What are you all doing to combat summer boredom for the kids?

Wyatt is currently being entertained by an Uncle Ben's Ready Rice pouch. (The one he likes isn't gluten free, in case you are wondering). I discovered those rice pouches recently because of a coupon. Unfortunately they are not dirt cheap or fat free, but they taste yummy. The best part is that they only take 90 seconds to nuke. I highly recommend them, especially for those in the fam that are not GFCF. It's amazing how much entertainment kids can get out of rice and various pasta. Food as entertainment. Works for me.

It's a bit too sunny to go swimming right now, maybe in a little while. I'm out of sunscreen. I dragged Wyatt's little patio kiddie pool inside to put in front of the sink. Lately he has been driving me insane with his constant desire to play in the sink. I wouldn't mind it so much if he wouldn't deliberately pour water all over the floor. Then I have to wash and dry out a ton of towels/mats in the dryer because the coastal fog in the mornings and evenings prevent them from air drying and they get all moldy smelling.

Earlier we went to the park for 45 minutes. It was a trial, but Wyatt did OK. I had another adult to go with me this time, otherwise I wouldn't have attempted it at this park. The closest park to me is a giant sports park with a very small play area (no swings). Of course, there is every imaginable sports camp going on right now for summer, which I hadn't realized. Soccer, frisbee, tennis, baseball, etc. A nightmare for me because I have to prevent Wyatt from running onto the fields in the middle of games. But Wyatt, unhappily, seemed to understand that he could either play on the play structure or take a sedate walk, or leave.

GRRRRRRR!!!!!  Some visiting relative of a neighbor just you-who'd up to my window and asked Wyatt, "Is there someone here with you?"  God, that is SO ANNOYING!!!!  So, I screamed out to them, "Like I would really leave my child here alone, whoever you are!  Thanks a lot!  Go away!" Wyatt was at the window and he had wedged a small toy between the screen and the frame and it fell to the ground, much to his delight.