00:26:27.359 Tattling all the time. We have a little bit of 00:26:27.359 --> 00:26:30.299 that. All day, every day. And it got to the point 00:26:30.299 --> 00:26:32.759 where I was like, enough, enough with the tattling. 00:26:32.839 --> 00:26:35.849 If he's not bleeding. Nothing's broken. I don't 00:26:35.849 --> 00:26:37.569 want to hear about it, you know, but that didn't 00:26:37.569 --> 00:26:42.069 seem to work so I made a toodles jar and it's 00:26:42.069 --> 00:26:45.009 Kind of like a tattle but in a good way. So if 00:26:45.009 --> 00:26:48.569 you tell me a toodle You know, oh he he helped 00:26:48.569 --> 00:26:51.230 me clean up my bedroom, you know without being 00:26:51.230 --> 00:26:54.470 asked you catch him doing something good And 00:26:54.470 --> 00:26:56.490 you tell me about it. We write it down. We put 00:26:56.490 --> 00:26:59.269 it in the jar and we got a toodles When that 00:26:59.269 --> 00:27:02.400 jar is full that's when we've earned the big 00:27:02.400 --> 00:27:06.180 ticket items for summer is the zoo or the aquarium 00:27:06.180 --> 00:27:10.359 or mini golf. Anything that costs money and time 00:27:10.359 --> 00:27:14.259 and travel, you know, that's what we... So it's 00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:16.339 giving them kind of something to work towards, 00:27:16.519 --> 00:27:20.000 but it's also helping them acknowledge good behavior. 00:27:20.480 --> 00:27:22.839 Because you should see their face when my oldest 00:27:22.839 --> 00:27:27.390 son will be like, I just caught him... being 00:27:27.390 --> 00:27:30.509 really kind to the cat. Or, you know, like, I 00:27:30.509 --> 00:27:34.930 just caught him helping me without, I didn't 00:27:34.930 --> 00:27:36.750 even ask him and he helped me clean up all the 00:27:36.750 --> 00:27:38.690 toys. You know, and then your other son's like, 00:27:39.410 --> 00:27:41.750 thank you. You know, like, I don't know, it's 00:27:41.750 --> 00:27:43.910 just cute. It's adding a whole different dynamic 00:27:43.910 --> 00:27:47.069 this summer already with the old toodles. So 00:27:47.069 --> 00:27:50.369 if you have tattlers, turn them into little toodlers. 00:27:51.049 --> 00:27:56.500 I have whiners, so. Oh, you could still do it. 00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:57.319 We could probably still do it. Turn them into 00:27:57.319 --> 00:28:01.480 winners. Turn the whiners into winners. Gonna 00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:06.220 have to get a winner jar. And I made the jar 00:28:06.220 --> 00:28:09.339 really cute. It was an activity day and we covered 00:28:09.339 --> 00:28:11.799 a mason jar with construction paper with things 00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:16.079 that said like, I saw it. You're awesome. Good 00:28:16.079 --> 00:28:19.460 job. Yeah, it's important to have those wins 00:28:19.460 --> 00:28:23.819 too. acknowledgement where it's due, for sure. 00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:27.559 Yeah, so it's like, oh, you keep doing these 00:28:27.559 --> 00:28:30.019 good behaviors. And I laid down the ground rule, 00:28:30.019 --> 00:28:32.059 like I'm not getting all these toodles and you're 00:28:32.059 --> 00:28:33.940 doing them just to get a toodle. It's really 00:28:33.940 --> 00:28:38.079 like an authentic toodle, you know. So, yeah, 00:28:38.119 --> 00:28:41.039 hopefully we fill that big mason jar soon and 00:28:41.039 --> 00:28:43.779 we can do something cool like quasi or six flags 00:28:43.779 --> 00:28:47.500 or like a really fun day, you know. Yeah, a bigger 00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:50.640 day. Yeah. Yeah. Time capsule. Have you ever 00:28:50.640 --> 00:28:53.569 done that? No, but I want to. We just talked 00:28:53.569 --> 00:28:55.250 about that. Yeah, I would love to do that with 00:28:55.250 --> 00:28:57.970 the kids. So fun. I think they'd both at their 00:28:57.970 --> 00:29:01.329 ages kind of, you know, get it more too. Yeah. 00:29:01.430 --> 00:29:02.529 Yeah. But that I think would be fun. That's a 00:29:02.529 --> 