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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Uh, next winter will likely be a lot worse. Enjoy your summer. Go outside. [/quote]

OP here. So that’s the thing: we LOVE winter. My boys and I hate the heat. By 10am they’re complaining, and my youngest get overheated very easily. It makes going outside difficult, even with water play. We love the cold. Summers are hard for us, and now with no pools or museums to escape the heat, we will be inside

Which is fine, because we were outside while everyone was inside in the winter. We were so thankful for the long, chilly spring.[/quote]

Hot and buggy is not fun. Can you get a tiny splash pad that you attach to a hose? Set up some water play/ shade outside? A mud kitchen? Mine are really into bugs and we have been enjoying finding bugs outside, reading good bug books, watching bits of nature documentaries.

If not, a bath at 11 with fun water toys is a nice break for you and them. Lunch then nap, if they still do it. We like baking in the afternoon and set a nice table for tea. Or make popsicles. Puppet shows. Band practice with little instruments — ukeleles, recorders, toy instruments, drums... turn on music you like and have fun. Eat dinner outside, if you have a shady spot. Eat dinner on the living room floor under a tent and make hotdogs and other camp food. Easy smoothies for dessert after dinner — watermelon and lemon juice, pineapple and mint.[/quote]

These are all such great ideas!![/quote]

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