Top Tuesday – Best ways to spend the last few days of summer

Posted by MomOnMars on August 03, 2010

I can’t believe it’s almost time to start back to school. I’m struggling with needing to go back to school shopping and all the pressures of getting organized with really spending some quality time with my kids. Before it gets down to the wire, here are some ideas that have been bubbling around in my brain as things I really want to do before summer’s over…

1. Put on some shorts, get out the sprinkler, grab the kids and go play in the water. Oh, I know…that’s pretty standard summer fare for toddlers, but when they are suddenly too big to sit in your lap anymore and you realize you haven’t played in the sprinkler for five or six years, it’s time to head outside again!

2. Ditto on the bubbles. Nothing brings a smile to everyone’s face quite as fast as getting a giant bucket of soapy water and some wands and blowing bubbles into the sunshine. You can make your own bubbles, but rumor has it you might as well buy them. They are cheap enough and the commercial solutions typically work better than homemade anyway. Nothing blows an afternoon like solutions that don’t work. (pun intended)

3. Go to the Llano river. Llano remains one of my favorite spots in Texas. I love the gold dust sparkling in the sand. The ancient rocks rising from the water. I could just go sit there all day. Closer to Kingsland, I love to wade in the Llano River at what’s become known as The Slab. There are some perfect spots to just watch the water run across your feet.

4. Draw a chalk box around an ant. Okay, I know…sounds silly. But it’s one of those things I’ve always wondered about. If you draw a box around an ant with chalk will it really never cross the line? Is that just some urban myth somebody once told me? Or will it eventually cross the line. If so, how long does it take? Is that true of all kinds of ants? Absolutely useless information…but it will put one of those lifelong questions to rest after all these years. And my kids won’t have to wonder either. Although I’m pretty sure it’s not keeping them up at night.

5. Pop a bunch of popcorn, stock up on the BIG boxes of candy, load up on sodas and stack up the cheesy movies…baby, it’s movie marathon at our house!

How are you going to celebrate the last few weeks of summer?

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  • http://babypotential.typepad.com Colleen Pence

    Those are great ways to enjoy the waning Summer days. We’re heading to the beach! If we have to deal with this sweltering South Texas heat we might as well do it while the warm waves crash over us or we sit by the pool with a cool drink or two.

    I’m still hoping to cross a few other Summer to-dos off my list: Kiddie Park, more SeaWorld Texas fun, swimming at the local pool, time at the park, exploring our backyard, ice cream cones after supper.

    My oldest starts kindergarten in a few short weeks and I feel now, more than I ever have, that our precious Summer days are slipping away. Gotta make the most of them!

  • http://www.sabusykids.com MomOnMars

    Colleen – did you know Kiddie Park has been completely redone? If you make it there, be sure to let us know how it is! My kids are too big to go now :-(

    Enjoy your last few weeks of summer!