00:29:05.970 fun one to do. Even for adults, I love the idea 00:29:05.970 --> 00:29:08.910 of a time capsule and then it's just so cool. 00:29:09.069 --> 00:29:11.750 Yeah, no, that's a really fun idea. Bucket list 00:29:11.750 --> 00:29:14.690 for sure. Well, and what about rainy days? We 00:29:14.690 --> 00:29:16.329 kind of have a little list for that too. We can 00:29:16.329 --> 00:29:19.069 go through quickly. Yeah, so definitely you could 00:29:19.069 --> 00:29:21.250 do a time capsule on a rainy day. Right. Buck 00:29:21.250 --> 00:29:24.509 inside. Indoor. Just think outside the box, and 00:29:24.509 --> 00:29:28.950 then put it in the box. Right. And baking? Baking. 00:29:29.109 --> 00:29:30.869 Baking or doing a little bit of cooking, even 00:29:30.869 --> 00:29:33.750 some prep for dinner. My kids love to chop. We 00:29:33.750 --> 00:29:35.910 have these Montessori knives, and they like to 00:29:35.910 --> 00:29:38.190 help me chop vegetables and different things 00:29:38.190 --> 00:29:40.250 like that. They still are kind of sharp, but 00:29:40.250 --> 00:29:44.049 it's nylon. It's not actual metal. But they've 00:29:44.049 --> 00:29:45.630 been using them since they were really little. 00:29:46.080 --> 00:29:47.960 So they like to do that and obviously making 00:29:47.960 --> 00:29:50.119 like, you know, sweets, brownies and cookies. 00:29:50.779 --> 00:29:52.299 And, you know, we look up a different recipe 00:29:52.299 --> 00:29:54.420 or something or you guys make those muffins. 00:29:54.779 --> 00:29:58.720 Like, you know, it's kind of fun for them. Arts 00:29:58.720 --> 00:30:01.700 and crafts for sure, because that's indoor stuff. 00:30:02.339 --> 00:30:05.079 But sure. Yeah. Yeah. No, there's a lot of things. 00:30:05.240 --> 00:30:06.519 Most of these things that we mentioned before, 00:30:06.640 --> 00:30:08.660 too, can definitely be done on a rainy day. There's 00:30:08.660 --> 00:30:10.900 definitely things you can do indoors. Oh, yeah. 00:30:10.900 --> 00:30:13.299 Just to keep them busy. If you have an old t 00:30:13.299 --> 00:30:15.799 -shirt, you can do a t -shirt activity where 00:30:15.799 --> 00:30:18.880 you're repurposing it, making it into something 00:30:18.880 --> 00:30:21.799 new. You can look how to make an American flag 00:30:21.799 --> 00:30:25.420 with your handprint or anything. It's just a 00:30:25.420 --> 00:30:29.160 fun little thing that keeps the tablets away. 00:30:29.279 --> 00:30:31.299 That's the most important thing this summer is 00:30:31.299 --> 00:30:34.000 to just pick up the tablet as least as possible. 00:30:34.119 --> 00:30:36.960 And it's OK to be bored, too. I want to reiterate 00:30:36.960 --> 00:30:41.160 that. I let's bring back the 90s summer, you 00:30:41.160 --> 00:30:44.039 know, like we didn't have all this shit to do 00:30:44.039 --> 00:30:46.259 growing up and we made it work and we went on 00:30:46.259 --> 00:30:49.700 adventures in the backyard and like did all these 00:30:49.700 --> 00:30:52.960 things. But sometimes I want to get involved 00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:55.859 and have fun, too. I feel like whoever's home 00:30:55.859 --> 00:30:58.819 with the kids, why not have fun yourself and 00:30:58.819 --> 00:31:02.420 make it a memorable summer? These are the things 00:31:02.420 --> 00:31:05.720 that they're going to remember. Right. Even I 00:31:05.720 --> 00:31:08.259 have a couple things here too we talked about 00:31:08.259 --> 00:31:12.400 for like with a mom friend right whether it's 00:31:12.400 --> 00:31:16.380 a neighbor or just a girlfriend you know someone 00:31:16.380 --> 00:31:19.299 you trust it's like trade kiddos for a couple 00:31:19.299 --> 00:31:22.140 hours right hey Monday I have a doctor's appointment 00:31:22.140 --> 00:31:23.960 anyway you can watch my kids for a couple hours 00:31:23.960 --> 00:31:26.480 and then I'll take your kids on Thursday afternoon 00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:29.359 and we'll go to you know the rails to trails 00:31:29.359 --> 00:31:31.099 for a bike ride why don't you go get your nails 00:31:31.099 --> 00:31:34.420 done or finish up that laundry you needed. Trade 00:31:34.420 --> 00:31:38.099 things off if you are somebody who is home and 00:31:38.099 --> 00:31:42.799 isn't working during the day too. Share the responsibility. 