Kid-ing with Kayla: Water balloon woes!
Kid-ing with Kayla: Remember playing with water balloons as a kid? I can confirm it’s a whole lot different watching your kids play with them.
As a kid, I didn’t think of the mess it would make. I didn’t think about the impact on the environment or the lawn mower if we missed some during cleanup. I didn’t consider the fact that it may cause some to feel like they didn’t get an equal amount of water balloons and I didn’t have to mediate fights between siblings who “didn’t want to get wet” or “got hit too hard” by another sibling. As a parent, I have to deal with all of that and it has made water balloons a lot less fun!
I think we are going to opt out of this activity moving forward. Here’s a list of summer activities I’d rather my kids enjoy.
- Bounce house
- Neighborhood pool
- Local library
- Wet sponges
- Reusable water balloons
- Sidewalk chalk
- Lemonade stand
- Hiking
- Bike rides
- Running through a sprinkler
- Slip N’ Slide
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