The Bike Wash

If your kids are like mine then you will understand how excited I was to find a project for them to work on and a toy for them to play with in one. 

My sons mind is constantly going.  

He loves to create things, invent things destroy things, etc. etc. etc.

This was the perfect project for him.

He helped me come up with the concept

and even added his own plans to it.

What you need:

2 PVC Pipe 7 feet

4 PVC Pipe 3 feet

2 PVC Pipe 2 feet

1 can of PVC Pipe glue

3 cap end

3 "T" shaped

(for the base and middle that screw in.)

2 Elbows sprinklers

1 hose attachment.

1 sprinkler hose thing (blue piece)

1 flower or full coverage sprinkler head
Hand drill with a small bit

If you have any questions or alterations the Home Depot guys are great to help out.

It was ready to go in about 20 minutes.

The kids loved it.
You can't see it in the pic but we drilled holes in the PVC pipe along the insides and they spray the kids also.

We had a long line of neighbor kids ready to ride their bikes through.  

It got dubbed the "Bike Wash".

It is a ton of fun and super easy to do.

I'd love to see what you come up with so let me know.

Harry Potter Craze

When Harry Potter first came out we read books 1-3 all snuggled up in bed.

But my kids were getting older and schedules made things harder.

That is why one summer we decided to start listening on CD.

This way I could make dinner or fold laundry but still be with them.

The kids would get their paperback copies out and read along.

This is one of our favorite memories we have.  We loved listening to Jim Dale read.  He is amazing.  I think hands down the kids loved these moments more than watching the movies.
The narrator just brought these books to life.  Plus, nothing is left out like in the movies.
The best part about it for me was that my kids really got motivated to start reading.
My oldest can't stop.  I literally have to beg him to go out and play.
Thank you JK Rowling and Jim Dale for making my kids love BOOKS!!

I would definately recommend doing this as one of your summer activities.
He also narrated the Peter Pan series.
I think we will go get that for this summer.