Recently, I thought about some different things and stuff and activities I’ve enjoyed with my kids through the years.

These three things stood out.

{You can find Seven Favorite Summertime Activities for kids over here. Two of my favorites in this post are over there too.}

1. Audiobooks

I have absolutely loved having audiobooks and they have spent a lot of time listening to them since they were little. My son would build Legos and listen to audiobooks. He still does some. At our old house, they were often listening to an audiobook or music whenever they were upstairs in their rooms playing.

We have several well-loved and timeless stories on audio. Pollyanna, Farmer Boy, Little Women, Where the Red Fern Grows. Classic stories filled with character lessons and adventures and excitement. I love them.

This is something I so much recommend to young families and book lovers!

2. Swimming Pools

I think I bought our first tiny, inflatable, wading pool on clearance the year my daughter was a baby. I had a lot, a lot, a lot, of fun in wading pools and then a 4 foot pool when I was a kid. This was something I wanted for my kids to know and enjoy. Plus, 110 degree weather in Kansas in the summer. Nothing says, play in the water, like a thermometer topping out above 100 degrees.

We had two or three different wading pools, a stock tank for a couple of years, a blue pop-up pool for five or six years and now a pop-up pool with the white frame.

My kids have had fun playing in the water. I’ve had fun playing in the water and swimming with them. They’ve had inflatables and tubies and dive sticks and goggles and waterballs. We’ve played Marco Polo and What Time Is It Mr. Shark?

Swimming Pool fun is high on my list.

3. Bulletin Boards

This isn’t something I would’ve expected to pop up on my list, but my kids both have bulletin boards in their rooms right now. They both had them in their rooms in our old house, too, before we moved. There is something fun about having a spot to tack up pictures or quotes or bits of this and that which mean something to you. I think kids enjoy this and it gives a sense of who they are and what they like and enjoy and sparks their creativity and teaches them a bit about creating spaces you love. If you have the wallroom and have a child who collects or keeps pictures and artwork, this might be something they’d love.