Surviving Summer During a Recession

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Permalink Reply by Karen Dittman on May 6, 2009 at 5:47pm

sharing ice cream cones on the porch
playing in the sand box with the babies
running through a sprinkler or in the rain
playing lawn games
eating outside at night and watching the stars

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Permalink Reply by Sherry Cooper on May 6, 2009 at 6:40pm

My top five FREE summer activities are:

1.Summer Reading Programs
2.The Spray park
3.The lake in my hometown for a nice summer day
4.Family get-togethers
and last but not least.....just playing with my kids.!

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Permalink Reply by Kate ~Mom to 2 Princesses~ on May 6, 2009 at 6:53pm

walking to the park on a sunny day
a homemade picnic at the beach
playing in the yard with a garden hose to keep the kids cool
camping in the yard with a homemade lunch, or dinner and a cold beverage for everyone(pepsi for the adults and water or juice for the kids)
reading outside under the sun or a shady tree in the park

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Permalink Reply by Jeannine Shoemaker on May 6, 2009 at 7:25pm

Im a 48 year old mother of 5 daughters and a grandmother of 6, five boys and one little girl. I live in an apartment community filled with young families and a lot of young single mothers. Im often called mom by the young moms and grandma by many children. I often try to plan a lot of things to bring our little community together and give the moms things to do with their children to keep them busy and enjoy the warm weather. With the older children we have water balloon fights or super soaker wars. I buy side walk chalk and do coloring contest and then have fun washing the chalk away. I gather the kids together to clean up the trash that may have been tossed around the property and make it a contest to see how many things they can bring me and make sure the proper things get recycled and how important it is to do so. Another thing I like doing is have all the moms bring out their water toys or blow up pools and we have all the kids put their suits and and play while we all take care to keep them safe. We also do movie nights in the small rec room, making sure that the movies are appropriate the age group of the children. I love doing things that bring together our small apartment community and doing things that help with the moms in the complex. Im working on a plan right now to do a clothes swap. Thats when I will have all the moms gather the clothes that their kids have out grown and swap them out with other moms who might have clothes that fit their kids. I also like to do cookout gatherings and recipe swaps..those are a lot of fun. During all of the events that Ive spoke about, is a time for sharing ideas about child rearing and what works for one parent, might help out another. Doing things like this helps take some of the stress out of raising a family and letting each other know that they are not alone. It's very true about what is said about it "Taking a Village to Raise a Child". In this day and age of recession, we can all use a little help.

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Permalink Reply by Kimberly B on May 6, 2009 at 8:50pm

Weekend trips
Lazy days in the pool
evening walks on the beach
Family picnics and get togethers
roasting marshmallows
Oh and camping & fishining
All things our family enjoys to do during the summer

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Permalink Reply by rebecca lapointe on May 6, 2009 at 9:12pm

1. The Sun
2. The Beach
3. The Ocean
4. Waterskiing
5. Muscle car night

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Permalink Reply by Ruth Hopping on May 6, 2009 at 9:32pm

Spending a lot of time with my grand children
Teaching my grand kids something I learned as a kid
Be with my children and help them out with their kids
Read books to my grand kids
Teach them to swim

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Permalink Reply by Lisa Samples on May 6, 2009 at 10:04pm

5 FREE tips for summer activities:
1. Playing in the sprinkler
2. Making sno-cones
3. Putting up a tent in the backyard for a campout
4. Bomb Fire
5. Family picnics

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Permalink Reply by Cat 3 Kids and Us on May 7, 2009 at 12:27am

1. Go to story time at your local library
2. playtime at the park
3. Turn on the sprinkler and get wet
4. camping in your backyard
5. have a picnic in your backyard

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Permalink Reply by katrina mroczek on May 7, 2009 at 12:48am

swimming,bike riding,rollar blading,going to the park, having smores around the bomb fire.

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Permalink Reply by kathy on May 7, 2009 at 1:00am

My top five activity for the summer.have my two grand-children's squeeze lemon and make natural popsicals,take theme to they favorite beach,go to the lake and feed the ducks,go to the library to reed books,and make theme ride bikes instead of watching tv.

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Permalink Reply by Tarra on May 7, 2009 at 6:32am

1.spending time with family and friends. 2.swimming 3.going on vacation 4.being out doors as much as I can. 5.taking time for myself,sometimes it's needed

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