Our
Exciting Vacation Destination Turned Out to Be
BACKYARD FUN!
An Added Advantage of
Backyard Fun
I was a little upset when I
found out that we couldn't go on vacation this
year. My wife and I both work very hard, but
usually we are able to synchronize our holidays.
That didn't happen this
summer. We have a few days of overlap, but
definitely not enough time to get out of town. We
knew that we would have, at most, a day or two at a
time to spend with their kids. Besides that, the
only real summer recreation time we had were a few
half days and holiday weekends.
Although we could technically
takes mini vacations, it just didn't seem worth it.
All of that packing and driving just to spend a day
on the beach? No thanks! Instead, we decided to
make our own fun right in our own
backyard.
Back Yard Fun with the
Family - A Novel Idea
The idea of backyard fun was
pretty foreign to my family up until this summer.
The backyard swing set, once the center of
attention, had been neglected for years.
We have three kids of varying
ages, so we had to find some backyard games that
would work for everyone. The first thing we thought
of, of course, was croquet.
Although teenagers may roll
their eyes and grown, croquet is still one of the
best forms of backyard fun for the whole family.
Everyone, from the smallest to the biggest, can
play this game.
Of course, for the older kids
and grownups, badminton is an excellent form of
backyard fun. What's so great about this game is
that it doesn't require anything but a net,
paddles, and a birdie.
You don't need a court or any
specialized equipment to play it. You can buy a
whole badminton set for under 50 dollars if you
find it at the right place. Even my teenage
daughter got into it once she realized that, every
now and then, she could beat her old man.
Of course, we also had plenty
of backyard water fun. Although we didn't have a
pool, we did have some squirt guns and water
balloons. I thought this would be a great game, but
it got a little bit too competitive pretty quickly.
At first it was good clean
backyard fun, but then my littlest one got hit in
the head with a water balloon and started crying.
That ended that game pretty quickly. We decided to
break out the bocce ball set instead. That was the
kind of backyard fun where no one would get hurt.
Enjoy your family in the backyard this
summer!
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