Summer is here!

What to do with those kids? Here is what you don't do...don't over-plan their summer. Play, play, play, let them play. Play with them. Play as a family. Swim lessons yes! Every camp that is out there, no! Kids are so overbooked during the school year these days, it is crazy.  Are people raising children that are stressed, rushed, and over tired? I hear all the activities that parents involve their children in, even during their preschool years and it makes me cringe. When do they get to play at home? When do they get to go in their backyard and play make believe? Why do they have to have every minute of their lives scheduled? That comes all too soon.
When our children were young we'd swim, we would read, we would just hang out. Their time was limited on their Nintendo. My favorite times were when we'd all be floating around in our pool for a few hours most every afternoon.
My point is give your kids a break. They need it, they want it. Don't ask them if they'd like a break from activity they don't know that they need it. Just spend time together playing, laughing and loving each other. In a blink of an eye, they will be adults and you will be wondering where the time went.