It's Not Too Late For Summer Fun!

Image via Pixabay (2018); modified by the author in Canva.[/caption] Did you know that it’s August?!?! How did that happen? One minute it’s May with months of summer stretching out in front of you. The next moment it’s August and all you can see at the stores are back-to-school sales. Oh, march of time, you are too cruel! You’re not alone if August has sneaked up on you. I just realized a week ago that my son will be moving into his college dorm for the first time NEXT WEEK! And then my older daughter will move in to her college apartment the week after that! Personally, I refuse to allow summer to slip past without squeezing out its last bits of fun. So to keep me from going overboard and creating unrealistic expectations, I asked my kids what they wanted to do before summer was over. Here’s the list that they came up with, along with some of my own ideas to up the ante:

Get ice cream at an ice-cream shop
Go to the movies
Go swimming
Go to see the Friday evening fireworks our town has during the summer
Read at least two more books
Do some writing
Play board games & card games
Sleep late
Be lazy
Take a long evening walk in nature, preferably near a body of water (don’t forget the bug spray and sunscreen)
Go to the library and check out some old movies to watch together
Make s'mores in the backyard fire pit
Make homemade ice cream
Make slushes in the blender
Go to the drive-in movie and see a double-feature

When my kids were younger that list would have included:

Make homemade play dough
Build a pillow fort in the living room
Stay in your PJs all day
Have sleepovers with friends
Do lots of kitchen science experiments
Spend lots of time at the pool
Go to museums and other local field trips to unique locations like a log cabin village
Be a tourist in your own town and check out all the cool things you never get to do during the school year
Go to the craft store and see what you can get for $5 to keep you busy the rest of the day
Watch lots of movies on DVD/Blu-Ray/Streaming Services

I hope this list inspires you to embrace what’s left of summer before we go back to the much-needed routine of the school year. Happy summer and don’t forget to have fun!