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The Saturday 7

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Another week of cramming in all the things before school starts! 1. Wednesday was our last day of Aunt Sadie's Summer Camp. We crammed the day full of fun as one final hurrah (and because they're all a little sick of each other, and fight nonstop if they're not constantly entertained). We started the day with a DIY Escape Room. I spent allll day Tuesday coming up with ideas, then put it all together for the kids . . . and they escaped in 20 minutes. Lol. But it was a lot of fun for all of us. I wrote an entire entry with the details. Check it out here .  Their prize for escaping the room was McDonald's for lunch. Then we went to the park, followed by bowling! He dresses himself 🤷 2. I had a very uncomfortable experience at the bowling alley. When we got there, there was only one other person in the whole place. He was sitting at a table with a pitcher of beer . . . not bowling. And which lane did we get assigned to? The one right next to him. 🤦 At first he just said h...
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DIY Escape Room

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After a summer of themed activities for Aunt Sadie's Summer Camp, I wanted something really out of the box for our final week. But I also didn't want to spend a ton of money . . . enter the DIY Escape Room. Pinterest was a huge help in giving me ideas and getting the wheels turning in my head. Don't get me wrong - it was a huge endeavor. It took me most of the day on Tuesday to plan everything out. But the kids loved it. And let's be honest: I love using letting my creative juices flow on projects like this. Lucky for you, I also like to share.  An Escape Room is different than a regular treasure hunt, because the clues don't build on each other or go in any kind of order. Instead, there's a goal to achieve, and the clues help you get there. In this instance, I decided to have the kids find 9 keys that were hidden throughout the house. I made 8 clues that were stationed around the living room. Some of them were obvious. Some took the kids a few minutes to recogn...
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The Saturday 7

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Last week's entry didn't share to facebook correctly, so I feel like people didn't see it. Go here and read about my current obsessions, my mental health, and shark week.  1. This week we worked hard to squeeze all the fun out of the last few weeks of summer. We had a mini cousin beach day on Monday. 2. On Wednesday, we learned about sheep at Aunt Sadie's Summer Camp.  Nash with his q-tip/play-doh sheep Nova turned hers into a jellyfish Levi made a shepherd with a mohawk The herd Sheep snack: graham cracker with peanut butter, mini marshmallows, and Junior Mint eyes (that look suspiciously like boobs) That afternoon, I took the kids to school with me because I really needed to get some work done while the other office ladies were there. School is open Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday in the summer, and those are the days I tend to have a boatload of kids. So I packed snacks and coloring stuff and parked the kids in front of the big screen in the library (with Lena babysitti...
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