FREE Bowling for kids at AMF is back from May 13-September 2nd, 2013.  Register your children to get two free games per child per day at participating AMF bowling lanes all summer long.

Once you are signed up, you’ll simply need to provide your name, member ID, email address or phone number at your local AMF lanes to claim your free games each week.

FREE bowling is available from open until 8:00 p.m., 7 days a week during this period, based on lane availability.

 

We’ve had a full couple of weeks since my last Project Summer update:

My 6 year old son and husband went on a 5 day missions trip to Ohio with our church.  They had a fantastic time serving and loving on people in need.

Both of my older boys attended our church’s Vacation Bible School last week and had a blast.

And of course, there were trips to the library, the pool, and time spent with friends.

But the highlight for ME happened this past weekend:

On top of the Met

A group of my favorite ladies (my Mom, sister, sisters in law, and cousin) and one very cute kid (mine!) headed to New York City and scored FREE tickets to see Shakespeare in the Park (after waiting in line for 7 1/2 hours!).  Thanks to a hot Groupon deal, we were even able to stay in a cute hotel.

It was such a memorable weekend and I’m grateful for the time spent together.   Definitely a highlight of my summer and another item to check off my list!

A few of our goals for this week:

• My 6 year old has been working on improving his bike skills this summer.  He and Daddy set up a ‘ramp’ that I’m sure will be fun.

• Griffin also starts soccer this week.  It’s his first year and I’m excited for him.  I actually coached soccer in my younger years, so it’s been fun to teach him and Lincoln a few things. (Frankly, I think they are a bit surprised that Mommy knows how to kick a ball!)

• We have several play dates planned and plan to go to the Regal Film Festival one last time (we won’t be able to go next week).

How about you?  What plans do you have for Project Summer this week?  Be sure to check out my LONG list of free and cheap activities if you need some inspiration!

Can you believe how quickly summer is flying?

I guess that’s why they say, “Time flies when you’ve having fun”, eh?

We are crossing off all sorts of items from our “Summer Fun To Do List”.

Our most recent check-off:

Cow Appreciation Day!

Chick-fil-A was full of other cute little bovines, as expected, but we certainly enjoyed our FREE food and time with friends.  (And apparently a few of YOU were there at the same time…next year we need a group picture!)

I also checked one of my Project Summer goals off this week when I ran my 5K–and finished!  YAY.  Unfortunately, my running partner was unable to join me because of an injury.  So we decided to sign up for another 5K in September!

We also enjoyed a really fun Bluegrass concert last week at our town’s Concerts in the Park series.  Made me want to play the banjo!

Here are a few of our Project Summer goals for this week:

• Today we are heading to the pool to escape the 90+ degree heat!

• We may be heading to the Dollar Movies again–another good way to escape the heat.

• I’m hoping to make it to the library as well.  Love that place!

And honestly…I’m not sure what else will happen this week.  It’s kind of a full one.  But I’ll be sure to report next week!

How about you?  What plans do you have for Project Summer this week?  Be sure to check out my LONG list of free and cheap activities if you need some inspiration!

Last week I was in NY on vacation with my family.  (Thanks to some awesome help getting deals posted, you may not have noticed I was gone!)

Our family vacation has evolved over the years into an epic event full of traditions, new memories and amazing food.   My parents were very smart to have six children.  We each get a night to make dinner and the rest of the week we can sit back and enjoy the fruits of our sibling’s labor.

We also each make dessert and as it turned out this year, ice cream was a part of every single dessert.  This meant that we indulged in some sort of ice cream creation 8 nights in a row.

If that’s wrong, I don’t want to be right.

My Mom always has some creative trick up her sleeve (what else would you expect from the Dollar Store Diva?) and this year she introduced us to the fun of ‘Kick the Can Ice Cream’.

What is that? you ask.

Well…it’s pretty much exactly that.  Ice cream.  In a can.  That you kick.

My mom found the recipe here. (The duct tape was used to ensure that the cans did not open.)

The fun part came once the cans were ready.  Lots of kicking and rolling the cans for about 10 minutes.

And when the cans were sufficiently kicked–voila!  We had ice cream! (We added frozen strawberries to the other can which was delicious.)

Who knew that something kicked around in a can could be so good?

It was such a fantastic week with LOTS of other Project Summer goals being met: fishing, swimming, playing with cousins, reading books (I actually finished one!) and just plain ol’ having FUN.  If you don’t believe me, check out this good looking bunch:

This picture says so much.

Here are a few of our Project Summer goals this week:

• Continue to read books and add them to our Reading Rewards programs.

• Continue using our Chore Charts.  (We now are paying our boys $0.25 per job.)

• I will be running my 5K on Wednesday.  Wish me luck!

How about you?  What plans do you have for Project Summer this week?  Be sure to check out my LONG list of free and cheap activities if you need some inspiration!