Savin' It Up:Finding Ways 2 Save

It is amazing how time flys. My kids will be starting their summer vacation today. This school year (this year period) has went by so fast. It’s one thing to get them prepared for school with all of their supplies and new clothes but it’s another to get them prepared for summer. My children are easily bored. I try to keep their skills updated during the summer and I schedule time for reading and math during some parts of the day, but the other parts, they want to have fun. We do have a small pool that could occupy their time, but that only last so long. So I have come up with some fun things to do while on Summer Vacation.

Library: You local library have summer reading programs that are available for all ages. My local library have story telling for the younger kids and reading competitions/book clubs for the older kids.

Semi Pro Sports League: In my area, we have the Lancaster Jethawks. These games cost a fraction of their pro counterparts. With specials that run all summer long, a family of 4 could attend a game for $20 on Sundays.

Visit your local parks: Parks are a good place to go to let the kids unwind and run out their energy. But because of the heat, I would recommend that you visit early in the day as opposed to the afternoon.

Bowling: Bowling is always one of our favorite things to do during the summer. It is cool and indoors. During the summer months, kids can bowl for free at Brunswick Bowling (Check your area to see if they run specials during the summer)

Movies: My local movie theatre, Cinemark 12, will be hosting a Summer Movie Clubhouse-watch 10 shows for $5. The movies are older movies, but it gets the kids out of the house. Also on Mondays, they offer their 2nd run movies for just $1-Not bad!

Amusement Park: Our closest Amuzement Park is Magic Mountain. We are season pass holders so we can go as often as we like and with just a 25 minute drive away, we go more often than I care too.

Take a ride to the beach: Every summer in my area, they offer bus rides to the beach. Now remind you that I live in the desert, so a trip to the beach is rare. It is sponsored by the County of Los Angeles and cost only $6 per person. This is a steal in my book as it takes over $80 to fill up my tank.

Stay Indoors: There will be days when we will just stay home. With gas prices so expensive we are planning to stay closer to home than in the past. Times that we stay home we cook together, have water ballon fights, play video games and watch movies.

It’s harder to entertain older kids because they would be fine if I allowed them to stay home all day to play video games and watch television.

Are you planning on doing anything fun for the summer?