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Well today was a full day of fun and I am exhausted!

My youngest son had his class “end of the year park day” today and I volunteered to go along and chaperone.  It was a beautiful day.  I got to hang out near the playground and keep an eye on the kids.  Of all of the playground equipment that was available to them, the kids chose to sit in the sand and dig….and dig….and dig…and, well, dig.  It amazes me how long it kept their attention. Afterwards we ate our bag lunches, of which I forgot to bring one for myself so another mom took pity on me and shared her turkey sandwich and Cheetos.  Then the kids consumed as many 4oz root beer floats as they could, played basketball and dodgeball and then we headed back across the grass to the school to get ready to go home.

Not less than two hours later, my two youngest and I were in the car headed to Pump It Up for a fundraiser for our Childrens Department.  I enjoyed watching my kids and their parents jump, slide and roll for two hours on huge inflatables. I chose not to partake in the fun. I was so tired, I thought I might hurt myself.

Tonight we also celebrated my son’s 10th birthday with a spaghetti dinner.  He received a bag of his 10 favorite candies, an Action Bible and a picture of the iPod Touch we bought him on eBay, which hasn’t arrived yet.

Next week, we will celebrate his birthday with 12 of his friends at Boomers.  Come back next week for more Monday Fun Days as I share my birthday party edition.

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*Sadly, my children do not like to appear on my blog, hence the reason for the lack of personal photos. I’m so thankful for stock photos!

Every year at this time, I get a little overwhelmed, a little sad, and honestly, a little envious of all of the summer time activities that I see and hear about.  Watching the lives of other moms, who are fortunate to be home with their kids during the summer, unfolding on Instagram, Facebook and blogs can make me a little weary.

Just as I was beginning to feel sorry for myself, God spoke to me and said, “Make Monday Fun Days!”  Literally, that’s exactly how I heard it.

Although I work full-time outside the home, I am off on Mondays.  So instead of sitting around and drooling over the summer time activities of everyone else, we are going to have some fun of our own.

Beginning tomorrow, Mondays will be a time for me to be intentional about enjoying my children and having some fun. I will come back here on Monday night and post about what we’ve done.  You won’t actually read the post until Tuesday, but that’s okay, right?

What do you plan to do this summer to have fun with your kids?  And if your kids are grown, what do you plan to do to enjoy yourself?  You can make Mondays fun days too! Care to join me?

Come back tomorrow night to read my first Monday Fun day post!