12 Ways My Kids Had Fun This Summer Holiday

Did you remember to come up with an eighty-day plan to entertain your kids for the summer holidays? Ideally your plan is diverse and will include activities to cultivate and foster creativity, fun and intellectual stimulation while attending to the concept of healthy mind in a healthy body. Perhaps you’ve compiled a neat little spreadsheet. I don’t know how to break this to you gently. Let me try the Oreo cookie approach: you’re really good at Excel! Your plan sucks. I like how you smell!

See, there’s an alternative plan out there that the kids have and it probably doesn’t mesh with yours. That “plan” is full of gravity, illogic, and reality-defying ideas that you would never think of. I bring you a visual diary of my kids at home. This was just the first week.

Please tell me some of it is relatable. PLEASE.

Sidewalk Chalk

This used to be my front porch. This used to be my child’s chalk.

Pillow Forts

When building a pillow fort don’t forget to use the heater as a supporting beam (I’m assuming everyone still has their portable heater unit in the living room, right?). Make sure it’s unplugged. Follow the same instructions if you’re building a crime fighting lab because this is what you’re looking at here. You may not know this yet but you’re also looking at a foot.