It's ON!

Summer is HERE!! Woohooo...
But I'm not gonna lie...
this isn't necessarily always cause for celebration.
To be honest, I know that the thought of summer can send chills straight through the bodies of most stay at home moms and dads.
The thought of being your child's very own personal jester and trying to entertain and excite them every second of every day isn't a particularly pleasant thought.
So along with this glorious time of year comes the stress for stay at home moms and dads to pull out every trick in our handbags (or man purses) to keep our precious little monsters occupied.... 24/7!
That's a lot of freakin' hours man. And not to mention energy.
No coffee I've been drinking has prepared me for that amount of entertainment.
And kiddie entertainment at that!
ugh...
I personally have two little boys, 4 and 2.
(energy you ask? Nooooo, two boys who are 21 months apart don't have much energy at all...)
Riiiiiiight...
Anyway,
Since moving from LA area to San Diego in March before my 4 year old's preschool year fully ended, I have been facing this very dilemma.
Two kids,...
no, no,.. let me clarify..
Two BOYS,
At Home
ALL. THE. TIME.
Believe me, you start to pull sh*t out of your ass to keep these kids satisfied all day long but I am hanging up my imagination fedora for now because I'm preeeetttty sure I've exhausted the crap out of it. I don't think my boys can endure any more bubbles in the backyard or peeling garlic for my endless stints in the kitchen or coloring coloring coloring.
Or the park.
If I take them to that same park one more time, I might lose my mind.
I know it's hard to think of things that don't involve monetary means, but summer is 3 long months and I personally can't afford to drop money everytime I want to take them places.
I figure since times have been tough lately, that lots of us could benefit from fun summer tips as well, whether there is a price involved or not.
So my goal is to educate, occupy, and blow their minds this summer with the level of fun I am going to throw at them...
HA!
(ok,..well, I will pray for that outcome.. I'd be happy with just a 'Thanks mom!' ;) ).

So here is my plea..
I am asking all my friends, moms, dads, non parents and parents to be, for some help.
Send me any and all of your ideas that you have done, will do, or plan on doing with your kids this summer. Craft ideas, outing ideas, any ideas!
And tell EVERYONE you know about this so they too can add to the plethora of ideas that we are all going to share! The more the merrier!
I started this for my stay at home homies (and let's face it, really for myself!) to not get discouraged and keep the pace with these youngins that have more energy than that obnoxious pink bunny with the drum on TV!
Please email me at lara.millertime@gmail.com and you can do your part to help save a parent from the seemingly endless summer days! Think of it as a new charity program.
Save the parents!
Let's share our thoughts and ideas about what works.
I will post all the comments and your names for all to see.

So, here it goes...
I'll start....