things to do

Y'all have been asking me to make a list of some free/cheap things we do to keep us entertained, especially in the summer when there's no school and schedules are a little more laid back. Some of these are things we do often, and others we don't do often but have done in the past. I am just going to try to think of everything I can in an attempt to give you some ideas you may not have thought of.

• Swimming pool (free, or not, depending on where you go)
• Wading Pool and Sprayground at Millbrook Exchange Park & also at Ridge Rd. Pool (I think it's about $1 or a little over $1 a person, you can call to make sure)
• Water-play outside of the food court at Triangle Town Center (free)
• Free Family Film Festival (click here for details. Mid-June through mid-August.
• Marbles Kids Museum ($5 a person (kids and adults) or $100 for a year membership)
• Museum of Natural Science, downtown (free)
• Library story time (check online for your library's specific times - free)
• Greystone Recreation Center Indoor Playground (free)
• Monkey Joe's (a little pricey - about $8 a child and $5 for kids under 2)
• Toddler Play at North Hills (on the green space next to Chick-fil-A. Free. Mon and Wed from 9-1, thru August I believe.)
• If it's not too hot, we visit lots of parks: North Hills Park, Baileywick Park, Cedar Hills Park, Lake Lynn Park, Shelley Lake Park, Williams Park
• Lake Lynn and Shelley Lake, feed the ducks and play on playground (free)
• Triangle Town Center Playground (my kids love it. free)
• Ice cream at Chick-fil-A, then play on their playground (less than $2 for ice cream for the kids)

That's about all I can think of at the moment, but I hope they will give you some ideas. Some other things we do that aren't list-worthy are playdates at friends houses, snuggling up in the afternoon to watch a movie, riding bikes, sidewalk chalk, our baby pool on the back porch, evening walks, art projects, etc. I would love to know if there is something you do that I didn't have on my list. Bring on the ideas! You can never have too many!

On a different note, my wonderful friend Laura (who is about to have her second baby girl in the next week or so!) told me that I can be terrible about blogging sometimes. (Love you, Laura!) :) I totally agreed with her! I don't know what it is, but sometimes I just get in a funk where I don't have much to blog about. I mean, how many times can I blog about my kids at the pool?! We just aren't doing anything terribly interesting these days, so I hesitate to blog about things that I am afraid might bore you all. With that said, do any of my faithful blog readers have anything specific you think I should blog about?