00:31:43.119 --> 00:31:44.759 It takes a village. We hear it all the time. 00:31:44.819 --> 00:31:48.519 I love my village. I'm very blessed. And we have 00:31:48.519 --> 00:31:51.599 to take care of each other. So it's okay to send 00:31:51.599 --> 00:31:54.160 the message like, it's not good here. Please 00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:57.839 send help. Send help and a bottle of champagne. 00:31:59.819 --> 00:32:02.880 Or even a box of wine. Or whatever. Whatever 00:32:02.880 --> 00:32:05.799 you need. But I think that that's important, 00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:09.500 too. Like, it's OK to ask for some assistance, 00:32:09.579 --> 00:32:12.559 too, if you are home all the time. Yeah. Or even 00:32:12.559 --> 00:32:14.859 just team up and do things together. Exactly. 00:32:15.059 --> 00:32:16.980 Have a partner in crime, like, hey, we're doing 00:32:16.980 --> 00:32:19.799 this. We'd love for you to come and join. You 00:32:19.799 --> 00:32:21.759 get a little mom time to chat about stuff. The 00:32:21.759 --> 00:32:25.200 kids have great time together. It only even you 00:32:25.200 --> 00:32:26.859 know an hour and a half two hours doesn't need 00:32:26.859 --> 00:32:29.599 to be a full day Oh, I know like last year when 00:32:29.599 --> 00:32:31.799 we went hiking I had so many of our friends be 00:32:31.799 --> 00:32:33.940 like we want to go on adventures with you Yeah, 00:32:34.400 --> 00:32:36.259 definitely because then it you can go to the 00:32:36.259 --> 00:32:38.940 same hike, but with two different kids with you 00:32:38.940 --> 00:32:41.180 It's a whole new hike, and it's totally different 00:32:41.180 --> 00:32:43.819 They loved it And then you have a buddy and you're 00:32:43.819 --> 00:32:45.859 you're venting and getting all the things out 00:32:45.859 --> 00:32:48.180 while the kids just explore in the woods Yeah, 00:32:48.339 --> 00:32:51.059 it's awesome. Yeah, I love it your village and 00:32:51.059 --> 00:32:54.430 yeah also those parents who are working you know, 00:32:54.430 --> 00:32:56.009 when you get home from work, I know you're tired, 00:32:56.170 --> 00:32:57.990 but after you're picking up the kids from camp 00:32:57.990 --> 00:32:59.990 or daycare, you know, it doesn't have to be every 00:32:59.990 --> 00:33:02.690 night, but you can make some of these memories 00:33:02.690 --> 00:33:05.650 still for the summer. Like, you know, maybe on 00:33:05.650 --> 00:33:07.589 Wednesdays, you guys do an outdoor movie night 00:33:07.589 --> 00:33:11.009 or, you know, it's s'mores on Sunday s'mores 00:33:11.009 --> 00:33:12.890 or, you know, you can make up different things 00:33:12.890 --> 00:33:16.119 or like a game of basketball. Altogether, you 00:33:16.119 --> 00:33:18.480 know, however many of you there are yeah, like 00:33:18.480 --> 00:33:20.839 we have this one thing coming up, which is so 00:33:20.839 --> 00:33:23.740 much fun I can't wait so one time one time we 00:33:23.740 --> 00:33:25.920 went to a birthday party and it was kids versus 00:33:25.920 --> 00:33:31.140 adults baseball and It was so fun as adults to 00:33:31.140 --> 00:33:33.740 just let loose and like the kids see you in a 00:33:33.740 --> 00:33:35.240 different light And you're like, oh my god, I 00:33:35.240 --> 00:33:37.000 can't believe my mom can run like that, you know, 00:33:37.059 --> 00:33:39.940 just it's funny It's just fun for the whole family. 