It's been a little while since I've written, got caught up getting ready for Vacation Bible School.  Let me go back,
4th & 5th grade swim party was a Huge success -- 8 boys and girls had such a good time together. We ate lunch then they played in the pool and on the trampoline.  We had games planned, but they were having so much fun playing so well that we just let them play.  It was a blessing to see them include everyone and have fun together. 
Parents of children group is going too.  We've had a couple families join us as they can.

Summer -- that season that falls between spring and fall, a time when the kids are out of school and we try to slow down to enjoy the summer, but we end up busier!

10 minutes after school was out, my child was bored.  This weekend I heard many of the children say they were bored! And summer break just started.  In our house, bored is a 4 letter word -- it's not allowed.  If she can't find something to do, I will and my things to do will not be fun, they're chores.  She wanted ideas of things she could do and this is what we came up with to do at home:

read a  book
play a game
paint a picture
draw
do a craft project
bake cookies or brownies
take a walk outside
sit on the patio
listen to music
play a computer game
nintendo
write a note to a friend or grandparents
scrapbook
build something out recycled stuff
find toys you don't play with to donate

that was the beginning of the list... we also made a list of things we could do around central Florida that wouldn't cost a lot of money:

go to different parks
walk around a lake
watch the Space Shuttle Launch this Saturday (6/13)
walk around malls -- go into stores we've never been in before
make a scavenger hunt
visit different cities
bowling (see previous blog entry for information on kids bowling FREE)
free family movies

what she realized is there are many things to do -- sometimes obvious, sometimes we have to look for them.  Our goal this summer is to do as many different things as we can...

What are you doing this summer?  If you have ideas, post them here so we all can share.  Have some fun this summer!

Miss Mary