Miss S. graduated last week, yesterday was Jared and Matt’s last day of school for the year and Jason finishes up on June 15th.

I will have four teenagers and a nine month old Sweet Pea to entertain this summer and the concept was daunting to me.

I was inspired by Amy from The Finer Things in Life to tweak her concept of “The Summer List of Fun” for my kids and their ages {19, 18, 15 and 13}.  When I broke out the markers and poster board this weekend, they looked at me a little funny but soon the ideas started flowing.  Now, we have a pretty good idea of the things we want to do this summer.  Here are a few highlights:

• go swimming at the lake
• biking on the C & O Canal
• see a movie together {with popcorn from the theater, a special request from Matt}
• plant an herb garden
• decorate the game room with yard sale finds {which will require going to yard sales, another fun summer activity}
• make homemade ice cream
• go strawberry picking
• take water bottles to the homeless on a sweltering day

You get the idea!  It was fun just to sit and watch the kids come up with things they would like to do *with their mama* this summer.

We came up with more than 40 ideas and we will continue to add to the list as the summer goes on.  Combine the list of summer fun with our two week vacation to Florida to celebrate Miss S and Jason graduating high school, their jobs, the two younger boys staying in Florida to visit my family for an extra two weeks and I think summer will go by quicker than we want it to!

What do you plan to do with your kids this summer?

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I like to bring opportunities like this program to your attention because most of us buy orange juice for our families anyway.  This is a way to earn things in return for all the OJ we ingest (which in my house is a good bit )

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I am so excited to partner with Aircut and let my readers know about this innovative product.  Vacuum hair clippers…so cool.  Gone are the days of sweeping hair off the floor after my husband would use clippers on our three boys.  Gone are the days of the boys complaining of the itchy hair on their neck and shoulders- boy, do I wish these had been around 10 years ago!

In the last few years, with the whole I-am-too-cool-for-my-tween-britches thing going on in our home, the boys have been going to the hair salon.  My husband’s philosophy was crew cut or hair salon.

The fabulous thing about the Aircut is that with all the attachments and tapered 1/2″ attachment, Mike can accomodate the boy’s haircut desires without the expense of the salon.

Here is our first experience with the Aircut:

The boys were comfortable with the Aircut and the hubby wasn’t nervous.  In the past, using traditional clippers, some injuries occurred- cutting an ear by accident, etc.  You don’t have to worry about that with the Aircut as the attachments make the possibility of skin contact impossible.

Be sure to visit Aircut’s website for 10 reasons to buy an Aircut and a graph of how much money you can save by cutting your hair at home.

My husband is going to cut his hair next…be on the lookout for that vlog.

**Disclosure:  AirCut is a sponsor of Multitaskingmama.com and provided me with an AirCut to facilitate this review. All opinions are mine and not influenced by anyone.

Gotta love menu planning!  It makes my life so much easier!

Sunday- Turkey Chili, cornbread

Monday- BLT’s, homemade veggie soup

Tuesday- Meatball Subs, sweet potato fries

Wednesday- Turkey Burgers, tomato/cucumber salad

Thursday- Ham/Swiss Casserole, whole wheat beer bread

Friday- Turkey breast, mashed potatoes, green beans

Saturday- eat out

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