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Thursday’s Three – Inexpensive Activities with The Kiddo

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The first week of summer vacation began this week for the kiddo. After a school year filled with the ups and downs with his grades and his continued success with entertaining his classmates during school and parent/teacher conferences that always followed, he is super excited for the summer break! He knows that during the summer, he alternates weeks between his mom’s place and mine and week one is with me.

Prior to the summer break, I decided to take off three of the five weeks the kiddo will be with me this summer. That means I must have some activities that will keep us busy, without breaking my wallet, especially since I’m saving for my first house. The following three activities will keep us busy all summer long and is quite inexpensive.

1. Kids Bowl Free

Kids bowl free is a great way to give your kid something to do during the summer and it’s free. I will be taking the kiddo to my local bowling alley and letting him bowl two free games each day. Check out www.kidsbowlfree.com for all the information.

2. Disc (Frisbee) Golf

Disc golf is played similarly to ball golf, but is much cheaper. For Christmas a couple of years ago, the kiddo and I received some discs so we could play disc golf. The initial investment was around $70 for my mom. The initial investment supplied us with eight discs and I think I’ve purchased one other disc since. I have played a few courses here in Tennessee and have yet to pay to play. Not saying there aren’t some courses that you might have to pay, but I have yet to find one. Check out www.discgolfcourses.org to find the nearest disc golf course in your area.

3. Bike Rides

I purchased my bike several years ago and can’t remember the price. I’m sure it was around $100. I purchased the kiddo’s bike last summer off of Craigslist for $15. For right around $115, the kiddo and I can hop on our bikes and hit the greenway that’s close to our house all summer long. We can also ride our bikes to both the bowling alley and a disc golf course and save money on fuel.

With a $200 investment over the last few years, the kiddo and I can have a summer full of fun.

What are some of your favorite inexpensive activities that you enjoy with you kiddos during their summer break?

Father / Son Bucket List

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As most of you know, I have had a pretty lengthy bucket list for a while now. The list has changed recently due to some reevaluation and the creation of a new bucket list, The Father-Son Bucket List. If you’ve not taken a peek at it or it has been a while since you have, I would like to invite you to click on the tab above entitled, Bucket List.

This new list, although not all original ideas, were a result of a couple of brainstorming Windshield Times. These twenty items are all activities that the kiddo and I decided we want to do, together. We wanted to come up with some fun things and I think we nailed it!

I’d like to say that the list is very fluid. We decided that we could add to the list if either one of us had a fun thing that both of us wanted to do, so if you have any suggestions, please feel free to share. I’ll run the ideas by the kiddo and we’ll make the decision to increase the list or not.

My hopes are that once we mark off an activity, I can blog about it and then later on, print off all of the posts and give to him. So he might understand my thoughts on the experiences we shared together.
Without further ado, I’d like to present you, the Father-Son Bucket list.

1. Run a 5K race together
2. Participate in the Father/Son Bowl
3. Attend a Yankees/Red Sox game
4. Attend a Notre Dame hockey game
5. A skiing trip
6. Fly to Philly and experience the City of Brotherly Love
7. Sky dive
8. Watch every NHL team play in person
9. Attend a USC/ND game in South Bend
10. Play a round of golf at Augusta
11. Roughing it in the wild.
12. Wear the road teams gear. (Attend a road game of one of our favorite teams)
13. Attend a NBA game
14. Attend at least one game of a World Series
15. Watch a hockey game on the glass
16. Attend the Super Bowl
17. Raft the Ocoee
18. Attend an AHL game
19. Rock climb a local route
20. Attend a Notre Dame bowl game.