GoodNCrazy: HELP! My Kids Are Driving Me Crazy!

Catch the whole Summer Series click here!

Is it summertime already!

Are your kids driving you crazy? Are they bored stiff?
Tired of pulling your hair out, trying to come up with great ideas?

Ready for some awesome solutions?

Or hey... do you have some great summer-time fabulous suggestions to share?

Welcome to the GoodNCrazy summer series where we will:

A. Beat the Heat with your Kids
B. Stop the Whining
C. Save Mom's Sanity
D. All of the Above!

How you ask?

Once a week, I'll be listing kid friendly—help a mom out— ideas!

Kid Friendly Cuisine.. and I don't mean 'you make it they eat it.' I mean Kid COOKING friendly cuisine... I've roped a few of my favorite foodie bloggers into helping me out. My kids will try the recipes out first. So I promise they will be good!

Kid Friendly Crafts.. yes.. the kind they can do basically on their own! (The best kind huh?)

Kid Activities... ideas, places, stuff to do with kids this summer!

and

Mom Crazy Finds for your Kids... fun kid stuff, creative solutions for kid problems, and more!

Let's Kick It Off!

FIRST: I want to introduce you to an outdoor active campaign sponsored by Grandparents.com!

Called Go Play OutSide! You don't have to be a grandparent to log your kids' outdoor hours.. I've logged mine this week— have you? Need some outdoor ideas? No Problem!

There are 97 outdoor fun ideas to get you outdoors. (YES I Said Ninety-Seven! Wow!) In easy to download PDF format. I'm looking at making a sundial, playing flashlight tag under the stars, playing frisbee and making a grass leaf whistle.. great ideas and most of them are free, time spent with kids, time spent outdoors... perfect to save this mom's sanity, how 'bout yours?

SECOND: I know they shouldn't watch too much TV. But sometimes (admit it) it's a necessary evil to help stop the whining! Here's my favorite solution: When it's mid afternoon siesta time, send them downstairs to watch a video, or play some video games. And I'm totally grooving on these amazing YogiPoof Bean Bags? I might have to join them!

THIRD: I mentioned video games... here's one to counteract the afternoon siesta.

The new Wii EA Active.

We are loving using it as a family activity! Watch my kids play, they are so intense... and even my 4yrold straps on the leg strap and gets his little work out on! Take the 30 day challenge!

See the whole Summer Series and Save Mom's Sanity!

Does a long summer with your kids make you feel (and sometimes look) like this?

Would you rather everyone looked like this?

Then Help a Mom Out!
—Please share your ideas for a happy kid friendly summer.

Include recipes, activities, crafts and outings!

Leave a link to a post you've written that will help us all keep the GOOD and lose the CRAZY!
(I'll hotlink directly to your posts in the next week's issue, thanks!)
YES. Click where it says You're next! Then come back and leave me a comment!