I don’t know about you, but I’m still in full summer vacation mode with my two munchkins at home. We are now in the post summer school/VBS/relative-hosting part of summer and have entered into the What are we supposed to do for the rest of the month?! time. It has been, to put it in soap opera terms, an ongoing episode of “The Young and the Restless”. 😉 But all this time spent with E and C has inspired me to write a song.

Without further ado, here is the SAHM’s version of “The Twelve Days of Summer Vacation”. (Of course there are more than twelve days of summer vacation, but if I had done “The Eighty-two Days of Summer Vacation”, we’d be here till next year.) 🙂

On the first day of summer vacation, my two kids gave to me … a bounty of whine, but no cheese.

On the second day of summer vacation, my two kids gave to me … two weary ears and a bounty of whine, but no cheese.

On the third day of summer vacation, my two kids gave to me … three rounds of Super Mario, two weary ears and a bounty of whine, but no cheese.

On the fourth day of summer vacation, my two kids gave to me … four games of Uno, three rounds of Super Mario, two weary ears and a bounty of whine, but no cheese.

On the fifth day of summer vacation, my two kids gave to me … five fights to STOP, four games of Uno, three rounds of Super Mario, two weary ears and a bounty of whine, but no cheese.

On the sixth day of summer vacation, my two kids gave to me … six books to read, five fights to STOP, four games of Uno, three rounds of Super Mario, two weary ears and a bounty of whine, but no cheese.

On the seventh day of summer vacation, my two kids gave to me … seven requests for ice-cream, six books to read, five fights to STOP, four games of Uno, three rounds of Super Mario, two weary ears and a bounty of whine, but no cheese.

On the eight day of summer vacation, my two kids gave to me … eight aches and pains, seven requests for ice-cream, six books to read, five fights to STOP, four games of Uno, three rounds of Super Mario, two weary ears and a bounty of whine, but no cheese.

On the ninth day of summer vacation, my two kids gave to me … nine reasons to pray, eight aches and pains, seven requests for ice-cream, six books to read, five fights to STOP, four games of Uno, three rounds of Super Mario, two weary ears and a bounty of whine, but no cheese.

On the tenth day of summer vacation, my two kids gave to me … ten fine lines, nine reasons to pray, eight aches and pains, seven requests for ice-cream, six books to read, five fights to STOP, four games of Uno, three rounds of Super Mario, two weary ears and a bounty of whine, but no cheese.

On the eleventh day of summer vacation, my two kids gave to me … eleven grey hairs, ten fine lines, nine reasons to pray, eight aches and pains, seven requests for ice-cream, six books to read, five fights to STOP, four games of Uno, three rounds of Super Mario, two weary ears and a bounty of whine, but no cheese.

On the twelfth day of summer vacation, my two kids gave to me … twelve days of memories, eleven grey hairs, ten fine lines, nine reasons to pray, eight aches and pains, seven requests for ice-cream, six books to read, five fights to STOP, four games of Uno, three rounds of Super Mario, two weary ears and a bounty of whine, but no cheese!

The song for this post is Frozen’s “In Summer“, which I would recommend listening to with your kiddo(s) – it’s guaranteed to bring a smile to your faces. 🙂

How do you keep your kiddos entertained during summer vacation?