Let me start this blog by saying how thankful I am for ridiculously creative people that come up with WAY better ideas than I could even begin to think of, and then share those wonderfully creative ideas online! I am determined to make this Summer interesting for my kids, and hopefully every summer to come. Why should kids be bored in the summer? Why should they put their brains on hold and become numb by watching endless hours of TV? And why should they drag every toy they own into every square inch of the house making mommy go absolutely insane??? HaHa! I have found that in order to keep happy, energetic, creative kids (and a relatively clean house), I should provide structure and fun, engaging activities. This, in turn, gives them a happier, SANE, and more energetic mommy :).
Since we are at my parents' house right now, I decided we would take advantage of some of their wonderful property and plant life. We threw on some clothes, grabbed them each a bucket, and I tasked them with finding lots of different nature items. I challenged them to find interesting items with all different textures and shapes. Of course, we had to watch them carefully to make sure they didn't get into something dangerous. I learned what poison ivy looks like the hard way :/. After they had collected buckets full of nature treasures, we spread out a large piece of paper and poured up palates of paint, and used our nature items to create a beautiful piece of art.
Eli thought his hands worked better than the nature items
And Aunt Connie brought them a sweet treat to cool them off. Being a little artist is hard work!
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