Ah summer - when the kids are out of school and both their parents still have to work leaving a lack of summer fun for a majority of the time. Enter, me. I hate working during the summer and feeling like my kids are missing out on having one so I work longer hours Monday - Thursday so I can at least have Fridays off and give them something fun to do. Trying to do it all on a budget is not easy however but thanks to things like Groupon and specials run by places like Giggleberry Fair it is possible! In no particular order things we have done this summer:
Giggleberry Fair at Peddler's Village - Fridays are only 10$/kid and include food! Can't beat that and the girls love it - we take friends and meet friends there. The best of both worlds!
Olivia is in the same position as Rowan is in terms of having to be at camp all summer so I made an effort to take her with us every Friday just to give her a break as well - sometimes we went places, sometimes we went to the pool, once we went back to school supply shopping and found dragon costumes that had to be tried on!
We tried a new bounce place called Jumpin' Jacks in Hatfield thanks to Groupon - and again, came with food - with kids in tow anything that includes food is a bonus!
And of course, rock climbing.
Bike rides with me - got Rowan to go just over 7 miles, begrudgingly.
And the most monumental thing that happened this summer - Lily finished daycare at Kindercare for good on July 30. I cried, well not full on crying but I certainly welled up. Private kindergarten here we come, ready or not!
A rough start to the morning
A better end to the day
8+ years at the same place
But there's no looking back now!
Mom and Abby came on August 2 and are here for two weeks - we'll see where that adventure takes us in the coming weeks!
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