Summer Fun for Moms and Dads

by Lauri Griffin | More from this Blogger

27 Jun 2007 03:44 PM

My summer already seems to be evaporating. This week I had three phone calls and two meetings regarding the next school year. I'm not ready for fall, or for school to start again. I want to have some summer fun. My calendar is already filling up and I feel like I haven't gotten to really sit back and enjoy summer. I've done fun things with the kids, but not anything for me.

I expressed this some mom friends and they felt the same way. We came up with some summer ideas for moms to have some fun before back to school shopping starts. Most of the ideas can be fun for dads, too.

Take the kids out for ice cream and get yourself something big, chocolaty and special. For just this once don't worry about the calories. And if the kids get chocolate too, take pictures of their chocolate ice cream faces for your desk.

Scrub your feet with salt and olive oil. Paint your toenails a bright and happy color.

Take a walk after dinner with a friend.

Feed the family outside. No floors to sweep!

Make iced tea or iced coffee. Sit in the shade to enjoy.

Buy a beautiful basket of flowers for your patio or stoop.

Go out with friends for coffee, drinks, dinner, or ice cream.

Schedule a family reading time for after dinner or lunch. Everyone (including you) sits down with a book and reads for twenty minutes. Get something fun and wonderful for you to read.

Take a cool bath with baking soda.

Catch all the summer movies that you can. Movie theaters are nice and cold in the summer.

Call an old friend.

Play in the water with your kids. Pools, fountains, and sprinklers all count.

Sleep late. (This one is impossible for most parents, but we can dream.)

Eat yummy summer fruits like peaches, plums, and melons.

Get out a craft project of your own and actually finish it.

Buy sorbet for dessert.

I'm up for all the fun I can have in the last weeks before school and jobs kick back in. Does anyone have more ideas for fun for the parents?

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Lauri lives in Colorado with her husband and three sons. Amidst all the laundry and packing of lunches, she tries to keep parenting fun.

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