So I'm a busy Norwex Manager and Sales consultant but first and foremost I'm a mom of two wonderful kids.

If its anything in your home like it is in mine you're dreading the whines of summer boredom. So I thought I'd make a list of things to schedule this summer to keep the kids busy and make some summer memories. Then it dawned on me that I'm likely not alone in trying to find the answer to "Mom we're bored... what can we do?" The one thing we as Manitoba parents can all answer with is, "count your mosquito bites kids". Although that can take a good chunk out of an hour it doesn't thrill anyone and only make us all wonder why we live here, so I'm putting my list out there for everyone.

Feel free to pass this link on your friends too, and please add something under comments if you have any ideas I missed out on.

OUTINGS:

• Assiniboine Park/Zoo (bring a picnic lunch, and popcorn kernels to feed the ducks)
• Tinkertown (check the front of your yellow pages for coupons)
• GrandPrix Amusements www.grandprixamusements.com/
• Thunder Rapids amusement park
• Children's Museum (at the Forks) www.childrensmuseum.com/
• Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature
• Planetarium www.manitobamuseum.ca
• Aviation Museum http://www.wcam.mb.ca/
• Royal Canadian Mint, take a tour www.mint.ca
• Strawberry Picking
• Swimming at your community pools indoor or outdoor
• The YMCA on portage (play structure and indoor pool)
• Grand Beach
• The Oasis Beach
• St. Ambrose Beach
• St. Malo Beach
• Birdshill Beach
• Kildonan Park (Pool area opening soon)
• Dakota Community center mini water play park (for small kids) there are a few other around the city like the one on Grovesnor, and others I'm unfamiliar with
• Fun Mountain Water Slide park http://www.funmountain.ca/
• Lilac Resort, camp ground and water park http://www.lilacresort.com/
• Steinbach Aquatic Center http://www.steinbach.ca/steinbach_life/steinbach_aquatic_centre/
• Carman water park http://www.townofcarman.com/community-recreation.htm
• Portage water park http://www.pcucentre.ca/Splash%20Ilsland.html
• UPutz (indoor glow miniature golf)
• Bowling (lots of options for this)
• St. Vital Park (bring a Picnic and a Frisbee)
• Harbour View South Park
• Lock Port (is Skinners still open??)
• Car Town http://www.winnipeg.ca/cms/Leisure/pdfs/cartown.pdf
• FortWhyte Center http://www.fortwhyte.org/
• Go for a hike/nature walk at Oak Hammock Marsh http://www.oakhammockmarsh.ca/
• Go see a movie (cheaper priced movie theaters on McGillivray and McPhillips)
• Folklorama, August 1-14th http://www.folklorama.ca/
• Morden Corn and Apple Festival, August 27th http://www.cornandapple.com/

AROUND THE HOUSE OR NEIGHBORHOOD:

• Clean bedroom :-)... everything else is a reward after this one!
• Take a walk to a community Park
• Jump on the trampoline
• Play dates, play dates, and more play dates
• Build a fort
• Make an obstacle course
• Bake some cookies
• Have a Wii challenge
• Play soccer, basketball, or any other sport in the yard
• Bean Bag toss
• Frog catching
• Bug hunt
• Fly a kite
• Bocci ball
• Bike riding
• Side walk chalk (show 'em how ot play hop scotch)
• Jump rope
• Board games
• Play dress up
• Set up a tent in the yard and do some faux camping
• Run through the sprinkler
• Water gun fight
• water balloon fight
• go through old toys (amazing how pulling out the old toys gives life to creative play)
• Set up a lemonade stand

Again if you have any great brain waves on other things to keep the kids busy around the house, or out and about, please share.