Chelsey, We Did That Too!

The kids were pretty bored their first week out of school. I told them I wasn't going to entertain them or take them anywhere for the entire week so that I could get ready for girls' camp. During nap time, they were sent outside every day. Their instructions were to, "not bother mom for two hours."

They did pretty good! In fact, I didn't have to fight to get them outside much. Their best idea included this homemade Slip 'N Slide. They found a tarp in the garage and used Dad's screw drivers to peg it down in the grass on the slope. They were busy for quite some time including set up, play time, and clean up. They set this thing up for a few days in a row and had a great time with it. I have a longer, funnier video to post, but my computer just couldn't handle it.

The risk of posting this is admitting that my children were mostly unsupervised for hours at a time. They didn't get into much trouble and I was able to get the things done that I needed to.

Comments

Chelsey said…

I hate writing this since it is so trendy, but Lol. Homemade slip n' slides are lots of fun. Now you just got to get Rick to make the potato gun and shoot a beanie baby out of it too. You'll love it: ). By the way, every mom needs naps, so I guess every children need to be unsupervised at times.

July 9, 2012 at 9:35 AM

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