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My sons are in "5 activites a week" and they always play outside. They play manhunt, basketball, street hockey, soccer, go to the creek, fish at the local pond. The original question was what do they do to "entertain themselves" and I would only say my son will walk the dog and read a magazine or the sports page. But "play out side" all the time.
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How old are your sons?

I see a few great things here -- you have more than one kid so they can hang out with each other, you have a local pond, and a creek, and a safe street for the boys to play in.

In our neighborhood we have all of these except:

1) creek
2) pond (with fish)
3) safe street for playing in
4) boys   (they are all at sports or events, not hanging around the street playing basketball)

We DO have a basketball court but my kid doesn't like to shoot hoops.

We DO have a playground nearby but he finds it boring now that he is in middle school.  Every once in a while some kids will get together to play Capture the Flag but it is hard to organize b/c everyone is so busy on the weekends.   Snow days are the best!

The neighborhood is not safe for bike riding or playing hockey in the streets.

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