Summer is coming, SUMMER IS COMING!

Sometimes scarier than the Game of Thrones threat winter is coming.

For many of us, this means constant entertainment or deal with the whining and mess of bored children. While we’re firm believers that whine=wine, at some point, you may run out of money or the liquor store may stop selling to you.  You can go through the summer, drinking away the pain of the demons, or take it from us here at Bleeping Motherhood, do one of those stupid summer lists.  Yes, I call them stupid because there are only so many times you can blow bubbles or practice your ABCs with chalk on the driveway.  And you may want to bang your head on the ground before you take your kids to pick one more different kind of berry (that they won’t eat anyway).  But with a little bit of planning, every time your kid comes up to you bored, take a look at our list of 10 activities you can do (it comes from a list of 100, if these 10 don’t inspire you).  Try them out, you can always drink wine afterwards.

1. Go for a hike
2. Create a treasure hunt
3. Chase lightening bugs
4. Do a nature scavenger hunt
5. Chalk the deck
6. Following chalk the deck should always be playing with squirt bottles to remove the chalk
7. Paint paper with water – really, paint anything with water.  It’s amazing how much kids like this activity.
8. Paint with marshmallows
9. Balancing races
10. Paint balloons – hilarious fun watching the kids follow the balloons around with a paint brush (and sometimes get hit in the face)

There you have it – 10 quick activities to help fight the summer doldrums and get you through.  Tell us at sothishappened@bleepingmotherhood.com how it went and if you have some other additions to our list.