{"id":7645,"date":"2013-05-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/togethercounts.com\/the-summertime-activities-kids-never-outgrow\/"},"modified":"2013-05-24T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-24T00:00:00","slug":"the-summertime-activities-kids-never-outgrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/togethercounts.com\/es\/the-summertime-activities-kids-never-outgrow\/","title":{"rendered":"The Summertime Activities Kids Never Outgrow"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Kids<\/a><\/p>\n

Raising kids on the Jersey shore, where the day can change from sunny to GRAB THE FOOD and RUN FOR THE CAR in a matter of minutes, planning out our summertime activities really depends upon the weather \u2013 not to mention, my willingness to battle the shore traffic \u2013 so, I\u2019ve learned to NOT make any definite plans.<\/p>\n

Give a kid a patch of grass, a sprinkler, some dish soap and a couple of bubble wands:\u00a0 you\u2019ve got yourself a summertime party and plenty of picture-frame-worthy moments, right in your own backyard, my friend.<\/p>\n

My husband still jokes with me about my ability to make playing with a box of rocks sound like lots of fun.\u00a0 I will admit, having had a kid in diapers for 10 consecutive years, I just sort of learned to grow used to \u201cwinging it,\u201d day-to-day.<\/p>\n

Raising 3 teens and 1 teen by proxy (she\u2019s almost-12) I can\u2019t help but feel as if our days of spending any amount of time together (as a family) are truly numbered and, unlike their clothes, it\u2019s refreshing to hear each of my kids confess to not having outgrown some of their favorite childhood memories, like:<\/p>\n