Summer Lineup

With break quickly approaching, I decided to put together a list of all the fun things I want to do with my boys this summer.

Picnic (free, except for food)

Millennium Park fountain

Lincoln Park Zoo (free, except for parking)

Brookfield Zoo (I will only need an adult membership – my kids are under 3, so it’s free for them!)

Monkey Joe’s ($70 for 10 visit pass)

Swim lessons (~$70 at my local park district)

Water balloon fight

Neighborhood pool

Library story time

Schaumburg Farm (free)

Travel the world (learn about different countries online and then cook cuisine from those cultures)

$1.00 kids movies

Local parks (create a “park passport”)

Draw on driveway with chalk

Randall Road Petting Zoo (should only cost ~$10-15 total)

Make race tracks for toy cars out of rain gutters

Put seed in our bird feeder and watch the birds

AMF – free bowling

Alphabet tour (take one picture of something for each letter from the alphabet)

Splash park (shouldn’t be more than $20)

Draw on windows with window markers

Feed the ducks

Hula hoop contest

Local trails

Bass Pro Shop

Create a tin foil river in the back yard

Chuck E Cheese

Mall playgrounds

Find a big open field for Evan to go crazy!

Kiddie pool

Make a playhouse out of a huge cardboard box

Experiment with baking soda and vinegar

Look for shapes in the clouds

Create paper bag puppets

We’re going to be living on one income over the summer; things will be tighter than usual, so I plan to pay for any memberships/lessons in the near future, while we still have two paychecks coming in.

This will be my first summer off since 2005 - I am SOOOO excited! :)