It's almost summer time

We are in the home stretch ladies and gentleman… only 3 days left until school is out for the summer. Part of me is Ecstatic! I am so tired of the school routine. The daily morning rush of getting everyone up dressed, fed, and out the door. I’m looking forward to a leisurely breakfast, letting the kids roll out of bed and let them stay in their PJ’s until noon.

But for as much as I want the leisurely morning, I have no idea what to do with them for the other 14 hours of the day. I’m a SAHM so it’s up to me to provide stimulating and educating activities that are free or very inexpensive to do. I went to Wally World yesterday and stocked up on water paints, play dough, and sidewalk chalk, that will get us through 1 day. Only 87 more to go. (Yes I counted there are 88 days from the last day of school until the first day back) I’ve checked into summer camps and they are out of our price range, and the little ones aren’t quite old enough anyway. So what’s a girl to do? Luckily I live in a Columbus and this town is FULL of metro parks, Rec centers, and libraries with tons of free activities. Plus there seems to be a festival celebrating something just about every weekend during the summer.

So join me as I explore all that Central Ohio has to offer an economically challenged family of five. The kids and I plan to check out as many places as we can and create some home spun fun and then write about our experiences as we survive summer break.