I made the kids do a few things right at the end of summer because I felt we needed to get the last bit of fun out of summer and spend a little less time with screens or even indoors.
In Texas in the summer, it is super hot and humid so if you are going to go outside it needs to be to a place you can cool off.
One day we went to a splash park!
On probably the hottest day of the summer, I drug the kids to the Dallas Arboretum.
It was soooo humid and hot to boot.
Samantha played in the first bit of water but I could not convince the big kids to join her. All they wanted to do was sit. They did not even eat all of their lunch because it was too hot.
At the second water feature, Lily joined Samantha and they played and cooled off.
The rest of us were sweating up a storm and did not complain when they were done and ready to move on.
It was not the longest trip to the Arboretum but we enjoyed ourselves.
On one of the last days of summer, the kids all had a dentist appointment. We left early and stopped at this park that is on the way. The kids played and we enjoyed the small botanical gardens that are next to the park. We had a race on this crazy spiderweb portion and it was fun to watch the boys.
The dentist was not so good. 4 of the 5 kids had cavities. 2 were able to be fixed that day but Lily and Samantha had to go back in on different days so they could be sedated. They were champs and did really well- especially Samantha who had not ever had this done before.
