I have always made a plan for our summer for my family. I have seasonal notebooks that I use to make my plans but haven’t started working on my summer schedule yet. I need to work on that this week.
When my kids were younger I would include all the library events sometimes from 2 local libraries, VBS at more than one local church, and we participated in 4H when they got older. Those were our backbone and then I would fill in the rest with other activities. I never spend much for us to have a fun summer always low cost or free.
Now that my children are mostly adults 24, 21, 20, and 17 it
frees up my days and I spend a lot of time reading, doing crafts, gardening, and
walking or biking in the evening with my husband. We like to visit local State Parks, Farmers
Markets, and Flea Markets. I usually work on organizing projects such as the shed,
garage, and basement that I don’t get to do during the cold months. It has been
an adjustment to fill my summer without kid centered activities. I have a granddaughter
that is 1 yr so I am sure I will be adding a few things back in as she grows
up. We have family dinner every Sunday year round but I also plan events that
my kids and their significant others enjoy doing with us during the summer at least
once-twice a month.
My youngest son does Volleyball camp, Ultimate Mondays, and
Youth Group, and Fair week so I still have stuff to do with him. I visit my
girls at least once per week to help them with stuff, visit, or go
someplace so I will see were the summer leads us. I became a Certified Yoga instructor in April so I will be teaching
a class on Wednesday’s this summer to both my daughter’s friends. In the
evenings I will continue with the yoga class I attend on Monday’s, and Zumba on
Tuesday’s/ Thursday’s.
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