fun activities to do with your kids

I've been putting my kids to work this summer. LOL! After a few weeks of me having them 24/7 nonstop and the fighting that goes on between them, plus me having to spend nearly all my time attending to the baby, I finally sent the oldest one to work with her father. Yesterday I actually had my three oldest shoveling out dirt from a cattle guard we are fixing so I can turn our cattle out in front of the house.

Yeah, I'm a fun mom. LOL!

Actually, I would like to be a funner mom. There is just too much work to be done right now, and I haven't the time to try to make the work fun. sigh.

Jenny,
YOu just took them on a two week vacation. And you coach their Little League plus a ton of other stuff. You ARE a fun Mom. Real life chores and part of the deal (or at least they should be) with every family!

Hey Susan!
Lately, I have not been doing much organizede type stuff - more fly by the seat of my pants! They love catching frogs, bugs, etc. so we do that in our yard or elsewhere. Playdates - easy fun! Cooking with DD7 a bit. Lots of art stuff - drawing, beads, origami, etc.
The hummingbird feeders sound neat! We have one hovering around my hanging basket of geraniums.
Andrea