00:33:39.960 --> 00:33:43.440 So we've set up a family kickball and that's 00:33:43.440 --> 00:33:45.160 coming up in a couple weeks, and I'm excited 00:33:45.160 --> 00:33:46.680 to do that. Can't wait. Because it's just good 00:33:46.680 --> 00:33:49.119 quality family fun. Yeah, that's so fun. Like 00:33:49.119 --> 00:33:50.940 you said, something to look forward to. Yeah. 00:33:51.380 --> 00:33:54.640 Do you ever take the girls to flea markets and 00:33:54.640 --> 00:33:58.180 things like that? No. Nope. More or less because 00:33:58.180 --> 00:34:01.799 that's just not my jam personally, so I've only 00:34:01.799 --> 00:34:04.740 done it a couple times. I'm very into flea markets, 00:34:04.819 --> 00:34:07.380 but you can make it into a treasure hunt, too. 00:34:07.539 --> 00:34:10.550 You know, like a scavenger hunt. and you'd be 00:34:10.550 --> 00:34:12.449 surprised at the things that you find. You don't 00:34:12.449 --> 00:34:15.289 necessarily need to buy them, but you could just 00:34:15.289 --> 00:34:19.889 write a list of a blue diamond, a doll's hand, 00:34:20.170 --> 00:34:26.210 gold coin, a skate, or an old bike wheel. And 00:34:26.210 --> 00:34:28.369 literally, it's like I spy those books, because 00:34:28.369 --> 00:34:31.530 it's just shit everywhere. So if it's a rainy 00:34:31.530 --> 00:34:36.389 day, find a flea market and go on the most epic 00:34:36.389 --> 00:34:39.510 scavenger hunt. and just cross everything off 00:34:39.510 --> 00:34:41.670 of your list and then maybe treat yourself to 00:34:41.670 --> 00:34:44.090 one cool vintage book or something if you're 00:34:44.090 --> 00:34:46.530 into it. No, that's cool. Maybe I have to check 00:34:46.530 --> 00:34:48.550 it out again. I haven't been to one since probably 00:34:48.550 --> 00:34:50.949 10 years. Well, okay. It's on the bucket list. 00:34:51.110 --> 00:34:55.730 That'll be on our bucket list. At the flea market. 00:34:56.070 --> 00:34:58.289 There's just so many things. There's so many 00:34:58.289 --> 00:35:00.070 things. There's so many. We could be here for 00:35:00.070 --> 00:35:02.590 an hour. Seriously, I'm surprised we've been 00:35:02.590 --> 00:35:05.210 going this long. One more thing that I think 00:35:05.210 --> 00:35:07.820 is super cute before we go. As we were talking 00:35:07.820 --> 00:35:10.300 about like cleaning our houses right and getting 00:35:10.300 --> 00:35:13.500 rid of stuff and Like donating it letting your 00:35:13.500 --> 00:35:16.320 kids see like yes, I can let this toy go You 00:35:16.320 --> 00:35:17.840 know, maybe there's another child who would like 00:35:17.840 --> 00:35:19.739 to play with it go through their closets and 00:35:19.739 --> 00:35:21.980 clothes and you know, there's the Goodwills and 00:35:21.980 --> 00:35:24.980 South Asian armies, but there's also domestic 00:35:24.980 --> 00:35:27.239 abuse homes and different shelters and things 00:35:27.239 --> 00:35:29.219 like that. I would look for some more of those 00:35:29.219 --> 00:35:31.719 over some of the big companies to donate to. 00:35:32.179 --> 00:35:34.159 Yeah, like the rescue relief funds. Yeah, but 00:35:34.159 --> 00:35:36.219 because then you're donating things, the kids 00:35:36.219 --> 00:35:38.420 are seeing that they're starting to understand 00:35:38.420 --> 00:35:41.119 this is a great rainy day activity. They're starting 00:35:41.119 --> 00:35:43.760 to understand like, okay, wow, you know, this 00:35:43.760 --> 00:35:45.940 can help someone. You're kind of giving a little 00:35:45.940 --> 00:35:48.579 teaching lesson there, too. But it started to 00:35:48.579 --> 00:35:51.739 get me to think about nursing homes. And so we 00:35:51.739 --> 00:35:53.320 were talking about that to like senior centers 00:35:53.320 --> 00:35:55.199 and nursing homes. A lot of people who maybe 00:35:55.199 --> 00:35:57.920 don't have a lot of family, a lot of family left 00:35:57.920 --> 00:35:59.860 or people in the area maybe didn't have children, 00:35:59.920 --> 00:36:03.179 so there's no grandkids. And we found out that 00:36:03.179 --> 00:36:06.800 if you contact different nursing homes, you can 00:36:06.800 --> 00:36:11.039 get like lists of people who live there and have 00:36:11.039 --> 00:36:13.179 birthdays coming up and the kiddos can write 00:36:13.179 --> 00:36:15.760 birthday cards to people or draw them pictures 00:36:15.760 --> 00:36:18.559 and you could drop them off and that would just 00:36:18.559 --> 00:36:21.280 make somebody's day and I love that gives me 00:36:21.280 --> 