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beach trips for sure!
One of our favorite family summer activities is to get together with friends and have cookie parties. My mom makes a ton of sugar cookie dough and we pull out all of our cookie cutters and let the kiddos go WILD! They love getting to pick out their own cutters and eating them, and while we wait for them to bake we all go out and play on the swing set. Fun times. : )
This might be a different one-Fill an empty cool whip dish about 1/4 full of water, then add little toys (balls, cars, beads, etc) Place in freezer until frozen. Take out ice chunk and put in a slightly bigger bowl. Add more water, freeze again. Repeat.The idea is that you have trinkets frozen in different layers of ice. Give the kids eyedroppers, old toothbrushes, etc and let them "search" for their treasures! They are way fun to personalize- my daughter loves pretty beads, bracelets, etc. They get to sit outside on hot days playing with ice! Too fun!
Gosh---favorite summer activity, huh? I guess it's just the simple act of slowing down.....who cares if we don't get to sit down for dinner until 8:30....we can stay up 'till midnight, 'cuz we don't have to get up the next day 'till 10. Awwww, just the slowing down, taking it easy and really enjoying each other. I LOVE summer for this very reason.