Spring Break is upon us! For our family it is next week, and we aren't going out of town, and I don't want to spend a bunch of money. So . . . I thought I would share our plan for next week and encourage you to make a plan as well! They don't stay little for long and if you are anything like me it is much more fun to spend time together when you have a plan (even if you need to change the plan!). It's also going to be raining next week, so my original plan of visiting a different park every day is a no go! So . . .
Yesterday I visited Teacher's Tools (or teaching tools?) for the first time which is Lewisville off of Business 121. I've been meaning to go there for quite some time and was expecting a small store. This store was HUGE and there was so much fun stuff for the kids. I of course hit up the 75% off section first which is way back in the right corner of the store. There I found some great finds! Ever heard of the Mailbox magazines? They are for teachers and are full of activities, worksheets, and craft projects. In this section they had one for each month of the year and so I bought April and May. Now I am thinking I want to go back and get the rest because they were about $4 each (regularly 15), and I got so many ideas from it. I also got a couple of workbooks for .73 each - GREAT deal. I also got a few things that weren't on sale, including those dot painting thingies that you see your child using in preschool, and a few workbooks that were $3 each. So . . . here is our plan!
Monday: it is going to be sunny, so we are hitting up Andy Brown park in Coppell, playing, feeding the ducks, and having a picnic lunch. In the afternoon while the 2 year old is napping away, the boys will be having fun with a couple of art projects and other educational fun from my mailbox magazine. After she is done napping, off to the cul-de-sac we go to ride bikes and enjoy the sunshine.
Tuesday: no rain on Tuesday, so it is off to Cortadera park we go where we will play, practice some baseball, have a picnic lunch, and go to our favorite yogurt place for dessert. More art fun during naptime, and then it is time for a walk/bike ride around the neighborhood.
Wednesday: Rain! We have a membership to the Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas so we will be headed there. The kids LOVE it. If you are reading this and want to come with us, I have a couple of free passes! (KARLIE/KIM?). :) When we return from the museum, there were some fun rain art projects from the book so it only seemed right that we do these on a rainy day! After naptime, I have some fun stampers that I got for the 2 year old, so she will be having fun with that while the boys work in some of their new workbooks.
Thursday: Rain! Starting out the morning with a craft/game from Mailbox magazine, and then heading out to either Chick fil a or McDonalds to play and then have lunch. Join us! :) During naptime, the boys and I will be having Sorry, War, and Farkle tournaments, and I have a prize basket for the winners! (The prize basket is always present in our house and is where the toys from kids meals go and other random things they get from parties, etc.) After naptime they are making some fun bunny baskets (not too early for Easter stuff right?)
Friday: Cloudy, but no rain. Off to Austin Kent Ellis Park we go to play and have a picnic lunch. Frog craft during naptime, and winkids free time from 3:30 - 5. My kids go crazy over WinKids so they will be very excited.
If you are following this blog, in a couple of months I will be sharing my summer plan with you! Last summer I had a plan for every day of summer before it started, and it made all of us so much more excited about our precious time together. Anticipating is half the fun!
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