After my trip to the hospital in January I had pretty much decided we would not have Mimi Camp this summer. I love my grandchildren dearly but they range in age from seven through thirteen now and they have a lot of energy. They are no longer satisfied with stickers and gluing popsicle sticks.
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| Monday started with breakfast, waiting on cousins at early sports conditioning practices. |
But then the school calendars and the moms work calendars clashed and it looked like most of them would be at my house anyway. I decided having seven elementary tweens and teens might be a lot and thought about places to take them to wear them out.
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| We loaded in Mimi's car (that is a toy cell phone). |
I am very fortunate to live in a town with lots of parks for children. We started very early because August temperatures rose very quickly.
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Luckily my middle son was on medical leave and could assist with transportation and supervision.  The first park is a very large all accessible playground built in the last few years with community fundraising and some grants.  Early this morning - we were the ONLY people at the park!  The littles were running the pump track since there were no cyclists to chase them away.  They play so well together with the mix of ages.  We left park one and had a water break on our way to park two which features a goo goo ball pit.  There is a large playground structure and also soccer fields. We brought soccer balls and did some kicks, but the temperature rose really fast and we decided to go home for lunch.  For lunch I created a hot dog buffet with different toppings and menu suggestions. It was a big hit.  Large amounts of hot dogs were consumed with a variety of chips and pretzels.  They decided to give up on the parks theme and watch a Minions movie in the air conditioning. The littles operated a concession stand.  With more shifting of my furniture they created a store and an office. And lucky for me, moms started arriving at 3:00 pm to take them home. Stay tuned for Day 2. |
That is a great looking playground and group of kids! Miss Merry, haha loved the hot dog sign! But why was Mr.Merry giving your son a thumbs down? Certainly not for the hot dogs! 🙂
ReplyDeleteIt was a successful day 1! I know how tiring it can be with 3, much less 7!
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