Backyard Camping

The Kids and I put up the tent in the backyard last night! Since I found this idea here about drawing in the jar everyday for fun things to do, my son drew out camping in the backyard. It was a perfect night to go camping in the backyard. There was a breeze and cool. Of course we never actually stay in it all night we end up going inside because we all get to scaried and hot Ha! But its fun going in it and hanging out with the kids. Maybe well get to stay in it all night before the heat comes and really is too hot!

We did have a fan out there with us though!

I was taking this picture from the top of the tent looking inside!

And the side view of the tent!

Here's our BIG watch DOG out on patrol! HA!

And you can't forget about the smores!

They had fun playing last night, and when we decided to come inside they were out like a light and they actually spent in for the first time this summer! WOOHOO!

cheap way to hang towels outside

 I found a cheap way to hang the kids towels outside, by using old knobs from a dresser I found. I put a nail in the wall and used wood glue to attach the knob to the wall and let it set over night the dry. Easy and quick way to hang your wet towels out to dry after playing in the sprinkler or pool. Hope everyone is having a wonderful summer.

Getting ready for the Summer!

Since this is my kids last week of school, I have to keep them busy through the summer and I ran across this idea here at poppies at play! So I decided to use the idea at home with my kids. We started last weekend writing things down that they want to do, if they had so much fun writing them down then I know they are gonna have more fun doing them.

here is what you do:

In the fun jar you place things that you could do everyday like eating Popsicles, playing in the backyard pool, going to a park, having a picnic lunch etc... the kids get to draw out a slip everyday. Then in the adventure jar you put places to go and you do once a week. We draw ours on Sunday and then plan a day that week that our adventure can take place! These are places like the zoo, the city pool, children's museum, planetarium, aquarium, splash park, having a sprinkler party with friends, getting ice cream from Arctic Circle etc...

Thanks Poppies at Play for this fun idea! I hope you try this at your home!