00:36:24.000 goosebumps makes me happy and a lot of these 00:36:24.000 --> 00:36:27.199 places you can just go and visit too so that 00:36:27.199 --> 00:36:30.420 could be a kind of a fun activity too to just 00:36:30.420 --> 00:36:32.840 kind of or you know spend the time go visit that 00:36:32.840 --> 00:36:34.599 great aunt you'd really really make their day 00:36:34.599 --> 00:36:37.619 and it would make you feel good too yeah My aunt 00:36:37.619 --> 00:36:40.719 was in a nursing home and it was like right around 00:36:40.719 --> 00:36:42.760 Valentine's Day and we were going to see her 00:36:42.760 --> 00:36:46.079 and the boys made Valentine's for everyone on 00:36:46.079 --> 00:36:50.619 the unit. And I mean, it was just a soul -filling 00:36:50.619 --> 00:36:54.079 day to see these people get a Valentine and their 00:36:54.079 --> 00:36:57.039 eyes lit up, you know, they see these beautiful 00:36:57.039 --> 00:36:59.760 little boys come in and they're just like, oh, 00:36:59.880 --> 00:37:01.880 sweetheart, you know, and it's so cute. It's 00:37:01.880 --> 00:37:05.500 good for the kids. It's just good. It's a good... 00:37:05.659 --> 00:37:08.940 thing to do. So even if you go once, I mean, 00:37:09.719 --> 00:37:13.219 it's a really great. Just like a community project, 00:37:13.420 --> 00:37:15.920 right? A little different. That's so cute. Two 00:37:15.920 --> 00:37:18.059 years ago, I looked into getting the boys into 00:37:18.059 --> 00:37:21.260 the soup kitchen, you know, to kind of help and 00:37:21.260 --> 00:37:23.380 give back. And I think anywhere that you can 00:37:23.380 --> 00:37:26.719 help out in your community is huge. It sets the 00:37:26.719 --> 00:37:29.619 tone for the family, for the kids to kind of 00:37:29.619 --> 00:37:32.309 aspire to and give back. You look on the news 00:37:32.309 --> 00:37:35.550 and like, fires all over the place. House fires. 00:37:35.929 --> 00:37:39.690 Guess what? That family lost everything. So instead 00:37:39.690 --> 00:37:42.050 of dropping it off at Goodwill, you know, maybe 00:37:42.050 --> 00:37:44.409 look into the towns that just had a house fire 00:37:44.409 --> 00:37:47.670 and see where you can drop off the toys or the 00:37:47.670 --> 00:37:50.150 old bathing suits that don't fit, like anything, 00:37:50.650 --> 00:37:54.809 a lot of puzzles, games, whatever. That's a great 00:37:54.809 --> 00:37:57.269 way to end it and to give back to the community 00:37:57.269 --> 00:38:02.079 100%. I love that. I love that idea. I mean, 00:38:02.099 --> 00:38:03.900 we literally could go on and on. I have like 00:38:03.900 --> 00:38:05.679 local community gardens, like all these things 00:38:05.679 --> 00:38:08.079 that you can, my list is ridiculous, but I'm 00:38:08.079 --> 00:38:09.760 looking at the time and our kids are not going 00:38:09.760 --> 00:38:13.400 to sit quiet for very much longer. So I feel 00:38:13.400 --> 00:38:15.579 like we need to wrap it up. Let's do it. Give 00:38:15.579 --> 00:38:18.679 us our quote, girl. Yeah. So this quote that 00:38:18.679 --> 00:38:22.639 I found kind of just is perfect for a summer 00:38:22.639 --> 00:38:27.199 vibe as a family. I hope I say this name right. 00:38:28.539 --> 00:38:35.269 It's either OG or OG. It goes, the greatest legacy 00:38:35.269 --> 00:38:38.050 we can leave our children is happy memories. 00:38:38.909 --> 00:38:41.630 I'm putting it out there that every family listening, 00:38:41.869 --> 00:38:45.369 every mom, father, you just make the most epic 00:38:45.369 --> 00:38:47.829 family memories this summer because that's what 00:38:47.829 --> 00:38:51.349 it's all about. It's not about where you go. 00:38:51.510 --> 00:38:54.329 It's about you as a unit and just making the 00:38:54.329 --> 00:38:56.230 best of what you got. You can literally have 00:38:56.230 --> 00:38:58.989 nothing and still make it really, really cool. 00:38:59.190 --> 00:39:03.199 Core memories. Yeah, for sure. So, I mean, happy 00:39:03.199 --> 00:39:06.800 start to summer. Yay. Wishing you all a really 00:39:06.800 --> 00:39:09.519 good week. And as always, keep it good.