Summer can sometimes feel a bit daunting with all your kids home from school for 3 solid months. We've definitely had some fun summers, but some rough summers too.  We're finally finding things that work for our family that we'd love to share with you.  Here are 10 ideas for having a great summer!  

One of our favorite things to do is create a giant calendar and bucket list of all the fun things we're doing that summer.  You can find this Summer Calendar on Alexis' website for 50% off through Memorial Day.  Then just upload the JPEG to Office Depot/Office Max and print the blueprint size (24x36 inches). It's less that $5 and so fun for the kids! 

This week’s Product That Makes Parenting Stink Less is Simple Modern water bottles for kids.  They are great water bottles that don't leak, don't have a straw to chew on, and kids can open them. Here is our Amazon affiliate link.

Here are the links to the websites we referred to throughout the episode.

Summer Reading Programs:

https://learn.dosaygive.com/bookclub - (code: Megluxe for $5 off)

https://savvyreading.com/

Summer Goals Sheet:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LEUSfdzf3hZPnAsOha9gmWv-ewOFqWQ8uNUog_Uv5Io/edit

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