Day 01 // Cooking School: English Muffin Pizzas. The boys have been asking to learn how to make food on their own, so we started with an easy culinary favorite. I set out all of the ingredients and we all went to town. Their favorite part was “decorating” with mini pepperonis.
Day 02 // Paper Airplanes. After trying a Youtube video for a complicated design and getting super confused, we scrapped that idea and I taught them how to fold a classic paper airplane. They colored and decorated and then we had a throwing challenge (this was my inspiration).
Day 03 // Indoor Picnic and a Movie. It was a rainy day, so instead of a picnic at the park, we had a picnic and a movie inside. I made them each a paper bag lunch, complete with a juice box and cookies. It was a big hit.
Day 04 // Cooking School: Chocolate Covered Strawberries. It was another rainy day, so we had cooking class again. We melted milk chocolate chips in a homemade double broiler and then the kids each had five strawberries to dip as they pleased. I saved mine for Mark.
Day 05 // National Doughnut Day! Thank goodness for social media. After hearing that this was a “thing”, the day practically wrote itself. We always love a good doughnut!
Day 06 // Decorating Plates using a MakIt Kit. The kids are so excited about this project. We completed step one of the kit, which was drawing designs on special paper. The finish products totally fit their personalities. Now to get them in the mail to be turned into plates.
Day 07 // Homemade Shooting Range. Mark recently went to the shooting range and the boys thought it sounded so cool. We made them their own with cardboard boxes and tissue paper. It was a great opportunity to talk about responsibility and safety and it was fun for all of us too!
Day 08 // Sumo Wrestling. I haven’t laughed so hard in a long time. If you were a fly on the wall, you have seen three boys with pillows stuffed into their daddy’s t-shirts, a mama who tried to do the same (let’s just say there was a little less room, ahem…) and Sophie and a baby looking at us like we’d lost our minds.
Day 09 // Rubberband Powered Lego Cars. After about 20 minutes of digging through Lego bins to find the right pieces, I thought this may be our first dud. (I think I was more frustrated than they were, hah). Fortunately, their perseverance paid off, we found what we needed and it even worked! We used this tutorial.
Day 10 // Fan fort. With this picture as inspiration, we made a fort using a big fan and a queen sized fitted sheet. All four were able to squeeze in (I could only fit with two of them) and they loved it. They even requested snacks!
Day 11 // Discover a new playground. We set out bright and early on our adventure to find a new playground. We stayed over an hour and when they were sufficiently exhausted and sweaty, we found the nearest Chick-Fil-A for lemonades.
Day 12 // DIY Slushies. It was over 90 degrees, so the obvious choice was to make something cool and refreshing. We tried this recipe and it worked like a charm! The kids loved it, but since I’ve been reducing all forms of sugar in my diet, I couldn’t drink more than a sip or two. I found it sicky sweet, but the kids didn’t have a problem.
Day 13 // Lowes Build & Grow Clinic. This was the first time we’ve taken advantage of this clinic (it’s FREE!) and it was great! Mark took the three oldest and they really enjoyed it. The summer series is all about super heroes and they made Ironman and his Avenjet (“and I even got to use a hammer, mama!”). They can’t wait to go again.
Day 14 // New Lego Set. We surprised the kids with a new Lego set of just different colored pieces and we used our imaginations to build something new. (Namely, anything other than Star Wars and super heroes…)
Day 15 // Tissue Paper Suncatchers. We were long overdue for a craft! This was an easy one that used items we already had at home (you just need contact paper and different colored tissue paper). I love the end result!
