2008-Jun-12
Summer and Children
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Good Morning!
Once again we are waiting for bad weather here in Kansas (Is there any other kind??? At this point in my life I don't think so!) so I decided today would be a good time to talk about children and summer vacation. I'll be the first to admit I would rather my children be home than in school. There was a time I didn't feel this way.... I loved having the freedom of coming and going as I pleased. All of that changed with the adoption of these last two. I don't know if school has changed and they are just piling more work on children today or if it's these two struggle harder than my other kids did. For what ever reasons, I find that when school is going on in the evenings all we are doing is home-work or something related to school. I'm glad that our school system wants our children to be the best they can be but I have to admit I hate doing school work EVERY evening of the week. This is why I so enjoy our summer vacation. Yes, I don't get to spend as much time alone with Keith but I do enjoy the kids!
Of course having the children home all the time brings it's own set of problems...Mainly what to do! We are lucky we live on a farm so there is tons for them to do....Ok, let's make that there is tons for them to do if the weather would just cooperate!!!! Having rain five out of seven days a week really limits the time they can spend outdoors!!!!
Several years ago Keith and I put in a pool. I am someone who absolute HATES the water so a pool was the last thing I wanted BUT I wanted these children to learn to swim too and I sure couldn't afford to take them to our local town pool everyday. The first year I was a nervous wreck with that pool....I was afraid to blink my eyes for fear one of them would drowned! But, by the end of the summer they were swimming like little fish!!! Now our pool has became a part of our daily summer lives. The kids are big enough to swim when ever they want and the only problem is keeping Jeni in enough swimsuits (HA) and making sure she doesn't burn to a crisp!....As a red-head she burns very easily!!!!
Living on a farm we have lots of other things for the children to do....There's the "Fort" Keith built them (Oh how they love to climb up and hide in that thing!), our three-wheeler, a go-cart, the trampoline, bikes, a play-house, sand pile and tons of outside toys. Unfortunately, if the weather isn't nice, it's hard to do any of these things!
So, we have a list of other things we do! Number one is our Public Library! There's nothing better than curling up with a good book or two. Plus, there's the fact our library has VHS tapes, DVD's and music so a trip there can bring us all kinds of entertainment! Add that to the fact we can keep our "goodies" for two weeks and even the gas to get there isn't bad.
Another thing our little ones like in the summer is going to one of our local parks! They love to take their scooters and ride up and down the sidewalk while Mom and Dad watch and read the local paper. And, of course all this "work" makes for a trip to the Dairy Queen afterwards! HA
On days we're stuck in the house things kind of change. We have more toys than I care to think about (If I was to sell Drew's Thomas the Train collection I would be able to pay off the National Debt!!! HA), computers, Wii player, PlayStation 2, baking together, working on our multiplication and of course lots of board games. Plenty to keep a hundred kids busy.
Ok, now you know what we do around Old Crow Farm. Please tell us what your children do during the summer months...We can always use more ideas to keep us entertained!!!! Hugs, Sher |
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2008-Jun-13 - Summer weather
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