Summer Survival List

Today I have linked up with Mama4Real for her

Those intrinsic items that will protect your mommy-ness, entertain your kids, and ward off the heat demons!

Link back to Mama's to share your ideas!

PLACES TO GO

Some of these will only apply to the areas surrounding Prairie Lane, but I bet if you look, you will find something similiar close to you, too. We will try to go to one fun place a week this summer. Most are cost friendly, if not free.

Rural Life Museum for cool photo ops & a step back in time

The Airport to watch the planes take off & land

Downtown Baton Rouge to stick our feet in the sprinklers and watch the Mississippi flow by

LA Arts & Science Museum they sponsor a free for children Saturday per month

Sprinkler Park for some wet fun

Aunt Lynn's for inground pool fun

 PEOPLE TO SEE

Sometimes all you need is a change of scenery & some adult company for the day to pass a little faster.

Grandparents

Great-grandparent

Aunts & Uncles

THINGS TO DO AT HOME

Have a paint day outside

Get your brushes or fingers and a huge roll of kraft paper and be creative. Use stencils, stamps & body parts to create works of art.

We also love printable crafts

Here are some site I use. All you need is a printer, scissors, glue & construction paper to make just about anything.

DLT Kids

First School

KidZone

Big Activities

Enchanted Learning

WHEN IT GETS TOO HOT TO MOVE

Cases of Pop Ice. Inexpensive & Cold.

If you want a healthier alternative, sometimes we make our own pops with ice cube trays and toothpicks. Just mix up your concoction, pour into the trays, cover with saran wrap & poke a toothpick through them. We like to blend a banana, some strawberries, milk & a little bit of sugar for ours.

I am ALL for being outside and playing, bike riding, swimming in the blow up pool or slip n slide, but sometimes the only thing it's not too hot to do is...

SUMMER NECESSITIES

A Thankful Heart

I feel pretty blessed by God and appreciative to my husband to be able to stay home with my children during this time when they are small. So when we all feel we are going crazy from looking at each other nearly every day, I will remember to be thankful for them.

Buckets of Patience

As mentioned above, we will be together almost every day, all day. My morning prayer will be (and is) for patience, patience, patience.

Music

No matter how frustrated I am, this usually seems to help soften my heart and put me back in my place.

Mosquito Spray

There is nothing Avon makes that will keep the bugs off us here. Pass the deet please.

And lastly

Levelized Billing

For those 100 degree months that the A/C runs all the time. Even when it's set on 80 degrees.

And Entergy thinks they are doing you a favor by the 32 cent federal ordered rate reduction.

So there you have it, my Summer Survival List.

Now please head on over to Mama4Real's to share your ideas!