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Friday, June 13, 2014

The Rooney Summer Challenge!

It's official: SCHOOL'S OUT FOR SUUUUMMMMMERRRR!!! Praise the Lord! Although having 3 kids at home all summer is not an easy task, it really is nice to have a break from the homework, events and just everyday stress and routine of school and work.


Yes, the fighting, bickering, dish-washing and diaper changing is enough to drive anyone batty but look, my kids are only this young ONCE. Summer is a precious time when we aren't bound by schedules and duties...we can just be together, enjoy perfect weather and be a little spontaneous. That being said,  having no schedule can also mean sitting at home on the computer or iPad all day OR getting so caught up in all the household chores and errands that the summer (and my kids LIVES!) are passing me right up! SOOOOO.....that's why we're doing THE ROONEY SUMMER CHALLENGE!

Each day that I'm home with the kids, we are going to do a little (or maybe big!) fun thing together. This doesn't count taking them to a class or dropping them off at a friend's house. This is a fun activity that we do together.

I didn't get a million "creative" (AKA: complicated!) ideas off Pinterest..i just asked the kids what they wanted to do--most of these are their ideas! I just threw in a couple of Pinterest ideas at the bottom because they looked fun and uncomplicated!

Here is what we have so far:

Play in the sprinklers
Go camping
Pool date with friends
Otter pops on porch
Make our own ice cream
Nature walk/look for bugs
Apple picking (late summer)
PJ and movie day
Lindsay Wildlife Museum
Oakland Zoo
Napa County Fair
Library story and activities
Visit Daddy in the City
Water balloons
Slurpees at 7-11
Beach
Hiking in Napa
Park
Play Doh
Drive in movie
Pottery painting place
Sugar letters
Indoor camp out
Balloon ping pong (got from Pinterest)
Sticky spider web (got from Pinterest)

I'm calling it "The Challenge" just because sometimes it IS challenging to get all 3 kids out of the house or engaged in an activity that they will all like :)

I'll take a picture each day to document The Summer Challenge and it will be part of Seven on Sunday starting next week! Let the summer begin, people!!!

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